Compile-time validation for Json schemas

[jonalmeida]

Json.NET has a great schema validator which can be used for schemas we set. It can be installed with NuGet as well.

This is an example:

JsonSchema schema = JsonSchema.Parse(@"{
  'type': 'object',
  'properties': {
    'name': {'type':'string'},
    'hobbies': {'type': 'array'}
  }
}");

JObject person = JObject.Parse(@"{
  'name': 'James',
  'hobbies': ['.NET', 'LOLCATS']
}");

bool valid = person.IsValid(schema);
// true

[alexanderdean]

Mmm, that's nice. This would make an awesome VisualStudio plugin no?

[jonalmeida]

I'm not entirely sure if it exists. I'll search around! Came across this in another project and it seemed like a neat use case for the .NET tracker.

[jonalmeida]

This could be an alternative: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/04/11/intellisense-for-json-schema-in-the-json-editor.aspx