JavaScriptSerializer.DeserializeObject(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Script.Serialization

Assembly:

System.Web.Extensions.dll

Converts the specified JSON string to an object graph.

public:
 System::Object ^ DeserializeObject(System::String ^ input);

public object DeserializeObject (string input);

member this.DeserializeObject : string -> obj

Public Function DeserializeObject (input As String) As Object

Parameters

input

String

The JSON string to be deserialized.

Returns

Object

The deserialized object.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

input is null.

ArgumentException

The input length exceeds the value of MaxJsonLength.

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The recursion limit defined by RecursionLimit was exceeded.

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input contains an unexpected character sequence.

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input is a dictionary type and a non-string key value was encountered.

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input includes member definitions that are not available on the target type.

InvalidOperationException

input contains a "__type" property that indicates a custom type, but the type resolver that is currently associated with the serializer cannot find a corresponding managed type.

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input contains a "__type" property that indicates a custom type, but the result of deserializing the corresponding JSON string cannot be assigned to the expected target type.

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input contains a "__type" property that indicates either Object or a non-instantiable type (for example, an abstract type or an interface).

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An attempt was made to convert a JSON array to an array-like managed type that is not supported for use as a JSON deserialization target.

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It is not possible to convert input to the target type.

Remarks

This deserialization method does not try to cast the root of the object graph to a specific type, as with the Deserialize method.