How Serialize and Deserialize Objects with System.Text.Json

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// How serialize and deserialize objects with System.Text.Json
//
// References:
// - [How to write .NET objects as JSON \(serialize\)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json/how-to)
// - [How to read JSON as .NET objects \(deserialize\)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json/deserialization)
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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To create a JSON string from an object:
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace SerializeBasic
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast
            {
                Date = DateTime.Parse("2019-08-01"),
                TemperatureCelsius = 25,
                Summary = "Hot"
            };

            string jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(weatherForecast);

            Console.WriteLine(jsonString);
        }
    }
}

// output:
//{"Date":"2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00","TemperatureCelsius":25,"Summary":"Hot"}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To write an object as JSON to a file (synchronous)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace SerializeToFile
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast
            {
                Date = DateTime.Parse("2019-08-01"),
                TemperatureCelsius = 25,
                Summary = "Hot"
            };

            string fileName = "WeatherForecast.json";
            string jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(weatherForecast);
            File.WriteAllText(fileName, jsonString);

            Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText(fileName));
        }
    }
}

// output:
//{"Date":"2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00","TemperatureCelsius":25,"Summary":"Hot"}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To write an object as JSON to a file (asynchronous)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace SerializeToFileAsync
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast
            {
                Date = DateTime.Parse("2019-08-01"),
                TemperatureCelsius = 25,
                Summary = "Hot"
            };

            string fileName = "WeatherForecast.json";
            await using FileStream createStream = File.Create(fileName);
            await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(createStream, weatherForecast);

            Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText(fileName));
        }
    }
}

// output:
//{"Date":"2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00","TemperatureCelsius":25,"Summary":"Hot"}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To use a type inference for the type being serialized
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace SerializeWithGenericParameter
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast
            {
                Date = DateTime.Parse("2019-08-01"),
                TemperatureCelsius = 25,
                Summary = "Hot"
            };

            string jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize<WeatherForecast>(weatherForecast);

            Console.WriteLine(jsonString);
        }
    }
}

// output:
//{"Date":"2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00","TemperatureCelsius":25,"Summary":"Hot"}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To to deserialize a JSON string
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace DeserializeExtra
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
        public string? SummaryField;
        public IList<DateTimeOffset>? DatesAvailable { get; set; }
        public Dictionary<string, HighLowTemps>? TemperatureRanges { get; set; }
        public string[]? SummaryWords { get; set; }
    }

    public class HighLowTemps
    {
        public int High { get; set; }
        public int Low { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            string jsonString =
@"{
  ""Date"": ""2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00"",
  ""TemperatureCelsius"": 25,
  ""Summary"": ""Hot"",
  ""DatesAvailable"": [
    ""2019-08-01T00:00:00-07:00"",
    ""2019-08-02T00:00:00-07:00""
  ],
  ""TemperatureRanges"": {
                ""Cold"": {
                    ""High"": 20,
      ""Low"": -10
                },
    ""Hot"": {
        ""High"": 60,
        ""Low"": 20
    }
            },
  ""SummaryWords"": [
    ""Cool"",
    ""Windy"",
    ""Humid""
  ]
}
";
            WeatherForecast? weatherForecast = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<WeatherForecast>(jsonString);

            Console.WriteLine($"Date: {weatherForecast?.Date}");
            Console.WriteLine($"TemperatureCelsius: {weatherForecast?.TemperatureCelsius}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Summary: {weatherForecast?.Summary}");
        }
    }
}

// output:
//Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
//TemperatureCelsius: 25
//Summary: Hot

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To deserialize from a JSON file (synchronous)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace DeserializeFromFile
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            string fileName = "WeatherForecast.json";
            string jsonString = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
            WeatherForecast weatherForecast = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<WeatherForecast>(jsonString)!;

            Console.WriteLine($"Date: {weatherForecast.Date}");
            Console.WriteLine($"TemperatureCelsius: {weatherForecast.TemperatureCelsius}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Summary: {weatherForecast.Summary}");
        }
    }
}

// output:
//Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
//TemperatureCelsius: 25
//Summary: Hot

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To deserialize from a JSON file (asynchronous)
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Text.Json;

namespace DeserializeFromFileAsync
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureCelsius { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main()
        {
            string fileName = "WeatherForecast.json";
            using FileStream openStream = File.OpenRead(fileName);
            WeatherForecast? weatherForecast = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<WeatherForecast>(openStream);

            Console.WriteLine($"Date: {weatherForecast?.Date}");
            Console.WriteLine($"TemperatureCelsius: {weatherForecast?.TemperatureCelsius}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Summary: {weatherForecast?.Summary}");
        }
    }
}

// output:
//Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
//TemperatureCelsius: 25
//Summary: Hot