How to serialize byte[] as simple JSON Array and not as base64 in JSON.net?

Question

I use JSON.net to serialize some objects between C# and JavaScript. The JSON data is transfered via WebSocket between the .NET and browser application.

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Answer 1

Simplest way I can think of is to convert the byte array into an integer array, like:

var intArray = byteArray.Select(b => (int)b).ToArray();

This wouldn't require any special handling of the JSON library, or any custom serialization or anything like that.

EDIT: This would mean having to customize your data object to handle the different type. Maybe:

public class CustomFoo : Foo
{
    // SomeBytesHere is a byte[] in the base class
    public new int[] SomeBytesHere { get;set; }
}

So maybe it's not the simplest - depending on how much stuff you have to serialize