Here is a class I wrote for dealing with JSON serialization and deserialization in .NET 3.5 Don't forget to add a reference to System.ServiceModel.Web.dll
You can use JsonTools.ObjectToJsonString(rep);
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.IO;
namespace Utilities
{
/// <summary>
/// Group of static methods for dealing with JSON.
/// </summary>
public static class JsonTools
{
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an object to JSON string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to serialize. </param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.InvalidDataContractException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.ServiceModel.QuotaExceededExceptionn"></exception>
public static string ObjectToJsonString(object obj)
{
try
{
MemoryStream jsonStream = new MemoryStream();
DataContractJsonSerializer js = new DataContractJsonSerializer(obj.GetType());
js.WriteObject(jsonStream, obj);
jsonStream.Position = 0;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(jsonStream);
return sr.ReadToEnd();
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an object to JSON byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to serialize. </param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.InvalidDataContractException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException"></exception>
/// <exception cref="System.ServiceModel.QuotaExceededExceptionn"></exception>
public static byte[] ObjectToJsonByteArray(object obj)
{
try
{
MemoryStream jsonStream = new MemoryStream();
DataContractJsonSerializer js = new DataContractJsonSerializer(obj.GetType());
js.WriteObject(jsonStream, obj);
jsonStream.Position = 0;
return jsonStream.ToArray();
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes a JSON formatted string to an object of the defined type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="jsonString">JSON formatted string</param>
/// <param name="objType">The type of the object which the jsonString is to be Deserialized to.</param>
/// <returns>Deserialized object</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException"></exception>
public static object JsonStringToObject(string jsonString, Type objType)
{
try
{
DataContractJsonSerializer js = new DataContractJsonSerializer(objType);
byte[] jsonBytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(jsonString);
MemoryStream jsonStream = new MemoryStream(jsonBytes);
return js.ReadObject(jsonStream);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes a JSON formatted byte array to an object of the defined type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="jsonBytes">JSON formatted byte array</param>
/// <param name="objType">The type of the object which the jsonString is to be Deserialized to.</param>
/// <returns>Deserialized object</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException"></exception>
public static object JsonByteArrayToObject(byte[] jsonBytes, Type objType)
{
try
{
DataContractJsonSerializer js = new DataContractJsonSerializer(objType);
MemoryStream jsonStream = new MemoryStream(jsonBytes);
return js.ReadObject(jsonStream);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
}
}