using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
private readonly Customer _customer = new Customer
[XmlElement("FirstName")]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
public bool ShouldSerializeLastName()
public void XmlSerialize()
var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Customer));
using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())
xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, _customer);
var xml = textWriter.ToString();
Assert.IsTrue(!xml.Contains(_customer.LastName));
static DefaultContractResolver IgnoreShouldSerializeContractResolver = new DefaultContractResolver
IgnoreShouldSerializeMembers = true,
public void JsonConvert()
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
ContractResolver = IgnoreShouldSerializeContractResolver,
var json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(_customer, settings);
Assert.IsTrue(json.Contains(_customer.LastName));
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " + Environment.Version);
Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);
new UnitTest1().XmlSerialize();
new UnitTest1().JsonConvert();
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");