Serialize different members for XML and JSON

Question

I have a couple of classes that I serialize to XML with DataContract / DataMember attributes and the DataContractSerializer . Now I would like to use the same classes to serialize to JSON for ajax calls from the client. However the members that I want to serialize to JSON are slightly different from the ones that I want to serialize to XML. Is there a way (with attributes) to differentiate between these two?

BTW I'm using DataContractSerializer as opposed to XmlSerializer because I need to serialize private members, so switching to XmlSerializer is not an option.

Answer 1

For serializing json, I use:

System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer

You could also use it for your situation using the ignore attributes to manipulate the output.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.script.serialization.scriptignoreattribute.aspx

Edit:

Just noticed there was another option which you might be more familiar with in dealing with datacontracts:

System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer

Refersnces:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.json.datacontractjsonserializer.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412179.aspx