Newtonsoft.Json/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Documentation/Examples/Serializer/DeserializeWithJsonSerializerFromFile.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using File = System.IO.File;

namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Examples.Serializer
{
  public class DeserializeWithJsonSerializerFromFile
  {
    public class Movie
    {
      public string Name { get; set; }
      public int Year { get; set; }
    }

    public void Example()
    {
      // read file into a string and deserialize JSON to a type
      Movie movie1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Movie>(File.ReadAllText(@"c:\movie.json"));

      // deserialize JSON directly from a file
      using (StreamReader file = File.OpenText(@"c:\movie.json"))
      {
        JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
        Movie movie2 = (Movie)serializer.Deserialize(file, typeof (Movie));
      }
    }
  }
}