Json.NET converting from json to xml

Question

I have tried to use the Json.Convert method to get my content into xml however my html content is encoded (by json.net)

Note: I dont have access to the system.web dll

&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;

My class:

public class TemplateContent
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string VersionNumber { get; set; }
    public string CoverPage { get; set; }
    public string Body { get; set; }
}

I want the prop CoverPage - to be in straight up html without encodings

My code: first convert to json... (content is the above object)

        var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content);
        return json;

then transform to xml

        var myXmlNode = JsonConvert.DeserializeXNode(json, "Template");

Can this bit of the code JsonConvert.DeserializeXNode - be forced to decode the content? or leave the content as it is when converting into xml?

<Template>
  <ID>14</ID>
  <Name>name of report</Name>
  <VersionNumber>1.0</VersionNumber>
  <CoverPage>






  &lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;
    &lt;br class="GENTICS_ephemera" /&gt;
  &lt;/h3&gt;
  &lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;
    &lt;br class="GENTICS_ephemera" /&gt;
  &lt;/h3&gt;
  &lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;Property Valuation Report&lt;/h3&gt;     

        </CoverPage>
  <Body>




  &lt;h4 style="text-align: center;"&gt;Property Valuation Report&lt;/h4&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;
  &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;
  &lt;/p&gt;</Body>
</Template>

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@Harron, your xml is valid and if you parse it with an xml parser(or deserialize to a class) you'll get correct(decoded) values. — L.B
– L.B, Commented Feb 6, 2012 at 14:57

pete · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-06 15:29:33Z

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Try

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content.Replace("&lt;", "<").Replace("&gt;", "<"));
return json;

edited Feb 6, 2012 at 15:29

answered Feb 6, 2012 at 14:34

pete

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Haroon Over a year ago

dont have access to the system.web - even if i did, json.net is destroying it as I stated in my question so this wont work

pete Over a year ago

Ok, try a string replace. Modified answer to reflect. Also, if that gets more complex, say... needing to decode Entities, you may just want to write a function, or add using System.Web to your class and then use the built-in functions.

L.B · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-06 15:17:22Z

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your xml is valid and if you parse it with an xml parser(or deserialize to a class) you'll get correct(decoded) values. For example,

string xmlx = @"
<Template>
  <ID>14</ID>
  <Name>name of report</Name>
  <VersionNumber>1.0</VersionNumber>
  <CoverPage>
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3 style=""text-align: center;""&gt;
&lt;br class=""GENTICS_ephemera"" /&gt;
&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style=""text-align: center;""&gt;
&lt;br class=""GENTICS_ephemera"" /&gt;
&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style=""text-align: center;""&gt;Property Valuation Report&lt;/h3&gt;  
  </CoverPage>
</Template>";

XElement xelem = XElement.Load(new StringReader(xmlx));
string xmlvalue = xelem.Descendants("CoverPage").First().Value;

will return

<br />
<br />
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<br class="GENTICS_ephemera" />
</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<br class="GENTICS_ephemera" />
</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Property Valuation Report</h3>

So answer to or leave the content as it is when converting into xml? is Yes

edited Feb 6, 2012 at 15:17

answered Feb 6, 2012 at 15:00

L.B

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9 Comments

Haroon Over a year ago

Strange... just tried it and it does not work... <br /> will not work

Haroon Over a year ago

I have ran your tests and it does seem to work when you actually iterate over the tag, however I am using xslt to transform the document from the above ancoded into xsl fo... my xslt document is not picking this up, should I open another question?

L.B Over a year ago

@Haroon, I tested above code before I posted. It does work. Just copy-paste it to some project and try.

Haroon Over a year ago

Sorry- I meant to say when iterating over the document whilst doing my xslt transform the tags are not being picked up - because I check if something is li - then do something.

Haroon Over a year ago

Also: when doing a console.writeline on your example you get the encoded values

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