Is there a way to decorate an int property so that it serializes as a string?

Question

Is it possible to create a decorator for a property of a class of type int so it serializes as a string?

I have

    public class MyClass
    {
        [SerializeAsString] //this is what I want
        public int StreetCode { get; set; }
    }

so when I call

var jsonRequest = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myClass);

I want it to output the value between quotes rather than as an int without quotes.

Answer 1

This requires a custom converter based on Newtonsoft.Json.Converter to be created.

Then you would use the converter like so

[JsonConverter(typeof(ToStringConverter))]
public int StreetCode { get; set; }