JSON response syntax

I receive a JSON response in the following syntax, where it is returned as objects and not array. Is this right?

{
   "status": "OK",
   "product":
   {
     "name": "ABC",
     "code": "A",
     "Price": "2.5",
     "active": true,
     "contact":
      {
          "name": "X",
          "phone": "999-999-9999",
          "email": "X@company.com"
      }  
   }
}

I use the following code to access it and it throws error. Object serialized to Object. JArray instance expected.
This code would work if the "product" was returned as an array.

 Dim parsedObject = JObject.Parse(response)
           
 Dim docs = JArray.FromObject(parsedObject("product")).Select(Function(x) x.ToObject(Of Product)())
 Dim productDetail = docs.Select(Function(x) x).OrderBy(Function(x) x.name).ToList


Public Class Product
        Public Property name As String
        Public Property code As String
        Public Property price As Decimal
        Public Property active As Boolean
 End Class

Do I need to access the JSON response differently or is the response syntax wrong?
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it_saigeDeveloperCommented:
Your JSON object translates loosely to this: 
Class JsonData
	Public Property Status() As String
	Public Property [Product]() As Product
End Class

Class Product
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Code() As String
	Public Property Price() As String
	Public Property Active() As Boolean
	Public Property [Contact]() As Contact
End Class

Class Contact
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Phone() As String
	Public Property Email() As String
End Class

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Example - 
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Module Module1
	Const json = "{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""ABC"",""code"": ""A"",""Price"": ""2.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""X"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""X@company.com""}}}"
	Sub Main()
		Dim response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of JsonData)(json)
		Console.WriteLine(response.ToString())
		Console.ReadLine()
	End Sub
End Module

Class JsonData
	Public Property Status() As String
	Public Property [Product]() As Product

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Class Product
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Code() As String
	Public Property Price() As String
	Public Property Active() As Boolean
	Public Property [Contact]() As Contact

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Class Contact
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Phone() As String
	Public Property Email() As String

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Module Extensions
	<Extension()> _
	Public Function GetPropertiesString(Of T)(source As T) As String
		Dim result = String.Empty
		If source IsNot Nothing Then
			result = String.Join("; ", (From [property] As PropertyInfo In GetType(T).GetProperties() Select String.Format("{{ {0}, {1} }}", [property].Name, [property].GetValue(source, Nothing))))
		End If
		Return result
	End Function
End Module

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Produces the following output -Capture.JPG
In the future, you can use http://json2csharp.com/ in order to generate c# classes.  Translating these classes into VB.NET is relatively straigthforward; e.g. the classes from your presented json are generated as: 
public class Contact
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string phone { get; set; }
    public string email { get; set; }
}

public class Product
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string code { get; set; }
    public string Price { get; set; }
    public bool active { get; set; }
    public Contact contact { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public string status { get; set; }
    public Product product { get; set; }
}

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it_saigeDeveloperCommented:
For this particular response it makes no sense as it deserializes into a distinct object.  An example of response that deserialized into a list of objects would be something along the lines of: 
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Module Module1
	Const json = "[{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""ABC"",""code"": ""A"",""Price"": ""2.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""X"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""X@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""FAIL"",""product"":{""name"": ""DEF"",""code"": ""D"",""Price"": ""3.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""Y"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""Y@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""GHI"",""code"": ""G"",""Price"": ""1.5"",""active"": false,""contact"":{""name"": ""Z"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""Z@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""FAIL"",""product"":{""name"": ""JKL"",""code"": ""J"",""Price"": ""4.5"",""active"": true,""contact"":{""name"": ""A"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""A@company.com""}}},{""status"": ""OK"",""product"":{""name"": ""MNO"",""code"": ""M"",""Price"": ""0.5"",""active"": false,""contact"":{""name"": ""B"",""phone"": ""999-999-9999"",""email"": ""B@company.com""}}}]"
	Sub Main()
		Dim response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of Products)(json)
		Console.WriteLine("FAILURES")
		For Each [product] In response.Where(Function(x) x.Status.Equals("fail", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
			Console.WriteLine([product])
		Next
		Console.WriteLine()
		Console.WriteLine("IN-ACTIVE")
		For Each [product] In (From p In response Where Not p.Product.Active Select p)
			Console.WriteLine([product])
		Next
		Console.WriteLine()
		Console.WriteLine("COST LESS THAN 2")
		For Each [product] In (From p In response Where Convert.ToDecimal(p.Product.Price) < 2D Select p)
			Console.WriteLine([product])
		Next
		Console.ReadLine()
	End Sub
End Module

Class Products
	Inherits List(Of JsonData)

	Public Sub New()
		MyBase.New()
	End Sub

	Public Sub New(capacity As Integer)
		MyBase.New(capacity)
	End Sub

	Public Sub New(collection As IEnumerable(Of JsonData))
		MyBase.New(collection)
	End Sub
End Class

Class JsonData
	Public Property Status() As String
	Public Property [Product]() As Product

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Class Product
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Code() As String
	Public Property Price() As String
	Public Property Active() As Boolean
	Public Property [Contact]() As Contact

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Class Contact
	Public Property Name() As String
	Public Property Phone() As String
	Public Property Email() As String

	Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
		Return Me.GetPropertiesString()
	End Function
End Class

Module Extensions
	<Extension()> _
	Public Function GetPropertiesString(Of T)(source As T) As String
		Dim result = String.Empty
		If source IsNot Nothing Then
			result = String.Join("; ", (From [property] As PropertyInfo In GetType(T).GetProperties() Select String.Format("{{ {0}, {1} }}", [property].Name, [property].GetValue(source, Nothing))))
		End If
		Return result
	End Function
End Module

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Which produces the following output -Capture.JPG-saige-

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Angel02Author Commented:
Got it. Thanks!
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