Json.NET (Newtonsoft.Json) - Two 'properties' with same name? -

i'm coding in c# .net framework 3.5.

i trying parse json jobject.

the json follows:

{     "tbox": {         "name": "smallbox",         "length": 1,         "width": 1,         "height": 2 },     "tbox": {         "name": "medbox",         "length": 5,         "width": 10,         "height": 10 },     "tbox": {         "name": "largebox",         "length": 20,         "width": 20,         "height": 10 } } 

when try parse json jobject, jobject knows largebox. information smallbox , medbox lost. because interpreting "tbox" property, , property being overwritten.

i receiving json service that's coded in delphi. i'm trying create c# proxy service. on delphi-side of things, "tbox" understood type of object being returned. inner properties ("name", "length", "width", "height") understood regular properties.

i can serialize , deserialize custom 'tbox' object has name, length, width, , height properties. that's fine.

what want step through tbox sections in such way extract following 3 json strings.

first:

{     "name": "smallbox",     "length": 1,     "width": 1,     "height": 2 } 

second:

{     "name": "medbox"     "length": 5,     "width": 10,     "height": 10 } 

third:

{     "name": "largebox"     "length": 20,     "width": 20,     "height": 10 } 

once have these strings, can serialize , deserialize heart's content.

i'm finding newtonsoft.json good. don't want go messing other frameworks if can avoid it.

any appreciated.

i have limited input changes can made server.

using newtonsoft.json; using newtonsoft.json.linq;  jsontextreader jsonreader = new jsontextreader(reader); jsonreader.read(); while(jsonreader.read()) {     if(jsonreader.tokentype == jsontoken.startobject)     {         jobject tbox = jobject.load(jsonreader);     } } 

however, note rfc says, "the names within object should unique" if can, recommend format changed.

edit: here's alternate design doesn't have duplicate keys:

[     {         "tbox": {             "width": 1,             "length": 1,             "name": "smallbox",             "height": 2         }     },     {         "tbox": {             "width": 10,             "length": 5,             "name": "medbox",             "height": 10         }     },     {         "tbox": {             "width": 20,             "length": 20,             "name": "largebox",             "height": 10         }     } ]