using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

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namespace HelloWorldMvcApp

{

    public class SampleViewModel : AsSerializeable

    {

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public List<NestedData> NestedData { get; set; }

        public SampleViewModel()

        {

            this.Name = "Serialization Demo";

            this.NestedData = Enumerable.Range(0,10).Select(i => new NestedData(i)).ToList();   

        }

    }

    public class NestedData

    {

        public int Id { get; set; }

        public NestedData(int id)

        {

            this.Id = id;   

        }

    }

    public abstract class AsSerializeable

    {

        public string ToJson()

        {

            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this);

        }

    }

}