//JAVASCRIPT
    $.ajax({
        url: "/Home/GetFriends",
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",

        dataType: "json",
        success: getFriendsSuccess,
        error: getFriendsError,
    }).done(function (data) {
        if( jQuery.isEmptyObject(data)){
                    alert('empty');
                } else {
                    alert('not empty');
                }
        alert(' wuhuuu ' + data.length);
    });

//MVC CONTROLLER
      public JsonResult GetFriends()
            {
            var friends = new List<Friend>();
            var json = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/content/friends.json"));

            var playerList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Friend>>(json);
            return Json(friends, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }


//JSON FILE
/*
[
   {
      "id": 0,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 33,
      "name": "Ana Pickett",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Ana Pickett! You have 6 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 1,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 33,
      "name": "Stone Brady",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Stone Brady! You have 2 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 2,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 21,
      "name": "Rose Miranda",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Rose Miranda! You have 4 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 3,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 25,
      "name": "Faulkner Estrada",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Faulkner Estrada! You have 10 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 4,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 31,
      "name": "Greta Whitfield",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Greta Whitfield! You have 6 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 5,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 34,
      "name": "Patricia Mcdowell",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Patricia Mcdowell! You have 7 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 6,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 27,
      "name": "Castillo Workman",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Castillo Workman! You have 7 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 7,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 37,
      "name": "Nanette Dillon",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Nanette Dillon! You have 2 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 8,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 40,
      "name": "Hobbs Caldwell",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Hobbs Caldwell! You have 7 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 9,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 29,
      "name": "Lauren Callahan",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Lauren Callahan! You have 3 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 10,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 34,
      "name": "Maxwell Hardin",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Maxwell Hardin! You have 10 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 11,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 21,
      "name": "Richards Lambert",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Richards Lambert! You have 7 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 12,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 37,
      "name": "Horne Reeves",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Horne Reeves! You have 3 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 13,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 21,
      "name": "Mollie Christian",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Mollie Christian! You have 4 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 14,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 39,
      "name": "William Beasley",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, William Beasley! You have 5 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 15,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 36,
      "name": "Lena Good",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Lena Good! You have 2 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 16,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 38,
      "name": "Jimmie Glass",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Jimmie Glass! You have 10 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 17,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 36,
      "name": "Jennifer Mccormick",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Jennifer Mccormick! You have 1 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 18,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 35,
      "name": "Paige Abbott",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Paige Abbott! You have 1 unread messages."
   },
   {
      "id": 19,
      "picture": "http://placehold.it/140x100",
      "age": 32,
      "name": "Cole Sutton",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "greeting": "Hello, Cole Sutton! You have 4 unread messages."
   }
]


*/