using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

using System.Threading;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.Reflection;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Collections.Specialized;

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using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

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    public class RawConverter : JsonConverter

    {

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

        {

            throw new NotImplementedException();

        }

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        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)

        {

            if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)

                return null;

            var raw = JRaw.Create(reader);

            return raw.ToString();

        }

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        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)

        {

            var s = (string)value;

            writer.WriteRawValue(s);

        }

    }

​

    public class Employee

    {

        public int EmpId { get; set; }

        public string EmpName { get; set; }

        // **Note** : I'm not using List<Address> data type for Address, instead of I want list of address in JSON string

        [JsonConverter(typeof(RawConverter))]

        public string Address { get; set; }

    }

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    public class RootObject

    {

        public List<Employee> Employees { get; set; }

    }

​

    class TestClass

    {

        static string GetJson()

        {

            var s = @"{

   ""Employees"":[

      {

         ""EmpId"":1,

         ""EmpName"":""ABC"",

         ""Address"":[

            {

               ""AddressId"":1,

               ""Address"":""Something""

            },

            {

               ""AddressId"":2,

               ""Address"":""Anything""

            }

         ]

      },

      {

         ""EmpId"":2,

         ""EmpName"":""XYZ"",

         ""Address"":[

            {

               ""AddressId"":1,

               ""Address"":""Something""

            },

            {

               ""AddressId"":2,

               ""Address"":""Anything""

            }

         ]

      }

   ]

}";

            return s;

        }

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        public static void Test()

        {

            var jsonEmployees = GetJson();

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            var Employees = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(jsonEmployees);

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            Console.WriteLine("Addresses: ");

            Console.WriteLine(String.Join("\n", Employees.Employees.Select(e => e.Address)));

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            Console.WriteLine("Re-serialized JSON: ");

            Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Employees, Formatting.Indented));

        }

    }   

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);

            TestClass.Test();

        }

    }