Does .NET 4 have a built-in JSON serializer/deserializer?

Question

Does .NET 4 come with any class that serializes/deserializes JSON data?

• I know there are 3rd-party libraries, such as JSON.NET, but I am looking for somethi

Answer 1

There's the JavaScriptSerializer class (although you will need to reference the System.Web.Extensions assembly the class works perfectly fine in WinForms/WPF applications). Also even if the DataContractJsonSerializer class was designed for WCF it works fine in client applications.