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Interface IJsonSerializer

Provides functionality to serialize objects or value types to JSON and to deserialize JSON into objects or value types.

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Serialization
Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll
Syntax
public interface IJsonSerializer

Methods

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Deserialize<T>(string)

Parses the text representing a single JSON value into an instance of the type specified by a generic type parameter.

Declaration
T? Deserialize<T>(string input)
Parameters
Type Name Description
string input

The JSON input to parse.
Returns
Type Description
T

A T representation of the JSON value.
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

The target type of the JSON value.
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Serialize(object?)

Converts the specified input into a JSON string.

Declaration
string Serialize(object? input)
Parameters
Type Name Description
object input

The input.
Returns
Type Description
string

A JSON string representation of the value.
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TryDeserialize<T>(object, out T?)

Attempts to parse an object that represents a JSON structure - i.e. a JSON object or a JSON array - to a strongly typed representation.

Declaration
bool TryDeserialize<T>(object input, out T? value) where T : class
Parameters
Type Name Description
object input

The object input to parse.
T value

The parsed result, or null if the parsing fails.
Returns
Type Description
bool

True if the parsing results in a non-null value, false otherwise.
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

The target type of the JSON value.