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CustomJsonSource.Json Property

Gets or sets a string with JSON data.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.Json

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.DataAccess

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
public string Json { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
String null

A string with JSON data.

#Remarks

The following example demonstrates how to populate a JSON data source with data from a string variable.

using DevExpress.DataAccess.Json;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
public static JsonDataSource CreateDataSourceFromText() {
    var jsonDataSource = new JsonDataSource();

    // Specify a string with JSON data.
    string json = "{\"Customers\":[{\"Id\":\"ALFKI\",\"CompanyName\":\"Alfreds Futterkiste\"," +
        "\"ContactName\":\"Maria Anders\",\"ContactTitle\":\"Sales Representative\"," +
        "\"Address\":\"Obere Str. 57\",\"City\":\"Berlin\",\"PostalCode\":\"12209\"," +
        "\"Country\":\"Germany\",\"Phone\":\"030-0074321\",\"Fax\":\"030-0076545\"}]," +
        "\"ResponseStatus\":{}}";

    // Specify the object that retrieves JSON data.
    jsonDataSource.JsonSource = new CustomJsonSource(json);
    // Populate the data source with data.
    jsonDataSource.Fill();
    return jsonDataSource;
}
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