Saving an Object to JSON

We'll use the "Newtonsoft.Json" library to read and write json data.

We'll download it and add it to our project using NuGet. (NuGet is an easy way to download, and reference a 3rd part component - it downloads it and takes care of all the basic configuration)

• Add a "NuGen Package" by right clicking on "Northwind" and choose "Manage NuGet Packages..."

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• We'll search for "Newtonsoft.Json" and Install it
  

• To use the previews Demo code we used for XML, we'll change the GetOrder and UpdateOrder methods in the Demo class to public static

class Demo
{
    public static OrderPoco GetOrderPoco(int orderId)
    {
        ...
    }
    public static void UpdateOrder(OrderPoco o)
    {
        ...
    }
} 

• Add using Newtonsoft.Json;
• Save Json data to string

var o = Demo.GetOrderPoco(10249);
var s = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o); 

• Save the string to a file

var o = Demo.GetOrderPoco(10249);
var s = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o);
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"c:\temp\order.json", s); 

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