c# - Json.NET DeserializeObject named objects to 1 class -

i'm consuming data third party vendor via rest api.

snippet of json api returns:

{     "invoice": {         "id": "12345",         "lines": {             "line1": {                 "amount": 1,                 "amount_desc": "",                 "description": "description 1",                 "tax_rate": "-1",                 "price": "100",                 "discount_pct": 0,                 "linetotal": 100             },             "line2": {                 "description": "description 2"             },             "line3": {                 "amount": 1,                 "amount_desc": "",                 "description": "description 3",                 "tax_rate": "-1",                 "price": "300",                 "discount_pct": 0,                 "linetotal": 300             },             "line4": {                 "description": "description 4"             }         }     } } 

i don't know how many "lines" api can return, therefore don't create classes every line object.

my "line" class looks like:

public class lines {     public line line1 { get; set; }     public line line2 { get; set; }     public line line3 { get; set; }     public line line4 { get; set; } }  public class line {     public int amount { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("amount_desc")]     public string amountdesc { get; set; }     public string description { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("tax_rate")]     public string taxrate { get; set; }     public string price { get; set; }     [jsonproperty("discount_pct")]     public int discountpct { get; set; }     public int linetotal { get; set; } } 

how can deserialize line1, line2, line100? single "line" class?

you deserialize dictionary<string, line>:

public class invoice {     public string id     { get; set; }      public dictionary<string, line> lines     { get; set; } }  public class data {     public invoice invoice     { get; set; } } 

then, can deserialize json in question data object contains invoice property. invoice property of invoice type contains lines in lines dictionary.

the line1 line4 strings become keys in dictionary, , values deserialized line objects.