using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        PagedData<User> page = new PagedData<User>

        {

            Data = new List<User>

            {

                new User { Id = 1, Name = "Joe Schmoe" },

                new User { Id = 2, Name = "John Doe" },

                new User { Id = 3, Name = "Bob Smith" }

            },

            Count = 3,

            CurrentPage = 1,

            Offset = 0,

            RowsPerPage = 10

        };

        JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings

        {

            ContractResolver = new CustomResolver(),

            Formatting = Formatting.Indented

        };

        string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(page, settings);

        Console.WriteLine(json);

        Console.WriteLine();

        PagedData<Berry> page2 = new PagedData<Berry>

        {

            Data = new List<Berry>

            {

                new Berry { Id = 1, Name = "Strawberry" },

                new Berry { Id = 2, Name = "Blueberry" },

                new Berry { Id = 3, Name = "Blackberry" },

                new Berry { Id = 4, Name = "Raspberry" },

                new Berry { Id = 5, Name = "Boysenberry" }

            },

            Count = 5,

            CurrentPage = 1,

            Offset = 0,

            RowsPerPage = 10

        };

        json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(page2, settings);

        Console.WriteLine(json);

    }

}

​

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public class JsonNameBasedOnItemClassNameAttribute : Attribute {}

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public class CustomResolver : DefaultContractResolver

{

    protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)

    {

        JsonProperty prop = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);

        if (prop.PropertyType.IsGenericType && member.GetCustomAttribute<JsonNameBasedOnItemClassNameAttribute>() != null)

        {

            prop.PropertyName = Pluralize(prop.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments().First().Name);

        }

        return prop;

    }

    protected string Pluralize(string name)

    {

        if (name.EndsWith("y") && !name.EndsWith("ay") && !name.EndsWith("ey") && !name.EndsWith("oy") && !name.EndsWith("uy"))

            return name.Substring(0, name.Length - 1) + "ies";

        if (name.EndsWith("s"))

            return name + "es";

        return name + "s";

    }

}

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public class PagedData<T>

{

    [JsonNameBasedOnItemClassName]

    public IEnumerable<T> Data { get; set; }

    public int Count { get; set; }

    public int CurrentPage { get; set; }

    public int Offset { get; set; }

    public int RowsPerPage { get; set; }

    public int? PreviousPage { get; set; }

    public int? NextPage { get; set; }

}

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public class User

{

    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

}

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public class Berry

{

    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

}

​