[Fork] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36895414/deserialize-two-slightly-different-json-strings-same-structure-different-names | C# Online Compiler

[Fork] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36895414/deserialize-two-slightly-different-json-strings-same-structure-different-names by Brian Rogers

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		string json = @"
            {
              ""person"": [
                {
                  ""age"": 30,
                  ""name"": ""david"",
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""tennis"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    },
                    {
                      ""name"": ""football"",
                      ""hours"": 10
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  ""name"": ""adam"",
                  ""age"": 23,
                  ""hobbies"": []
                }
              ]
            }";
		
		var first = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
		
		json = @"
            {
              ""persons"": [
                {
                  ""age"": 30,
                  ""name"": ""david"",
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""Basketball"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    },
                    {
                      ""name"": ""football"",
                      ""hours"": 10
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  ""name"": ""Steve"",
                  ""age"": 28,
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""Basketball"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }";
		
		var second = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
		
		first.MergeWith(second);
		Dump(first);
	}
	
	private static void Dump(RootObject root)
	{
		foreach (Person person in root.People)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Name: " + person.Name + " (" + person.Age + ")");
			Console.Write("Hobbies: ");
			if (person.Hobbies != null && person.Hobbies.Count > 0)
			{
				Console.WriteLine();
				foreach (Hobby hobby in person.Hobbies)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("   " + hobby.Name + " (" + hobby.Hours + "h)");
				}
			}
			else
			{
				Console.WriteLine("none");
			}
			Console.WriteLine();
		}
	}

}

public class RootObject
{
	[JsonProperty("persons")]
	public List<Person> People { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("person")]
	private List<Person> Person
	{
		//get { return People; }
		set { People = value; }
	}
	
	public void MergeWith(RootObject other)
	{
		if (other.People == null) return;
		if (People == null) People = new List<Person>();
		foreach (Person person in other.People)
		{
			Person existingPerson = People.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == person.Name && p.Age == person.Age);
			if (existingPerson != null)
			{
				existingPerson.MergeWith(person);
			}
			else
			{
				People.Add(person);
			}
		}
	}
}

public class Person
{
	[JsonProperty("name")]
	public string Name { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("age")]
	public int Age { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("hobbies")]
	public List<Hobby> Hobbies { get; set; }
	
	public void MergeWith(Person other)
	{
		if (other.Hobbies == null) return;
		if (Hobbies == null) Hobbies = new List<Hobby>();
		foreach (Hobby hobby in other.Hobbies)
		{
			Hobby existingHobby = Hobbies.FirstOrDefault(h => h.Name == hobby.Name);
			if (existingHobby != null)
			{
				existingHobby.Hours += hobby.Hours;
			}
			else
			{
				Hobbies.Add(hobby);
			}
		}
	}
}

public class Hobby
{
	[JsonProperty("name")]
	public string Name { get; set; }
	
	[JsonProperty("hours")]
	public int Hours { get; set; }
}

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
                    
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string json = @"
            {
              ""person"": [
                {
                  ""age"": 30,
                  ""name"": ""david"",
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""tennis"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    },
                    {
                      ""name"": ""football"",
                      ""hours"": 10
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  ""name"": ""adam"",
                  ""age"": 23,
                  ""hobbies"": []
                }
              ]
            }";
        
        var first = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
        
        json = @"
            {
              ""persons"": [
                {
                  ""age"": 30,
                  ""name"": ""david"",
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""Basketball"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    },
                    {
                      ""name"": ""football"",
                      ""hours"": 10
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  ""name"": ""Steve"",
                  ""age"": 28,
                  ""hobbies"": [
                    {
                      ""name"": ""Basketball"",
                      ""hours"": 5
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }";
        
        var second = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);
        
        first.MergeWith(second);
        Dump(first);
    }
    
    private static void Dump(RootObject root)
    {
        foreach (Person person in root.People)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Name: " + person.Name + " (" + person.Age + ")");
            Console.Write("Hobbies: ");
            if (person.Hobbies != null && person.Hobbies.Count > 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                foreach (Hobby hobby in person.Hobbies)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("   " + hobby.Name + " (" + hobby.Hours + "h)");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("none");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
​
}
​
public class RootObject
{
    [JsonProperty("persons")]
    public List<Person> People { get; set; }
    
    [JsonProperty("person")]
    private List<Person> Person
    {
        //get { return People; }
        set { People = value; }
    }
    
    public void MergeWith(RootObject other)
    {
        if (other.People == null) return;
        if (People == null) People = new List<Person>();
        foreach (Person person in other.People)
        {
            Person existingPerson = People.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == person.Name && p.Age == person.Age);
            if (existingPerson != null)
            {
                existingPerson.MergeWith(person);
            }
            else
            {
                People.Add(person);
            }
        }
    }
}
​
public class Person
{
    [JsonProperty("name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    
    [JsonProperty("age")]
    public int Age { get; set; }
    
    [JsonProperty("hobbies")]
    public List<Hobby> Hobbies { get; set; }
    
    public void MergeWith(Person other)
    {
        if (other.Hobbies == null) return;
        if (Hobbies == null) Hobbies = new List<Hobby>();
        foreach (Hobby hobby in other.Hobbies)
        {
            Hobby existingHobby = Hobbies.FirstOrDefault(h => h.Name == hobby.Name);
            if (existingHobby != null)
            {
                existingHobby.Hours += hobby.Hours;
            }
            else
            {
                Hobbies.Add(hobby);
            }
        }
    }
}
​
public class Hobby
{
    [JsonProperty("name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    
    [JsonProperty("hours")]
    public int Hours { get; set; }
}
​
​

Name: david (30)
Hobbies:
   tennis (5h)
   football (20h)
   Basketball (5h)

Name: adam (23)
Hobbies: none

Name: Steve (28)
Hobbies:
   Basketball (5h)

Cached Result
Last Run:	8:25:52 am
Compile:	0.235s
Execute:	0.189s
Memory:	1.12Mb
CPU:	0.297s

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