Full "Loop" jSON Example?

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Alex Maghen

I am trying to do something which would seem so simple:

I have a simple Class in ASP.NET that I want to set up to be called and
consumed by a jQuery $.getjson() in a client-side JavaScript.

The Class I want to serialize to json as very simple (except that it has two
fields that are DateTime's and I've heard they're complicated).

I'd love a sample (if anyone has one) of the full code of the ASPX that
serializes and then delivers json (properly ContentType'd), AND a sample HTML
with the jQuery that $getjson()'s it and uses it.

I am having such a hard time with this and I just need a full sample to get
me going!

Many thanks.

Alex
 
Hi Alex Maghen,

$.getJSON(url,data,callback)
Similar to $.post(), but expects the result to be JSON which is
automatically deserialized into a Javascript value and passed to the
callback as a parameter. While this function is handy for simple JSON
results there are two things to watch out for: Dates are not parsed since
there's no date literal in Javascript, so whatever the server returns will
be used (typically a string). $.getJSON() also doesn't support JSON POST
data - only POST encoded variables. This function is useful for simple JSON
results returned from arbitrary services, but not usable for calling WCF or
ASMX ASP.NET services since they expect JSON POST input.

If you have already use the WCF or ASMX service, I recommend that you use
the ASP.NET AJAX which support client side JSON serialization natively.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb924552.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163499.aspx

However, if you insist on using only jQuery to call WCF, special handling
is required for deserialization.
Please refer to this article:
http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/jquery/jquerypart2.aspx#WCFASMX .

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Thanks so much for the reply. Yes, I must use jQuery on the client-side (or
rather, I cannot assume that I can use anything from Microsoft because the
consumer of my json will not necessarily be under my control.

I've had a lot of success since I wrote you last, but I'm left with one more
problem: Any DateTime values that I serialize with "JavaScriptSerializer" are
output in a format the isn't parsed properly in jQuery. I can write a script
on the client side to clean this up, but I'd much rather have it created
cleanly in a way that is perfectly consumable and parseable in jQuery.
Everything else is workign fine, except for DateTime's. What can I do about
this?

Many thanks.

Alex
 
Hi Alex Maghen,

As my last reply, there is an article for deserializing the JSON from the
MS DateTime Format.
http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/jquery/jquerypart2.aspx#WCFASMX .

The related information of it ------------------
MS AJAX aware JavaScript JSON Serializer
jQuery does not include a JSON serializer. Since WCF/ASMX require
parameters to be sent as POST JSON objects, a serializer is required on the
client. The standard getJSON() deserialization also doesn¡¯t work with the
MS date format ("LastQuoteTime":"\/Date(1227578400000)\/") so special
handling is required for deserialization as well. For this task I¡¯ve
provided a modified version of Douglas Crockford¡¯s JSON2.js or
ww.jQuery.js both of which include JSON parsers that understand the
Microsoft date format both for serialization and deserialization.

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