using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

using System.IO;

using System.Data;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

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using System.Text.Json;

using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

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using NUnit.Framework; // Throws NUnit.Framework.AssertionException

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//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59792850/system-text-json-serialize-null-strings-into-empty-strings-globally

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    public class EmptyStringConverter : JsonConverter<string>

    {

        public override bool HandleNull => true;

        public override string Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)

            => reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Null ? "" : reader.GetString();

        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, string value, JsonSerializerOptions options) =>

            writer.WriteStringValue(value ?? "");

    }

    public class Model

    {

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var jsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions { Converters = { new EmptyStringConverter() } };

            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new Model() { FirstName = null }, jsonSerializerOptions);

            Console.WriteLine(json);

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        }

    }

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    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1})", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , GetNetCoreVersion());

            Console.WriteLine("System.Text.Json version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

        public static string GetNetCoreVersion()

        {

            //https://techblog.dorogin.com/how-to-detect-net-core-version-in-runtime-ecd65ad695be

            //

            var assembly = typeof(System.Runtime.GCSettings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

            var assemblyPath = assembly.Location.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            int netCoreAppIndex = Array.IndexOf(assemblyPath, "Microsoft.NETCore.App");

            if (netCoreAppIndex > 0 && netCoreAppIndex < assemblyPath.Length - 2)

                return assemblyPath[netCoreAppIndex + 1];

            return "";

        }

    }

​