Passing Objects in JSON through ViewBag

Below is an example of how to pass a collection of objects in JSON format through ViewBag.

List<Student> studentsList = new List<Student>();
studentsList = GetStudents();
ViewBag.Students = System.Web.Helpers.Json.Encode(studentsList);

We use System.Web.Helpers.Json.Encode() function to do the formatting and on the view, we just need to render the passed content like this:

@Html.Raw((String)ViewBag.Students)

A different way to do this is by passing the collection directly through ViewBag

ViewBag.Students = studentsList;

then we do the formatting on the view

@Html.Raw(Json.Encode((IList<Student>)ViewBag.Students))

However this way is less efficient than the earlier one.