LINQ query on json sub array

Posted on 2016-09-15

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I am working on the attached jSon response. I need to read the sub-array named "details" and populate a datagrid.
I am using VB.NET.

Attached is how I declared the classes to be used in my LINQ query.

Below is my code so far.

Dim docs = JArray.FromObject(parsedObject("invoice")).Select(Function(x) x.ToObject(Of MyClass.InvoiceList)())
'Dim invoiceL = docs.Select(Function(x) x).OrderBy(Function(x) x.number).ToList

Dim InvoiceDetailL = docs.Select(Function(g) New With {g.details.First().totalBoxes, g.details.First().description, g.details.First().store, g.details.First().productId, g.details.First().totalPrice, g.details.First().Type}).ToList()

gdviewDetail.DataSource = InvoiceDetailL
gdviewDetail.DataBind()

As you can see, I am able to create "InvoiceDetailL" with only the first row of "details", as I used the function First(). How can I obtain all elements in the sequence?
Class_Declaration_EE.txt
jSon_Response_EE.txt

Question by:Angel02

First of all, your class structure does not match the presented json. If I go by the structure you have laid out, then this would be your class structure:

Public Class [MyClass]
	Public Property status As String
	Public Property invoice As List(Of InvoiceList)
End Class

Public Class InvoiceList
	Public Property id As Integer
	Public Property number As Integer
	Public Property customerName As String
	Public Property customerId As Integer
	Public Property details As New List(Of InvoiceDetailList)
End Class

Public Class InvoiceDetailList
	Public Property store As String
	Public Property productId As Integer
	Public Property Description As String
	Public Property totalBoxes As Integer
	Public Property Type As String
	Public Property totalPrice As Double
End Class

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Now when deserialized into this class structure, we would use First to get the first InvoiceList item, then set the details to the datasource of the DataGridView; e.g. -

gdviewDetail.DataSource = docs.invoice.First().details
gdviewDetail.DataBind()

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Proof of concept -

Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
Imports Newtonsoft.Json

Public Class Form1
	Const json = "{""status"": ""OK"",""invoice"": [{""id"": 45667,""number"": ""2344"",""customerName"": ""ABC"",""customerId"": 676,""details"": [{""store"": ""XY"",""Type"": ""2"",""description"": ""PQR"",""productId"": 333,""totalBoxes"": 10,""totalPrice"": ""30.00""},{""store"": ""YZ"",""Type"": ""2"",""description"": ""STU"",""productId"": 222,""totalBoxes"": 5,""totalPrice"": ""15.00""},{""store"": ""ZA"",""Type"": ""1"",""description"": ""EGF"",""productId"": 332,""totalBoxes"": 20,""totalPrice"": ""50.00""}]}]}"

	Private Sub OnLoad(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
		Dim docs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of [MyClass])(json)
		DataGridView1.DataSource = docs.invoice.First().details
	End Sub
End Class

Public Class [MyClass]
	Public Property status As String
	Public Property invoice As List(Of InvoiceList)
End Class

Public Class InvoiceList
	Public Property id As Integer
	Public Property number As Integer
	Public Property customerName As String
	Public Property customerId As Integer
	Public Property details As New List(Of InvoiceDetailList)
End Class

Public Class InvoiceDetailList
	Public Property store As String
	Public Property productId As Integer
	Public Property Description As String
	Public Property totalBoxes As Integer
	Public Property Type As String
	Public Property totalPrice As Double
End Class

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Produces the following output -

-saige-

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by:it_saige

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ID: 418001992016-09-15

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by:Angel02

ID: 418005692016-09-15

Thank you it_saige.

With your idea, I did the following

Dim InvoiceDetailL = docs.First().details.Select(Function(g) New With {g.totalBoxes, g.description, g.store, g.productId, g.totalPrice, g.Type}).ToList()
gdviewDetail.DataSource = InvoiceDetailL

That worked!

Hope it's a good way.

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