Is there Any Off-The-Shelf Json Serialization helper class in .NET BCL?

Question

I need to serialize/de-serialize some objects into/from string and transfer them as just opaque data. I can use XmlSerializer to do it, but generated string looks clumsy and

Answer 1

JsonFx.NET has an open-source serializer which allows serialization to/from strongly typed classes which might be what you're looking for. You can control how dates are serialized and override many aspects of the serialization. It even interacts well with Linq by supporting serialization of anonymous objects. The API works just like .NET XML serialization.