Added support to JsonDeserializer for deserializing a Dictionary to a Dictionary<String,List<T>>

RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs

@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_Nullable_DateTimeOffset_With_Null()
 		[Fact]
 		public void Can_Deserialize_To_Dictionary_String_String()
 		{
-			var doc = CreateJsonStringDictionary();
+            var doc = CreateJsonStringDictionary();
 			var d = new JsonDeserializer();
 			var response = new RestResponse { Content = doc };
 			var bd = d.Deserialize<Dictionary<string,string>>(response);
@@ -664,6 +664,21 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_Object_Type_Property_With_Primitive_Vale()
 			Assert.Equal(42L, payload.ObjectProperty);
 		}
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Can_Deserialize_Dictionary_of_Lists()
+        {
+            var doc = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine("SampleData", "jsondictionary.txt"));
+
+            var json = new JsonDeserializer();
+            json.RootElement = "response";
+
+            var output = json.Deserialize<EmployeeTracker>(new RestResponse { Content = doc });
+
+            Assert.NotEmpty(output.EmployeesMail);
+            Assert.NotEmpty(output.EmployeesTime);
+            Assert.NotEmpty(output.EmployeesPay);
+        }
+
 		private string CreateJsonWithUnderscores()
 		{
 			var doc = new JsonObject();

RestSharp.Tests/RestSharp.Tests.csproj

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="SampleClasses\EmployeeTracker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SampleClasses\GoogleWeatherWithAttributes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XmlAttributeDeserializerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CultureChange.cs" />
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@
     <Content Include="SampleData\iso8601datetimes.txt">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="SampleData\jsondictionary.txt">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="SampleData\objectproperty.txt">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>

RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/EmployeeTracker.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace RestSharp.Tests.SampleClasses
+{
+    public class EmployeeTracker
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Key:    Employee name.
+        /// Value:  Messages sent to employee.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<String, List<String>> EmployeesMail { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Key:    Employee name.
+        /// Value:  Hours worked this each week.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<String, List<List<Int32>>> EmployeesTime { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Key:    Employee name.
+        /// Value:  Payments made to employee
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<String, List<Payment>> EmployeesPay { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class Payment
+    {
+        public PaymentType Type { get; set; }
+        public Int32 Amount { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public enum PaymentType
+    {
+        Bonus,
+        Monthly,
+        BiWeekly
+    }
+}

RestSharp.Tests/SampleData/jsondictionary.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+	"EmployeesPay" : 
+	{
+		"John": [{"Type":"BiWeekly","Amount":3000},{"Type":"Bonus","Amount":5000}],
+		"David": [{"Type":"Monthly","Amount":5000},{"Type":"Bonus","Amount":2500}],
+		"Mary": [{"Type":"BiWeekly","Amount":2000}]
+	},	
+	"EmployeesMail" : 
+	{
+		"John": ["Welcome to Restsharp", "Meetings at 4pm", "Meeting Cancled"],
+		"David": ["Project deadline is Monday", "Good work"],
+		"Mary": ["Is there any documentation on Product A", "I'm leaving early today"]
+	},
+
+	"EmployeesTime" : 
+	{
+		"John": [[8, 7, 8, 8, 8], [1, 2, 3]],
+		"David": [[4, 12, 6, 4],[4, 12, 6, 4]],
+		"Mary": [[]]
+	}
+}

RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs

@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ private IDictionary BuildDictionary(Type type, object parent)
 			foreach (var child in (IDictionary<string, object>)parent)
 			{
 				var key = child.Key;
-				var item = ConvertValue(valueType, child.Value);
+				object item = null;
+                if (valueType.IsGenericType && valueType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
+				{
+                    item = BuildList(valueType, child.Value);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+                    item = ConvertValue(valueType, child.Value); 
+				}
 				dict.Add(key, item);
 			}