SignalR 2.0.0 beta2 IJsonSerializer extensibility

Question

I want to add some custom serialization logic so that the converted json contains camel case properties.

For that reason i tried to replace the default IJsonSerializer with one the i found in this link:

https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR/issues/500

However there seems to be a problem. More specifically, the JsonNetSerializer and IJsonSerializer classes do not exist in any of the signalR assemblies. Is there any change that happened to the recent version of signalR in that respect?

Answer 1

Just to clarify this a bit, as of SignalR 2 you can't replace the serializer with one that isn't from from JSON.NET. However, the JSON.NET serializer used by SinglR can be created and set using the DependacyResolver.

Here's an example where a new JsonSerializer is created to handle reference loops:

  protected void Application_Start()
  {
     var serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
     serializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize;
     serializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;

     var serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(serializerSettings);
     GlobalHost.DependencyResolver.Register(typeof(JsonSerializer), () => serializer); 
  }