I need to add KnownType to the below code for it to serialize successfully. When I do, the generated JSON is as follows:
JSON form of Adult with 1 child: {"age":42,"name":"John","children":[{"__type":"
Child:#TestJson","age":4,"name":"Jane","fingers":10}]}
How do I have it not include the "__type":"Child:#TestJson"? We return hundreds of these elements on some queries and that extra text will add up.
Full code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
namespace TestJson
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Adult parent = new Adult {name = "John", age = 42};
MemoryStream stream1 = new MemoryStream();
DataContractJsonSerializer ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Adult));
ser.WriteObject(stream1, parent);
stream1.Position = 0;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream1);
Console.Write("JSON form of Adult with no children: ");
Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
Child child = new Child { name = "Jane", age = 4, fingers=10 };
stream1 = new MemoryStream();
ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Child));
ser.WriteObject(stream1, child);
stream1.Position = 0;
sr = new StreamReader(stream1);
Console.Write("JSON form of Child with no parent: ");
Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
// now connect the two
parent.children.Add(child);
stream1 = new MemoryStream();
ser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Adult));
ser.WriteObject(stream1, parent);
stream1.Position = 0;
sr = new StreamReader(stream1);
Console.Write("JSON form of Adult with 1 child: ");
Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
}
}
[DataContract]
[KnownType(typeof(Adult))]
[KnownType(typeof(Child))]
class Person
{
[DataMember]
internal string name;
[DataMember]
internal int age;
}
[DataContract]
class Adult : Person
{
[DataMember]
internal List<Person> children = new List<Person>();
}
[DataContract]
class Child : Person
{
[DataMember]
internal int fingers;
}
}
As I told you in the last question, I don't know, but some research leads me to believe that the following might achieve what you want:
var settings = new DataContractJsonSerializerSettings();
settings.EmitTypeInformation = EmitTypeInformation.Never;
var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(yourType, settings);
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