asp web api json serialization returns private properties

Question

I have a Web api controller class and i call a method on a proxy class generated from a WSDL from the web api controller, and i return an object of type defined in the WSDL proxy class.

but the xml/json returned contains the private members of the proxy class

the private members are

    private string companyField;

    private string soldBPField;

    private string fromDateField;

    private string toDateField;

    private long succStatusField;

and the xml returned is :

<companyField>700</companyField>
<soldBPField>999000353</soldBPField>
<fromDateField>01-01-2012</fromDateField>
<toDateField>01-01-2013</toDateField>

the json returned is also similar

I changed the xml formatter in the global.asax as follows:

var xml = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter;
xml.UseXmlSerializer = true;

this changed the XML returned to:

<company>700</company>
<soldBP>999000353</soldBP>
<fromDateField>01-01-2012</fromDate>
<toDate>01-01-2013</toDate>

but the json returned still contains the name of the private variables

can any one help me with this

Answer 1

Are your types marked as [Serializable]? Serializable means that the serializer should serialize all fields - private or public. Try to remove Serializable or else use this line to stop the JSON formatter from recognizing the attribute:

config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new DefaultContractResolver();