using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main(string[] args)

    {

        MyClass c = new MyClass

        {

            ID = 1,

            field1 = "foo",

            field2 = "bar"

        };

        JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();

        settings.ObjectCreationHandling = ObjectCreationHandling.Replace;

        settings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

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

        Console.WriteLine(json);

        Console.WriteLine();

        c = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyClass>(json, settings);

        json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(c, settings);

        Console.WriteLine(json);

    }

}

​

class MyClass

{

    public int ID { get; set; }

    public string field1 { get; set; }

    public string field2 { get; set; }

    private List<SomeObject> _someObjects;

    public List<SomeObject> SomeObjects

    {

        get

        {

            if (_someObjects == null)

            {

                _someObjects = LoadSomeObjectsFromDB();

            }

            return _someObjects;

        }

        set

        {

            _someObjects = value;

        }

    }

    private List<SomeObject> LoadSomeObjectsFromDB()

    {

        return new List<SomeObject>

        {

            new SomeObject { ID = 1 },

                new SomeObject { ID = 2 },

                new SomeObject { ID = 3 }

        };

    }

}

​

class SomeObject

{

    public int ID { get; set; }

}

​