http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40158549/parse-a-json-file-generated-for-jstree-c-sharp

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		string json = @"
            [
              {
                ""children"": [
                  {
                    ""children"": [
                      {
                        ""children"": [],
                        ""text"": ""Child node 2.txt"",
                        ""isFolder"": false,
                        ""id"": ""1childnode2.txt"",
                        ""itsPath"": ""C:\\Users\\pandyapa\\Root node\\Child node 2.txt"",
                        ""type"": ""itsfile""
                      }
                    ],
                    ""text"": ""Child node 1.txt"",
                    ""isFolder"": false,
                    ""id"": ""0childnode1.txt"",
                    ""itsPath"": ""C:\\Users\\pandyapa\\Root node\\Child node 1.txt"",
                    ""type"": ""itsfile""
                  },
                  {
                    ""children"": [],
                    ""text"": ""Child node 2.txt"",
                    ""isFolder"": false,
                    ""id"": ""1childnode2.txt"",
                    ""itsPath"": ""C:\\Users\\pandyapa\\Root node\\Child node 2.txt"",
                    ""type"": ""itsfile""
                  },
                  {
                    ""children"": [],
                    ""text"": ""Child node 3.txt"",
                    ""isFolder"": false,
                    ""id"": ""2childnode3.txt"",
                    ""itsPath"": ""C:\\Users\\pandyapa\\Root node\\Child node 3.txt"",
                    ""type"": ""itsfile""
                  }
                ],
                ""text"": ""Root node"",
                ""isFolder"": true,
                ""id"": ""3rootnode"",
                ""itsPath"": ""C:\\Users\\pandyapa\\Root node"",
                ""type"": ""default""
              }
            ]";
		
		List<Node> nodes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Node>>(json);
		
		var idToFind = "2childnode3.txt";
		
		var node = nodes.SelectMany(n => n.DescendantsAndSelf())
			            .Where(n => n.Id == idToFind)
			            .FirstOrDefault();
		
		if (node != null)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("ItsPath: " + node.ItsPath);
		}
		else
		{
		    Console.WriteLine("Not found");	
		}
	}
}

public class Node
{
	public Node[] Children { get; set; }
	public string Text { get; set; }
	public bool IsFolder { get; set; }
	public string Id { get; set; }
	public string ItsPath { get; set; }
	public string Type { get; set; }
	
	public IEnumerable<Node> DescendantsAndSelf()
	{
		yield return this;
		if (Children != null)
		{
			foreach (Node child in Children)
			{
				yield return child;
			}
		}
	}
}