Can JavaScriptSerializer exclude properties with null/default values?

Question

I\'m using JavaScriptSerializer to serialize some entity objects.

The problem is, many of the public properties contain null or default values. Is there any way to m

Answer 1

FYI, if you'd like to go with the easier solution, here's what I used to accomplish this using a JavaScriptConverter implementation with the JavaScriptSerializer:

private class NullPropertiesConverter: JavaScriptConverter {
 public override object Deserialize(IDictionary dictionary, Type type, JavaScriptSerializer serializer) {
  throw new NotImplementedException();
 }

 public override IDictionary Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer) {
  var jsonExample = new Dictionary();
  foreach(var prop in obj.GetType().GetProperties()) {
   //check if decorated with ScriptIgnore attribute
   bool ignoreProp = prop.IsDefined(typeof(ScriptIgnoreAttribute), true);

   var value = prop.GetValue(obj, BindingFlags.Public, null, null, null);
   if (value != null && !ignoreProp)
    jsonExample.Add(prop.Name, value);
  }

  return jsonExample;
 }

 public override IEnumerable SupportedTypes {
  get {
   return GetType().Assembly.GetTypes();
  }
 }
}

and then to use it:

var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
serializer.RegisterConverters(new JavaScriptConverter[] {
  new NullPropertiesConverter();
});
return serializer.Serialize(someObjectToSerialize);