Description
Description
The JsonIgnore attribute is ignored for init-only properties in source generation mode.
A motivating example is when I have an outer record wrapping some inner record to perform some serialization transformation.
record MyRecord([property: JsonIgnore] MyOtherRecord MyOtherRecord)
{
[JsonConstructor]
public MyRecord(int foo) : this(new MyOtherRecord(foo, "Baz"))
{
}
[JsonPropertyName("foo")] public string Foo => MyOtherRecord.Foo.ToString();
}
record MyOtherRecord(int Foo, string Bar);
[JsonSerializable(typeof(MyRecord))]
partial class JsonContext : JsonSerializerContext;In the example above, the object initializer for MyRecord, generated by the json source generation machinery, would override the initialized value of the MyOtherRecord property to null -- despite having a JsonIgnore applied to the property.
Reproduction Steps
Apply the JsonIgnore attribute to an init-only property and observe that the init is invoked upon object construction. As illustrated below, the behavior seems to diverge from reflection mode.
var reflection = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonClass>("""{"A":1}""");
Console.WriteLine($"Property: {reflection!.Property}"); // Property: 42
var sourceGenerated = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonClass>("""{"A":1}""", JsonContext.Default.JsonClass);
Console.WriteLine($"Property: {sourceGenerated!.Property}"); // Property: 0
class JsonClass
{
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.Always)]
public int Property { get; init; } = 42;
}
[JsonSerializable(typeof(JsonClass))]
partial class JsonContext : JsonSerializerContext;Expected behavior
The JsonIgnore attribute should, when applied to an init-only property, cause the property initializer to be omitted entirely from object construction.
From the docs:
[JsonIgnore] Prevents a property or field from being serialized or deserialized.
Actual behavior
The init-only property is effectively behaving as if the ignore condition is set to JsonIgnoreCondition.Never, thus causing any value set in the constructor to subsequently be overridden.
Regression?
No response
Known Workarounds
Changing the accessor from init to set updates ObjectWithParameterizedConstructorCreator from static args => new global::JsonClass(){ Property = (int)args[0] } to static args => new global::JsonClass().
Configuration
.NET 8
SDK 8.0.204
Other information
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