Need to deserialize a nested json array to server side array - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have an array nested in an object in a JSON string which I need deserialized at the server:
var orderStatus = {"auth": "xxxx", "resourceType": "order.status", "idSet": "2980", "lifecycleEvent": "modified", "objects": { "orders": [ { "id": "2980", "statusId": "6" } ] }
I use Robert Koritnik's plugin like this:
$.ajax({url: "receiveJson", type: "POST", data: $.toDictionary(orderStatus) });
My .net class file is:
public class orders
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string statusId { get; set; }
}
public class objects
{
public orders orders { get; set; }
}
public class OrderStatus
{
public string clientName { get; set; }
public string source { get; set; }
public string auth { get; set; }
public string resourceType { get; set; }
public string idSet { get; set; }
public string lifecycleEvent { get; set; }
public objects objects { get; set; }
}
my controller code is:
public JsonResult receiveJson(OrderStatus orderStatus)
So the orders object is the array. It works up to creating orders as an object but id and status id in the orders object are null.
I have no control over the JSON I will receive, it has to be in this format.
I am new to JSON and .NET MVC. Don't know how to specify server side orders object as an array.

Answer 1

Fixed it by slightly amending my server side classes:
public class order
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string statusId { get; set; }
}
public class objects
{
public List<order> orders { get; set; }
}
public class OrderStatus
{
public string clientName { get; set; }
public string source { get; set; }
public string auth { get; set; }
public string resourceType { get; set; }
public string idSet { get; set; }
public string lifecycleEvent { get; set; }
public objects objects { get; set; }
}
So the "orders" class has been changed to "order". "objects.orders" property is amended to be a list.
Now the jsondata is deserialized all the way down.