public class JsonNetValueProviderFactory : ValueProviderFactory
{
public override IValueProvider GetValueProvider(ControllerContext controllerContext)
{
// first make sure we have a valid context
if (controllerContext == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("controllerContext");
// now make sure we are dealing with a json request
if (!controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.ContentType.StartsWith("application/json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
return null;
// use JSON.NET to deserialize object to a dynamic (expando) object
Object JSONObject;
// get a generic stream reader (get reader for the http stream)
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.InputStream))
{
// convert stream reader to a JSON Text Reader
using (JsonTextReader JSONReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
{
// tell JSON to read
if (!JSONReader.Read())
return null;
// make a new Json serializer
JsonSerializer JSONSerializer = new JsonSerializer();
// add the dyamic object converter to our serializer
JSONSerializer.Converters.Add(new ExpandoObjectConverter());
// if we start with a "[", treat this as an array
if (JSONReader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartArray)
JSONObject = JSONSerializer.Deserialize>(JSONReader);
else
JSONObject = JSONSerializer.Deserialize(JSONReader);
}
}
// create a backing store to hold all properties for this deserialization
Dictionary backingStore = new Dictionary(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
// add all properties to this backing store
AddToBackingStore(backingStore, String.Empty, JSONObject);
// return the object in a dictionary value provider so the MVC understands it
return new DictionaryValueProvider(backingStore, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}
private static void AddToBackingStore(Dictionary backingStore, string prefix, object value)
{
IDictionary d = value as IDictionary;
if (d != null)
{
foreach (KeyValuePair entry in d)
{
AddToBackingStore(backingStore, MakePropertyKey(prefix, entry.Key), entry.Value);
}
return;
}
IList l = value as IList;
if (l != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i
{
AddToBackingStore(backingStore, MakeArrayKey(prefix, i), l[i]);
}
return;
}
backingStore[prefix] = value;
}
private static string MakeArrayKey(string prefix, int index)
{
return prefix + "[" + index.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + "]";
}
private static string MakePropertyKey(string prefix, string propertyName)
{
return (String.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix)) ? propertyName : prefix + "." + propertyName;
}
}