Add deserialization examples demonstrating child collection iteration

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Summary

The deserialization examples showed JSON being deserialized into complex objects with collections and nested types, but only printed top-level properties. This left users uncertain whether child collections (IList<DateTimeOffset>, Dictionary<string, HighLowTemps>, string[]) were actually populated.

Changes:

• C# (DeserializeExtra.cs): Added iteration code that prints all child collection elements
• VB (DeserializeExtra.vb): Created new file matching C# functionality with equivalent iteration logic
• Documentation (deserialization.md): Updated to reference new VB example and clarified description

Before:

Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
TemperatureCelsius: 25
Summary: Hot

After:

Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
TemperatureCelsius: 25
Summary: Hot
DateAvailable: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
DateAvailable: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM -07:00
TemperatureRange: Cold, -10 - 20
TemperatureRange: Hot, 20 - 60
SummaryWord: Cool
SummaryWord: Windy
SummaryWord: Humid

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Example for how to deserialize complex object is missing.</issue_title> <issue_description>

Type of issue

Other (describe below)

Description

The examples show how to serialize a complex object, but they do not show how to deserialize it. They only show that the root object is deserialized. I suggest adding code like the following to show that the child objects are also deserialized:

		if (weatherForecast != null)
		{
			if (weatherForecast.DatesAvailable != null)
			{
				foreach (DateTimeOffset dateTimeOffset in weatherForecast.DatesAvailable)
				{
					Console.WriteLine(value: $"DateAvailable: {dateTimeOffset}");
				}
			}

			if (weatherForecast.TemperatureRanges != null)
			{
				foreach (KeyValuePair<string, HighLowTemps> weatherForecastTemperatureRange in weatherForecast.TemperatureRanges)
				{
					Console.WriteLine(value: $"TemperatureRange: {weatherForecastTemperatureRange.Key}, {weatherForecastTemperatureRange.Value.Low} - {weatherForecastTemperatureRange.Value.High}");
				}
			}

			if (weatherForecast.SummaryWords != null)
			{
				foreach (string summaryWord in weatherForecast.SummaryWords)
				{
					Console.WriteLine(value: $"SummaryWord: {summaryWord}");
				}
			}
		}

Output would then be: Date: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM +02:00 TemperatureCelsius: 25 Summary: Hot DateAvailable: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM +02:00 DateAvailable: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM +02:00 TemperatureRange: Cold, -10 - 20 TemperatureRange: Hot, 20 - 60 SummaryWord: Cool SummaryWord: Windy SummaryWord: Humid

It would also be extremely helpful to have an example on how to deserialize interfaces. E.g. like at https://gist.github.com/tonysneed/5e7988516b081d454cde95b5d729e1af

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json/how-to

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/live/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/how-to.md

Document Version Independent Id

002f9f2a-48d1-0671-a079-b99b9f6bab58

Article author

gewarren

Metadata

• ID: 588ae32f-3429-143f-824c-5ab2d046d24a
• Service: dotnet-fundamentals

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Associated WorkItem - 537288</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@adegeo @gewarren I don't know if this still applies, but I found it while looking into a different PR related to JSON

• Fixes dotnet/docs#34304

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