Newtonsoft.Json/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Documentation/Samples/Linq/CreateJsonAnonymousObject.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Samples.Linq
{
  public class CreateJsonAnonymousObject
  {
    #region Types
    public class Post
    {
      public string Title { get; set; }
      public string Description { get; set; }
      public string Link { get; set; }
      public IList<string> Categories { get; set; }
    }
    #endregion

    public void Example()
    {
      #region Usage
      List<Post> posts = new List<Post>
        {
          new Post
            {
              Title = "Episode VII",
              Description = "Episode VII production",
              Categories = new List<string>
                {
                  "episode-vii",
                  "movie"
                },
              Link = "episode-vii-production.aspx"
            }
        };

      JObject o = JObject.FromObject(new
        {
          channel = new
            {
              title = "Star Wars",
              link = "http://www.starwars.com",
              description = "Star Wars blog.",
              item =
                from p in posts
                orderby p.Title
                select new
                  {
                    title = p.Title,
                    description = p.Description,
                    link = p.Link,
                    category = p.Categories
                  }
            }
        });

      Console.WriteLine(o.ToString());
      // {
      //   "channel": {
      //     "title": "Star Wars",
      //     "link": "http://www.starwars.com",
      //     "description": "Star Wars blog.",
      //     "item": [
      //       {
      //         "title": "Episode VII",
      //         "description": "Episode VII production",
      //         "link": "episode-vii-production.aspx",
      //         "category": [
      //           "episode-vii",
      //           "movie"
      //         ]
      //       }
      //     ]
      //   }
      // }
      #endregion
    }
  }
}