using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = "{\"`LCA0001\": {\"23225007190002\": \"1\",\"23249206670003\": \"1\",\"01365100070018\": \"5\"},\"`LCA0003\": {\"23331406670018\": \"1\",\"24942506670004\": \"1\"},\"`LCA0005\": {\"01365100070018\": \"19\"}}";

        Console.WriteLine(json);

        Console.WriteLine();

​

        //This works

        Console.Write("Deserialize without class");

        var root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, int>>>(json);

        foreach (var locationKvp in root)

        {

            foreach (var skuKvp in locationKvp.Value)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("location: " + locationKvp.Key + ", sku: " + skuKvp.Key + ", qty: " + skuKvp.Value);

            }

        }

​

        // Create an InventoryLocations object using the deserialized data from the original Json

        InventoryLocations locations = new InventoryLocations {InventoryLocation = root};

        // Create a new JsonSerializerSettings that utilizes the ContractResolver

        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings {ContractResolver = new DictionaryAsArrayResolver()};

        // Serialize our InventoryLocations object into the new Json format with the ContractResolver

        string json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(locations, settings);

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine(json2);

        //This works now

        Console.Write("\nDeserialize with class");

        // Deserialize an InventoryLocations using the JsonSerializerSettings that uses the ContractResolver

        var root2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<InventoryLocations>(json2, settings);

        foreach (var locationKvp in root2.InventoryLocation)

        {

            foreach (var skuKvp in locationKvp.Value)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("location: " + locationKvp.Key + ", sku: " + skuKvp.Key + ", qty: " + skuKvp.Value);

            }

        }

    }

}

​

class InventoryLocations

{

    public Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, int>> InventoryLocation { get; set; }

}

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class DictionaryAsArrayResolver : DefaultContractResolver

{

    protected override JsonContract CreateContract(Type objectType)

    {

        if (objectType.GetInterfaces().Any(i => i == typeof(IDictionary) || (i.IsGenericType && i.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IDictionary<,>))))

        {

            return base.CreateArrayContract(objectType);

        }

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        return base.CreateContract(objectType);

    }

}