Handling decimal values in Newtonsoft.Json

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Edit: It\'s been almost 5 years and I don\'t think this is the way to go. The client should post the data in the correct numerical format. With current fram

Answer 1

Thanx a lot! I was looking for a solution to make decimals always serialize in a similar manner and this post sent me in the right direction. This is my code:

    internal class DecimalConverter : JsonConverter
    {
        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
        {
            return (objectType == typeof(decimal) || objectType == typeof(decimal?));
        }

        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            Decimal? d = default(Decimal?);
            if (value != null)
            {
                d = value as Decimal?;
                if (d.HasValue) // If value was a decimal?, then this is possible
                {
                    d = new Decimal?(new Decimal(Decimal.ToDouble(d.Value))); // The ToDouble-conversion removes all unnessecary precision
                }
            }
            JToken.FromObject(d).WriteTo(writer);
        }
    }