namespace SL_DataContractJsonSerializer

{

    public partial class Page : UserControl

    {

        public Page()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

        //This uses an event handler, not SL data binding

        void OnClick(object sender, EventArgs args)

        {

            txtOutput1.Text = "Create a User object and serialize it.";

            string json = WriteFromObject();

            txtOutput2.Text = json.ToString(); // Displays: {"Age":42,"Name":"Bob"}

            txtOutput3.Text = "Deserialize the data to a User object.";

            string jsonString = "{'Name':'Bill', 'Age':53}";

            User deserializedUser = ReadToObject(jsonString);

            txtOutput4.Text = deserializedUser.Name; // Displays: Bill

            txtOutput5.Text = deserializedUser.Age.ToString(); // Displays: 53

        }

        // Create a User object and serialize it to a JSON stream.

        public static string WriteFromObject()

        {

            //Create User object.

            User user = new User("Bob", );

            //Create a stream to serialize the object to.

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

            // Serializer the User object to the stream.

            DataContractJsonSerializer ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(User));

            ser.WriteObject(ms, user);

            byte[] json = ms.ToArray();

            ms.Close();

            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(json, , json.Length);

        }

        // Deserialize a JSON stream to a User object.

        public static User ReadToObject(string json)

        {

            User deserializedUser = new User();

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));

            DataContractJsonSerializer ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(deserializedUser.GetType());

            deserializedUser = ser.ReadObject(ms) as User;

            ms.Close();

            return deserializedUser;

        }

    }

    [DataContract]

    public class User

    {

        [DataMember]

        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DataMember]

        public int Age { get; set; }

        public User() { }

        public User(string newName, int newAge)

        {

            Name = newName;

            Age = newAge;

        }

    }

}