Deserialize from json where there can be one T object or T array in List <T>

Question

I have a code like this:

var json = GetJsonData(path);
JObject event_dates_data = JObject.Parse(json);
var event_dates_list = JObject.Parse(event_dates_data["document"]["date"].ToString());
var event_dates = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<EventDate>>(event_dates_list.ToString());

Json can contain array objects (for example, "date: [{}, {}, {}]") or only one (for example, "date: {}")

Json looks like this:

{
"document": {
"result": "success",
"resultcode": "000000",
"note": null,
"totaldates": "1",
"date": {
  "date_id": "351314",
  "live": "n",
  "datestart": "2012-03-07",
  "dateend": "2015-03-07",
  "timestart": "12:00",
  "timeend": "14:00",
  "date_available": "10000"
}
}
}

Or:

{
"document": {
"result": "success",
"resultcode": "000000",
"note": null,
"totaldates": "4",
"date": [
  {
    "date_id": "346022",
    "live": "n",
    "datestart": "2011-02-19",
    "dateend": "2011-02-19",
    "timestart": "12:00",
    "timeend": "14:00",
    "date_available": "10000"
  },
  {
    "date_id": "346023",
    "live": "n",
    "datestart": "2011-02-20",
    "dateend": "2011-02-20",
    "timestart": "12:00",
    "timeend": "14:00",
    "date_available": "10000"
  },
  {
    "date_id": "346024",
    "live": "n",
    "datestart": "2011-02-21",
    "dateend": "2011-02-21",
    "timestart": "12:00",
    "timeend": "14:00",
    "date_available": "10000"
  },
  {
    "date_id": "546580",
    "live": "y",
    "datestart": "2015-08-15",
    "dateend": "2015-08-15",
    "timestart": "12:00",
    "timeend": "14:00",
    "date_available": "10000"
  }
]
}
}

I have poco for the "date":

public class EventDate {

    [JsonProperty("date_id")]
    public string Id { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("live")]
    [JsonConverter(typeof(AvailableForSalesFiledConverter))]
    public bool AvailableForSales { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("datestart")]
    public string DateStart { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("dateend")]
    public string DateEnd { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("timestart")]
    public string TimeStart { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("timeend")]
    public string TimeEnd { get; set; }


    [JsonProperty("date_available")]
    public int DateAvailable { get; set; }
}

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Answer 1

var json = GetJsonData(path);
JObject event_dates_data = JObject.Parse(json);
var event_dates_list = JObject.Parse(event_dates_data["document"]["date"].ToString());
event_dates_list = string.Format("[{0}]", event_dates_list.Trim('[', ']'));
var event_dates = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<EventDate>>(event_dates_list.ToString());

Answer 2

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POCO, . DateTime EventDate, :

var my_poco = // create your object here;
var poco_as_json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(my_poco);

// You then save that to a file (I assume that what you're doing)

// Get it back will look like: 
var back_from_json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert
                                    .DeserializeObject<your_poco_class>(json);

// and then simply use the object lists:
var dates  = back_from_json.event_dates_list; // list of dates
var events = = back_from_json.events;         // list of events? 

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"document", "result", "resultcode", "note", "totaldates", "date"

, document, totaldates int, date List<DateEvent>.
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Answer 3

, RootObject , :

class RootObject
{
public List<Class1> Property1 { get; set; }
}

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