Is there a way to serialize collection to JSON or XML compactly

Asked Apr 12 '17 at 10:17

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I have a collection of plain entities like this:

class Element
{
    public int LongNameOfPropertyA { get; set;}
    public int LongNameOfPropertyB { get; set;}
    public string LongNameOfPropertyC { get; set;}
}

By default it serializes to something like this:

[{
   "LongNameOfPropertyA": "1",
   "LongNameOfPropertyB": "2",
   "LongNameOfPropertyC": "bla"
},
{
   "LongNameOfPropertyA": "2",
   "LongNameOfPropertyB": "3",
   "LongNameOfPropertyC": "asdf"
}]

My question is there a option to serialize like this:

[{
    "entityName": "Element",
    "columns": [ 
        { "columnName": "LongNameOfPropertyA" },
        { "columnName": "LongNameOfPropertyB" },
        { "columnName": "LongNameOfPropertyC" }],
    "data": [
        { "columnData": ["1", "2"]},
        { "columnData": ["2", "3"]},
        { "columnData": ["bla", "asdf"]}]
}]

the xml solution will be also acceptable

edited Apr 12 '17 at 10:28

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No, because your target JSON is invalid. – Smartis has left SO again Apr 12 '17 at 10:21
@Smartis, please hint me on mistake. Is this imposible at all, or I just mistype somewhere? – gabba Apr 12 '17 at 10:24
@Smartis, Thanks, now Is this possible? – gabba Apr 12 '17 at 10:31
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Of course, restructure your classes accordingly or write your own parser. – Smartis has left SO again Apr 12 '17 at 10:32
@Smartis, Is something parser can be extended with some plugin? – gabba Apr 12 '17 at 10:35
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For JSON, `StructuredListConverter` from [Unable to deserialize my json](https://stackoverflow.com/a/43173427/3744182) should probably work for you with minor changes. Is that answer sufficient, or do you need something specific? – dbc Apr 12 '17 at 17:46
@dbc, Thank you so much! This is what I dreamed about – gabba Apr 12 '17 at 20:11
@gabba - you're welcome. I went ahead and marked this as a duplicate. – dbc Apr 12 '17 at 20:15

Is there a way to serialize collection to JSON or XML compactly

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