There is no update-package from V1 to V1.1 since I made a mistake with deployment. You probably need to uninstall V1 completely and install V1.1

You can convert JSON to a C# class-structure, by either selecting a part of the json or without selecting, the whole file. This is just a first, simple solution to get a class-structure out of a JSON. If you have any issues or improvements, add an issue in my github-issues and I will take a look at it. :)

How to use:

You can find the new menu "Json to C#" in "Extensions".

• in an existing solution, a new .cs-file is opened containing the C# class-structure
• without an existing solution, the opened file is replaced with the generated C# class-structure
• you also can simply copy json from anywhere into your clipboard and directly paste the C# structure with click on "Paste JSON as C#"

Important:

• the selected text (or the file if nothing is selected) needs to start with either "[" for an array or "{" for an object. Otherwise no class is generated.

Example:

filename: any.json

{
"items":
    {
        "item":
            [
                {
                    "id": "0001",
                    "type": "donut",
                    "name": "Cake",
                    "ppu": 0.55,
                    "batters":
                        {
                            "batter":
                                [
                                    { "id": "1001", "type": "Regular" },
                                    { "id": "1002", "type": "Chocolate" },
                                    { "id": "1003", "type": "Blueberry" },
                                    { "id": "1004", "type": "Devil's Food" }
                                ]
                        },
                    "topping":
                        [
                            { "id": "5001", "type": "None" },
                            { "id": "5002", "type": "Glazed" },
                            { "id": "5005", "type": "Sugar" },
                            { "id": "5007", "type": "Powdered Sugar" },
                            { "id": "5006", "type": "Chocolate with Sprinkles" },
                            { "id": "5003", "type": "Chocolate" },
                            { "id": "5004", "type": "Maple" }
                        ]
                }
            ]
    }
}

filename: Any.cs

namespace None
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Globalization;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
    
    public class Any 
    {
        [JsonProperty("items")]
        public Items Items {get; set;}
    }

    public class Items 
    {
        [JsonProperty("item")]
        public IList<Item> Items {get; set;}
    }

    public class Item 
    {
        [JsonProperty("id")]
        public string Id {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("type")]
        public string Type {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("name")]
        public string Name {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("ppu")]
        public float Ppu {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("batters")]
        public Batters Batters {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("topping")]
        public IList<Topping> Toppings {get; set;}
    }

    public class Batters 
    {
        [JsonProperty("batter")]
        public IList<Batter> Batters {get; set;}
    }

    public class Batter 
    {
        [JsonProperty("id")]
        public string Id {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("type")]
        public string Type {get; set;}
    }

    public class Topping 
    {
        [JsonProperty("id")]
        public string Id {get; set;}
        [JsonProperty("type")]
        public string Type {get; set;}
    }
}

Live preview

Planned issues:

Version-History

V 1.1.1 (16/09/2020)

• Bugfix:
  • simple-type arrays are now converted correctly to e.g. IList<string> instead of IList<SimpleType> where SimpleType was an empty class
  • when a json-file was converted that did not belong to an opened solution, a nullreference-exception was thrown

V 1.1 (15/09/2020)

• Features:
  • you can now copy json and on button-click paste the c# result
• Improvement
  • menu is moved from "Tools" to "Extensions" and has a submenu
  • files are auto-saved in the same path as their json and added to project
  • if there's another c#-file in the same directory, the namespace is copied

V 1.0 (09/09/2020)

• Base Version. Requires an active document that is getting converted. You either can select a part from json, or (without selecting) convert the complete file. Within an open solution, a new .cs-file is created and the result is pasted in - without an active solution, the json is replaced. (I will remove this behaviour in a future version)