using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        new List<object>

        {

            // dot net object

            new Rootobject_Labresult

            {

                labresults = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(i =>

                    new Labresult {

                        createddate = DateTime.Today.ToString("yyyyMMdd"),

                        createddatetime = DateTime.Now,

                        departmentid = i.ToString(),

                        description = string.Format("Item {0}", i)

                    }

                ).ToArray()

            },

            // number

            100,

            100.001,

            // string

            "Testing\nLines",

            // date

            DateTime.Now,

            // Guid

            Guid.NewGuid()

        }.ForEach(obj => {

            // convert from dotnet object to JToken...

            JToken jsonObj = JToken.FromObject(obj);

            // convert from JToken object to string...

            string strObj = jsonObj.ToString();

            Console.WriteLine("\nFrom dotnet object to json...");

            Console.WriteLine(strObj);

            strObj = jsonObj.ToString(0); // 0 = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None

            Console.WriteLine("\nFrom dotnet object to json (with formatting)...");

            Console.WriteLine(strObj);

            // convert from string to JToken...

            JToken newJToken = JToken.Parse(strObj);

            Console.WriteLine("\nConvert from string to JToken...");

            Console.WriteLine(newJToken);

            Console.WriteLine(strObj);

            // convert from string to dotnet Object...

            try {

                Rootobject_Labresult newDotNetObj = JToken.Parse(strObj).ToObject<Rootobject_Labresult>();

                Console.WriteLine("\nConvert from string to dotnet object...");

                Console.WriteLine(JToken.FromObject(newDotNetObj));

            } catch {

                try {

                    double doubleVal = JToken.Parse(strObj).ToObject<double>();

                    Console.WriteLine("\nConvert from string to double...");

                    Console.WriteLine(JToken.FromObject(doubleVal));

                } catch {

                    try {

                        string stringVal = JToken.Parse(strObj).ToObject<string>();

                        Console.WriteLine("\nConvert from string to string...");

                        Console.WriteLine(JToken.FromObject(stringVal));

                    } catch {

                        try {

                            Guid guidVal = JToken.Parse(strObj).ToObject<Guid>();

                            Console.WriteLine("\nConvert from string to Guid...");

                            Console.WriteLine(JToken.FromObject(guidVal));

                        } catch (Exception ex) {

                            Console.WriteLine("\n" + ex.Message);

                        }

                    }

                }

            }

        });

    }

}

​

public class Rootobject_Labresult

{

    public Labresult[] labresults { get; set; }

    public int totalcount { get; set; }

}

​

public class Labresult

{

    public string createddate { get; set; }

    public DateTime createddatetime { get; set; }

    public string departmentid { get; set; }

    public string description { get; set; }

}