JObject defines method Parse for this:
JObject
Parse
JObject json = JObject.Parse(str);
You might want to refer to Json.NET documentation.
if you don't want or need a typed object try:
using Newtonsoft.Json;// ... dynamic json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(str);
or try for a typed object try:
Foo json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Foo>(str)
This works
string str = "{ 'context_name': { 'lower_bound': 'value', 'pper_bound': 'value', 'values': [ 'value1', 'valueN' ] } }"; JavaScriptSerializer j = new JavaScriptSerializer(); object a = j.Deserialize(str, typeof(object));