JSON: Serializing types derived from IEnumerable

Question

JavaScriptSerializer serializes types derived from IEnumerable as JavaScript arrays. It convenient for arrays and lists but in some cases I need to serialize properties decl

Answer 1

Check out JSON.NET. I've used it on a couple of projects and it makes JSON serialization and deserialization a lot easier. It will serialize most objects with a single method call, and also lets you have a finer-grained control over the serialization with custom attributes.

Here's a sample from the author's website:

Product product = new Product();

product.Name = "Apple";

product.Expiry = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);

product.Price = 3.99M;

product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small", "Medium", "Large" };

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);

//{

//  "Name": "Apple",

//  "Expiry": new Date(1230422400000),

//  "Price": 3.99,

//  "Sizes": [

//    "Small",

//    "Medium",

//    "Large"

//  ]

//}



Product deserializedProduct = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);