New Post: Array as return type

Hi Klator, and thanks for your question!

There are several ways to do what you need, and JSON serialization should not be necessary. One thing you could do is access a .NET array directly from JavaScript:

public class Foo {
    public string[] GetNames() {
        return new[] { "Adolph", "Blaine", "Charles", "David" };
    }
}

and then:

engine.AddHostObject("foo", new Foo());
engine.AddHostType("Console", typeof(Console));
engine.Execute(@"
    names = foo.GetNames();
    for (var i = 0; i < names.Length; i++) {
        Console.WriteLine(names[i]);
    }
");

On the other hand, if it's important that the method's return value be a JavaScript array, ClearScript lets you do that too:

public class Foo {
    private readonly ScriptEngine engine;
    public Foo(ScriptEngine engine) {
        this.engine = engine;
    }
    public object GetNames() {
        dynamic jsArray = engine.Evaluate("[]");
        jsArray.push("Adolph");
        jsArray.push("Blaine");
        jsArray.push("Charles");
        jsArray.push("David");
        return jsArray;
    }
}

and then:

engine.AddHostObject("foo", new Foo(engine));
engine.AddHostType("Console", typeof(Console));
engine.Execute(@"
    names = foo.GetNames();
    for (var i in names) {
        Console.WriteLine(names[i]);
    }
");

Please let us know if these suggestions don't work for you! Good luck!