How can I JSON encode an array in VB.NET?

Question

I need to pass back a JSON result for a routine I am working with. In VB.NET, how can arrays be JSON encoded?

Answer 1

Dim serializer as New JavaScriptSerializer()
Dim arrayJson as String = serializer.Serialize(myArray)

Answer 2

There are four ways:

1. Roll your own with a Custom formatter
2. Json.NET.
3. JavaScriptSerializer
4. DataContractJsonSerializer

I recently blogged about how to do Json Serialization.

Answer 3

You are going to want to look into JSON serialization. Here is a good article that explains one way to do it (unfortunately the examples are in C#) but with more information we can probalby steer you towards the right toolkit.

Answer 4

you could try the javascript serializer (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer.aspx) I believe it was deprecated for a while by Microsoft but then un-deprecated (is that a word??) when they wanted to use it in MVC