JsonConvert not working on list of structures inside class - json

Question

Hello i want to deserialize a class which contains a string, a bool and a List<[mystructtype>;When using JsonConvert.Deserialize<[myclass]> it deserializes the string and the bool correctly but not the List<[Struct]>.I have also changed the List<struct> with an array of structs.Both the class container and the struct are marked with Serializeable and i do not understand where the problem is.
Can anyone help me?
Struct
[Serializable]
public struct Status
{
//identifiers
public long playerId { get; set; }
public long groupId { get; set; }
public int type { get; set; }
}
Class Container
[Serializable]
class GatewayDeviceResponse
{
public bool status { get; set; } //gets deserialized good
public string message { get; set; } //gets deserialized good
public Status[] data { get; set; } // all members are defaults
}
Deserialization
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
string result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(response.RawBytes);
GatewayDeviceResponse resp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GatewayDeviceResponse>(result);
return resp.data.ToList();
P.S The string is a response from a webserver,and i am using RestSharp for creating the server request and getting the response.The thing is the response string is good.The class is deserialized good excluding the collection.
What could the problem be?
P.S
The string response from the server i get is :
"{
\"status\":true,
\"message\":\"ok\",
\"data\":[
{
\"status\":{
\"playerId\":59,
\"groupId\":26,
\"type\":2,
\"deviceId\":\"abababa",
\"groupName\":\"srl\",
\"playerName\":\"Adrian\"
}
},
{
\"status\":{
\"playerId\":25,
\"groupId\":26,
\"type\":1,
\"deviceId\":\"lalal\",
\"groupName\":\"srl\",
\"playerName\":\"Alex\"
}
}
]
}"
The Status[] array elements are not supposed to be fully filled by the server response , just the 3 fields i have posted in the POCO/

Answer 1

I wrote a unit test as below and it passes and correctly deserialized with restsharp. Can you replace your response string and classes to check unit test still pass?
May be your class representation is not fit for your response. Take a little help from http://json2csharp.com/ and check your classes represents your json correctly.
[Test]
public void Can_Deserialize_Struct()
{
var data = "{ \"myList\":[{\"name\": \"test1234\"}] }";
JsonDeserializer json = new JsonDeserializer();
var output = json.Deserialize<MyTest>(new RestResponse { Content = data });
Assert.NotNull(output);
}
class MyTest
{
public List<MyStruct> MyList { get; set; }
}
struct MyStruct
{
public String name { get; set; }
}
According to your response string, your c# classes should represent your json as below :
public class Status
{
public int playerId { get; set; }
public int groupId { get; set; }
public int type { get; set; }
public string deviceId { get; set; }
public string groupName { get; set; }
public string playerName { get; set; }
}
public class StatusData
{
public Status status { get; set; }
}
public class GatewayDeviceResponse
{
public bool status { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public List<StatusData> data { get; set; }
}
It does not related with type struct or class. You need to add another class in front of your status representation class. Because it starts as a json object in your response string.