Create WPF UI from JSON schema
So, it is certainly possible. What you would need to do is define the deserialization routine to make List<T>/ObservableCollection<T> objects that implement INotifyPropeertyChanged. You could do this via Newtonsoft Json or write a JSchema to ViewModel converter
Next, you can make a ContentControl or even a Listbox/StackPanel bound to this enumerable, like a Master Detail view, and the details view can implement a Property Grid on a selected object. Example of Property grid.
Make sure all your bindings are TwoWay to preserve changes you make.Additionally, you could implement the OnSelectionChanged event on your StackPanel to serialize the changes.
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I wanted to do same thing for UWP, but didn't find a working solution that I could use.Besides PropertyGrid mentioned above I also foundDataGrid from Windows Community Toolkit and DataForm from Telerik.Using those still would require converting Json to Object model and back.As it turned out Newtonsoft.Json is built with databinding in mind, so it is pretty easy to generate controls from Json that would bind to Json properties.Here is a code snippet to do that:
private void RenderForm(JArray jArray){ StackPanel stackPanel = new StackPanel() { Orientation = Orientation.Vertical }; this.Content = stackPanel; stackPanel.Height = this.Height; stackPanel.Width = this.Width; stackPanel.Children.Add(button); foreach (JObject element in jArray) { String type = element["type"].ToString(); TextBlock textBlock = new TextBlock() { Text = element["name"].ToString() }; textBlock.Padding = new Thickness() { Top = 5 }; switch (type) { case "hiddendata": break; case "bool": CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox(); checkBox.DataContext = element; Binding checkBoxBinding = new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("[value].Value"), Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged }; checkBoxBinding.Source = element; checkBox.SetBinding(CheckBox.IsCheckedProperty, checkBoxBinding); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBlock); stackPanel.Children.Add(checkBox); break; case "image": if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(element["value"].Value<String>())) { Image image = new Image(); image.MaxHeight = 200; image.MaxWidth = 200; var ignore = SetImageSource(element["value"].Value<String>(), image); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBlock); stackPanel.Children.Add(image); } break; case "info": if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(element["value"].Value<String>())) { TextBlock displayTextBlock = new TextBlock(); displayTextBlock.DataContext = element; Binding displayTextBlockBinding = new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("[value].Value"), Mode = BindingMode.OneWay, UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged }; displayTextBlockBinding.Source = element; displayTextBlock.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, displayTextBlockBinding); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBlock); stackPanel.Children.Add(displayTextBlock); } break; case "password": PasswordBox passwordBox = new PasswordBox(); passwordBox.DataContext = element; Binding passwordBoxBinding = new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("[value].Value"), Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged }; passwordBoxBinding.Source = element; passwordBox.SetBinding(PasswordBox.PasswordProperty, passwordBoxBinding); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBlock); stackPanel.Children.Add(passwordBox); break; case "string": default: TextBox textBox = new TextBox(); textBox.DataContext = element; Binding textBoxBinding = new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("[value].Value"), Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.PropertyChanged }; textBoxBinding.Source = element; textBox.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, textBoxBinding); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBlock); stackPanel.Children.Add(textBox); break; } }}