using System;

​

using System.Dynamic;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

         string json = @"{

    'Gibberish !@#$%^&*()__________+': '<----',

    '.$ 0=- U': { '..☼§....' : 'DVD read/writer'}

}";

​

JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(json));

while (reader.Read())

{

    if (reader.Value != null)

        Console.WriteLine("Token: {0}, Value: {1}", reader.TokenType, reader.Value);

    else

            Console.WriteLine("Token: {0}", reader.TokenType);

}

        //Can use expando objects

        Console.WriteLine("=== Expando Object ===");

        dynamic expando = new ExpandoObject();

        expando.a = "adf";

        expando.b = "adf";

        expando.c = "adf";

        expando.d = "adf";

        string result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(expando, Formatting.Indented);

        Console.WriteLine(result);

        //Can use Dictionaries

        Console.WriteLine("\n\n=== Dictionary Object ===");

        Dictionary<string, object> dictionary = 

            new Dictionary<string, object>();

        dictionary.Add("a", "adf");

        dictionary.Add("b", "adf");

        dictionary.Add("c", "adf");

        dictionary.Add("d", "adf");

        result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dictionary, Formatting.Indented);

        Console.WriteLine(result);

        //Can use Linq

        Console.WriteLine("\n\n=== Linq ===");

        JObject document =

     new JObject(

         new JProperty("Records", 5),

         new JProperty("Documents",

             new JArray(

                 new JObject(

                     new JProperty("FileName", "Roof Design Notes.docx"),

                     new JProperty("DocumentDescription", "Design Drawing Notes"),

                     new JProperty("FolderPath", @"Document\Design"),

                    new JProperty("DocumentCustomFields",

                        new JObject(

                            from KeyValuePair<string, object> dynamicProperty in dictionary

                            select new JProperty(

                                new JProperty(dynamicProperty.Key, dynamicProperty.Value)

                           )))))));

        result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(document, Formatting.Indented);

        Console.WriteLine(result);

        //If not using a nice JSON serializer like JSON.NET, can always do it the old-school way

        Console.WriteLine("\n\n=== String Serializer ===");

        IEnumerable<string> dynamicProperties = dictionary.Select(property =>

                                                                  string.Format("\n\t\t\"{0}\":\"{1}\"", property.Key, property.Value));

        var docCustomFields = string.Join(",", dynamicProperties);

        string jsonString = string.Format("{{\n\t\"DocumentCustomFields\":\n\t{{ {0}\n\t}}\n}}", docCustomFields);

        Console.WriteLine(jsonString);

    }

}