using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;                  

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public class Program

{

    [JsonObject(IsReference = true)]

    public class Group

    {

        public Group()

        {

        }

        public string Id {get; set;}

        public string Name {get; set;}

        public string Description {get; set;}

        public string WontGetDeserialized {get; private set;}

    }

    public class GroupCollection

    {

        public IList<Group> Groups {get; set;}

    }

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    public static void Main()

    {

        var group1 = new Group() { Id = "1", Name = "FirstGroup", Description = "This is the first group" };

        var group2 = new Group() { Id = "2", Name = "SecondGroup", Description = "This is the second group" };

        var groupList = new List<Group> { group1, group1, group2, group2, group2};

        var groupCollection = new GroupCollection {Groups = groupList};

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

    }

    public static void MainTestGroup()

    {

        string json = "{\"Id\": \"123\", \"WontGetDeserialized\": \"YAAAAAAAA\" }";

        var grp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Group>(json);

        Console.WriteLine("Group Id                       : " + grp.Id);

        Console.WriteLine("Group WontGetDeserialized      : " + grp.WontGetDeserialized);

    }

}