Is there any way to JSON.NET-serialize a subclass of List that also has extra properties?

Question

Ok, we\'re using Newtonsoft\'s JSON.NET product, which I really love. However, I have a simple class structure for hierarchical locations that look roughly like this...

Answer 1

Usually when I find myself fighting something like this it tells me I should consider another approach. In this case, I would recommend the following view model structure as an alternative:

public class Location
{
    public bool IsExpanded { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List Locations { get; set; }
}

public class ViewModel
{
    public List RootLocations { get; set; }
}