Serialize enum as a string in JSON.NET using attributes

Question

I want to serialize enum as string using JSON.NET using attributes similar to [JsonIgnore]

Example class:

enum Gender { Male, Female }
class ABC
{
    public Gender { get; set; }
}

If I serialize this using JSON.NET:

var a = new ABC();
var str = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(a);

str is set to {Gender:0} and I would prefer {Gender:Male}.

Answer 1

Have a look at [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]. Should do what you want.

Edit: http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/html/T_Newtonsoft_Json_Converters_StringEnumConverter.htm provides some info.