using Newtonsoft.Json;

using System;

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namespace SerializationTest

{

    internal class Program

    {

        public delegate void MyClassCallback(object sender, EventArgs arg);

        [JsonObject(MemberSerialization.Fields)]

        private class ClassWithSerializedEvent

        {

            public event MyClassCallback HasChanged;

            private string name;

            public ClassWithSerializedEvent()

            {

                this.name = this.GetType().Name;

            }

        }

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        [JsonObject(MemberSerialization.Fields)]

        private class ClassWithoutSerializedEvent

        {

            [JsonIgnore]

            private MyClassCallback hasChanged;

            public event MyClassCallback HasChanged

            {

                add

                {

                    hasChanged += value;

                }

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                remove

                {

                    hasChanged -= value;

                }

            }

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            private string name;

            public ClassWithoutSerializedEvent()

            {

                this.name = this.GetType().Name;

            }

        }

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        private class MyListener

        {

            public MyListener()

            {

            }

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            public void OnHasChanged(object sender, EventArgs args)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Reacting to " + sender);

            }

        }

​

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            MyListener listener = new MyListener();

            ClassWithSerializedEvent instanceWithSerializedEvent = new ClassWithSerializedEvent();

            ClassWithoutSerializedEvent instanceWithoutSerializedEvent = new ClassWithoutSerializedEvent();

            // add event listeners

            instanceWithSerializedEvent.HasChanged += listener.OnHasChanged;

            instanceWithoutSerializedEvent.HasChanged += listener.OnHasChanged;

            // serialize instances

            Console.WriteLine("Instance with serialized event:");

            Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(instanceWithSerializedEvent, Formatting.Indented));

            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.WriteLine("Instance without serialized event");

            Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(instanceWithoutSerializedEvent, Formatting.Indented));

            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.Write("Press any key to exit!");

            Console.ReadKey();

        }

    }

}