How do I include subclasses in Swagger API documentation/ OpenAPI specification using Swashbuckle?

Question

I have an Asp.Net web API 5.2 project in c# and generating documentation with Swashbuckle.

I have model that contain inheritance something like having an Animal prop

Answer 1

To follow on from Paulo's great answer, if you're using Swagger 2.0, you'll need to modify the classes as shown:

public class PolymorphismSchemaFilter : ISchemaFilter
{
    private readonly Lazy> derivedTypes = new Lazy>(Init);

    private static HashSet Init()
    {
        var abstractType = typeof(T);
        var dTypes = abstractType.Assembly
                                 .GetTypes()
                                 .Where(x => abstractType != x && abstractType.IsAssignableFrom(x));

        var result = new HashSet();

        foreach (var item in dTypes)
            result.Add(item);

        return result;
    }

    public void Apply(Schema model, SchemaFilterContext context)
    {
        if (!derivedTypes.Value.Contains(context.SystemType)) return;

        var clonedSchema = new Schema
        {
            Properties = model.Properties,
            Type = model.Type,
            Required = model.Required
        };

        //schemaRegistry.Definitions[typeof(T).Name]; does not work correctly in SwashBuckle
        var parentSchema = new Schema { Ref = "#/definitions/" + typeof(T).Name };

        model.AllOf = new List { parentSchema, clonedSchema };

        //reset properties for they are included in allOf, should be null but code does not handle it
        model.Properties = new Dictionary();
    }
}

public class PolymorphismDocumentFilter : IDocumentFilter
{
    private static void RegisterSubClasses(ISchemaRegistry schemaRegistry, Type abstractType)
    {
        const string discriminatorName = "discriminator";

        var parentSchema = schemaRegistry.Definitions[abstractType.Name];

        //set up a discriminator property (it must be required)
        parentSchema.Discriminator = discriminatorName;
        parentSchema.Required = new List { discriminatorName };

        if (!parentSchema.Properties.ContainsKey(discriminatorName))
            parentSchema.Properties.Add(discriminatorName, new Schema { Type = "string" });

        //register all subclasses
        var derivedTypes = abstractType.Assembly
                                       .GetTypes()
                                       .Where(x => abstractType != x && abstractType.IsAssignableFrom(x));

        foreach (var item in derivedTypes)
            schemaRegistry.GetOrRegister(item);
    }

    public void Apply(SwaggerDocument swaggerDoc, DocumentFilterContext context)
    {
        RegisterSubClasses(context.SchemaRegistry, typeof(T));
    }
}