How to create JSON string in C#

Question

I just used the XmlWriter to create some XML to send back in an HTTP response. How would you create a JSON string. I assume you would just use a stringbuilder to build the

Answer 1

This code snippet uses the DataContractJsonSerializer from System.Runtime.Serialization.Json in .NET 3.5.

public static string ToJson(/* this */ T value, Encoding encoding)
{
    var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));

    using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        using (var writer = JsonReaderWriterFactory.CreateJsonWriter(stream, encoding))
        {
            serializer.WriteObject(writer, value);
        }

        return encoding.GetString(stream.ToArray());
    }
}