using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

using System.IO;

using System.Data;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

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using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;    

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// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46229165/deserialize-objects-from-array-nested-inside-json-response

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    public class Term

    {

        public string Known { get; set; }

        public string Word { get; set; }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            TestWildcard();

            TestRecursiveDescent();

        }

        public static void TestWildcard()

        {

            var responseString = GetJson();

            var root = JToken.Parse(responseString);

            var searchTermList = root.SelectTokens("myTerms[*].Term")

                .Select(t => t.ToObject<Term>())

                .ToList();

            Console.WriteLine("\nWildcard search result: ");

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

        }

        public static void TestRecursiveDescent()

        {

            var responseString = GetJson();

            var root = JToken.Parse(responseString);

            var searchTermList = root.SelectTokens("..Term")

                .Select(t => t.ToObject<Term>())

                .ToList();

            Console.WriteLine("\nRecursive descent search result: ");

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

        }

        static string GetJson()

        {

            var json = @"{

    ""myName"":""Chris"",

    ""mySpecies"":""Cat"",

    ""myTerms"":

    [

        {

            ""Term"":

            {

                ""Known"":""true"",

                ""Word"":""Meow""

            }

        },

        {

            ""Term"":

            {

                ""Known"":""false"",

                ""Word"":""Bark""

            }

        }

    ]

}";

            return json;

        }

    }

​

​

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " + Environment.Version);

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

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

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    public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception

    {

        public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }

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        public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }

    }

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    public static class Assert

    {

        public static void IsTrue(bool value)

        {

            IsTrue(value, "failed");

        }

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        public static void IsTrue(bool value, string message)

        {

            if (value == false)

                throw new AssertionFailedException(message ?? "failed");

        }

    }

​