Is it possible to control the JSON serialization behavior of JsonServiceClient?

Question

I am trying to interact with an ASP.NET MVC controller action using a ServiceStack JsonServiceClient. The default serialization behavior of DateTime objects does not seem to be compatible with what MVC supports, is there any way to alter client's DateTime serialization behavior?

Answer 1

I believe the ServiceStack DateTime serialization can be controlled by setting the ServiceStack.Text.JsConfig.DateHandler property.

Answer 2

is there any way to alter client's DateTime serialization behavior?

In ASP.NET MVC there are 2 aspects: model binding JSON requests and sending JSON responses. Both use the built-in .NET JavaScriptSerializer.

In order to alter the model binder you could write a custom ValueProviderFactory.

For response JSON objects you could write a custom ActionResult instead of using the built-in Json method as shown in this thread.

If you want to alter the behavior on the client then you could use what @AlexD suggested in his answer.