How to ignore JsonProperty(PropertyName = "someName") when serializing json?

Solution 1:

This can be done pretty easily using a custom contract resolver. Here's all the code you would need:

class LongNameContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver
{
    protected override IList<JsonProperty> CreateProperties(Type type, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)
    {
        // Let the base class create all the JsonProperties 
        // using the short names
        IList<JsonProperty> list = base.CreateProperties(type, memberSerialization);

        // Now inspect each property and replace the 
        // short name with the real property name
        foreach (JsonProperty prop in list)
        {
            prop.PropertyName = prop.UnderlyingName;
        }

        return list;
    }
}

Here's a quick demo using the resolver:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Foo foo = new Foo
        {
            CustomerName = "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company",
            CustomerNumber = "BG60938"
        };

        Console.WriteLine("--- Using JsonProperty names ---");
        Console.WriteLine(Serialize(foo, false));
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("--- Ignoring JsonProperty names ---");
        Console.WriteLine(Serialize(foo, true));
    }

    static string Serialize(object obj, bool useLongNames)
    {
        JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
        settings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
        if (useLongNames)
        {
            settings.ContractResolver = new LongNameContractResolver();
        }

        return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, settings);
    }
}

class Foo
{
    [JsonProperty("cust-num")]
    public string CustomerNumber { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("cust-name")]
    public string CustomerName { get; set; }
}

Output:

--- Using JsonProperty names ---
{
  "cust-num": "BG60938",
  "cust-name": "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company"
}

--- Ignoring JsonProperty names ---
{
  "CustomerNumber": "BG60938",
  "CustomerName": "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company"
}

Solution 2:

Just want to "extend" Brian's answer with Deserializer class,

static T Deserialize<T>(string json)
{
    return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings()
    {
        ContractResolver = new LongNameContractResolver()
    });
}