Imports System

Imports System.Linq

Imports System.Collections

Imports System.Collections.Generic

Imports System.Data

Imports System.IO

Imports System.Globalization

Imports System.Reflection

Imports System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations

Imports System.Xml.Linq

Imports System.Xml

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Imports Newtonsoft.Json

Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq

Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Converters

Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization

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    ' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56278050/deserialize-json-object-which-has-property-name-as-number-into-a-object-in-vb-ne?noredirect=1#comment99188224_56278050

    ' https://pastebin.com/raw/RDYuSs2W

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    Public Class Values

         <JsonProperty(PropertyName:="0")> _

        Public Property r As Short

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         <JsonProperty(PropertyName:="1")> _

        Public Property g As Short

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         <JsonProperty(PropertyName:="2")> _

        Public Property b As Short

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         <JsonProperty(PropertyName:="3")> _

        Public Property a As Short

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    End Class

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    Public Class Employee

        Public Property firstName As String

        Public Property lastName As String

        Public Property values As Values

    End Class

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    Public Class Example

        Public Property employees As Employee()

    End Class

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    Public Module TestClass 

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        Friend Sub Test()

            Dim json as String = GetJson()

            Console.WriteLine("Input JSON: ")

            Console.WriteLine(JToken.Parse(json))

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            Dim example = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of Example)(json)

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            Dim json2 as String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(example, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented)

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            Console.WriteLine("Re-serialized {0}:", example)

            Console.WriteLine(json2)

            Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(JToken.Parse(json), JToken.Parse(json2))) 

            Console.WriteLine("Original and re-serialized JSON are identical.")

        End Sub 

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        Function GetJson() as String

            Dim Jstring As String = <![CDATA[

{"employees": [

                        {  

                                 "firstName":"John" , 

                                 "lastName":"Doe",

                                  values: {

                                             0 : 055,

                                             1 : 155,

                                             2 : 255,

                                             3 : 355,

                                   }

 }, 

                        ]

                        }

]]>.Value       

            Return Jstring      

        End Function

    End Module

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    Public Module Module1   

        Public Sub Main()

        Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " & Environment.Version.ToString())

            Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " & GetType(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName)

            Console.WriteLine("")

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            Try

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                TestClass.Test()

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            Catch ex as Exception

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                Console.WriteLine("Unhandled exception: ")

                Console.WriteLine(ex)

                Throw

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            End Try

        End Sub 

    End Module

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    Public Class AssertionFailedException

        Inherits Exception

        Public Sub New()

        End Sub

        Public Sub New(message As String)

            MyBase.New(message)

        End Sub

        Public Sub New(message As String, inner As Exception)

            MyBase.New(message, inner)

        End Sub

    End Class

    Public Module Assert

        Public Sub IsTrue(value as Boolean, Optional message as String = "failed")

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            If value = False Then

                Throw New AssertionFailedException(message)

            End If

        End Sub

    End Module