How to de/serialize System.Drawing.Size to object using JSON.Net?

Question

I have absolutely no idea how to do this.

Sample class that I use:

class MyClass
{

    private Size _size = new Size(0, 0);

    [DataMember]
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Answer 1

You can use JsonProperty, instead of force each individual property into json result everytime.

public class MyClass
{
    [JsonProperty("size")]
    public Size size;
}

And this is your Size class

public class Size
{
    public Size(int w, int h)
    {
        this.Width = w;
        this.Height = h;
    }

    [JsonProperty("width")]
    public int Width
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
    [JsonProperty("height")]
    public int Height
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

And this is how you access it

        MyClass w = new MyClass{ size = new Size(5, 7) };
        string result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(w);

This is what you get

{"Size":{"width":5,"height":7}}

This way, everytime you add new property in your Size class or even MyClass class, you just need put the JsonProperty attribute on top of it.