json - Azure Mobile Services (Windows Phone) - store complex object -

i playing around azure mobile services. right trying store object of custom class in table.

here snippet class represent object want store in azure.

public class customitem : inotifypropertychanged {     public event propertychangedeventhandler propertychanged;      public string id { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "categorie")]     public categorieobject categorie { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "subcategorie")]     public subcategorieobject subcategorie { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "name")]     public string name { get; set; }  ...  } 

my question how store custom types categorieobject or subcategorieobject. these classes contain string name , many other properties, need store name of categorie , subcategorieobject. maybe can give me hint, solve problem.

thanks!

the post @ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosfigueira/archive/2012/09/06/supporting-arbitrary-types-in-azure-mobile-services-managed-client-complex-types.aspx shows 1 way support complex objects in azure mobile service. scenario, can send data server , in insert/read/update scripts "change" data store need. example, assuming have types on client:

public class customitem : inotifypropertychanged {     public event propertychangedeventhandler propertychanged;      public string id { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "categorie")]     public categorieobject categorie { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "subcategorie")]     public subcategorieobject subcategorie { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "name")]     public string name { get; set; } }  public class categorieobject {     [jsonproperty(propertyname = "name")]     public string name { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "somethingelse")]     public string somethingelse { get; set; } }  public class subcategorieobject {     [jsonproperty(propertyname = "name")]     public string name { get; set; }      [jsonproperty(propertyname = "somethingelse")]     public string somethingelse { get; set; } } 

you'd change insert script replace complex object (categorie / subcategorie) name, want store:

function insert(item, user, request) {     // replace complex object "name" property.     // omitting error / format checking here conciseness.     item.categorie = item.categorie.name;     item.subcategorie = item.subcategorie.name;      request.execute({         success: function() {             // recreate original object             item.categorie = { name: item.categorie };             item.subcategorie = { name: item.subcategorie };             request.respond();         }     }); } 

likewise when updating item you'd need same:

function update(item, user, request) {     // replace complex object "name" property.     // omitting error / format checking here conciseness.     item.categorie = item.categorie.name;     item.subcategorie = item.subcategorie.name;      request.execute({         success: function() {             // recreate original object             item.categorie = { name: item.categorie };             item.subcategorie = { name: item.subcategorie };             request.respond();         }     }); } 

and same reading:

function read(query, user, request) {     request.execute({         success: function(results) {             results.foreach(function(item) {                 item.categorie = { name: item.categorie };                 item.subcategorie = { name: item.subcategorie };             });             request.respond();         }     }); } 

notice other properties in subclasses lost when reading database (after all, you're not storing them).