using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

public class TestClass

{

    public List<string> List = new List<string>(new [] { "ABC", "DEF" });

    public Collection<string> Collection = new Collection<string>(new [] { "ABC", "DEF" });

    public ReadOnlyCollection<string> ReadOnlyCollection = new ReadOnlyCollection<string>(new [] { "ABC", "DEF" });

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var serialized = @"{

            List: [ 'Goodbye', 'AOL' ],

            Collection: [ 'Goodbye', 'AOL' ],

            ReadOnlyCollection: [ 'Goodbye', 'AOL' ]

        }";

​

        var testObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TestClass>(serialized);

​

        Console.WriteLine("testObj.List: " + string.Join(",", testObj.List));

        Console.WriteLine("testObj.Collection: " + string.Join(",", testObj.Collection));

        Console.WriteLine("testObj.ReadOnlyCollection: " + string.Join(",", testObj.ReadOnlyCollection));

    }

}