JSON

{"employees":[
   {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"},
   {"firstName":"Anna", "lastName":"Smith"},
   {"firstName":"Peter", "lastName":"Jones"}
]}

XML 

<employees>  
    <employee>  
        <firstName>John</firstName>  
        <lastName>Doe</lastName>  
    </employee>  
    <employee>  
        <firstName>Anna</firstName>  
        <lastName>Smith</lastName>  
    </employee>  
    <employee>  
        <firstName>Peter</firstName>  
        <lastName>Jones</lastName>  
    </employee>  

</employees>  

Automated using Visual Studio

Generate Class From JSON or XML in Visual Studio

This approach uses Visual Studio to generate a class just by copying and pasting the JSON or XML string.

The following is the procedure to generate the class:

1. Copy JSON or XML string
   JSON
   
   
   
   XML
   
   
2. Go to Edit > Paste Sepcial > Paste JSON As Classes or Paste XML As Classes.
   
   

Visual Studio generates a class structure for the developer as in the following:

The following is an example of the class structure created by copying and pasting a JSON string.

public class EmployeeList {  

    public Employee[] employees {  

        get;  

        set;  

    }  

}  

  

public class Employee {  

    public string firstName {  

        get;  

        set;  

    }  

    public string lastName {  

        get;  

        set;  

    }  

}