.NET-Serialization

A new serialization engine that provides serialization and deserialization services for complex graphs of objects, preserving references and allowing for polymorphism of trusted types, with a flexible and modular configuration. Works on .NET Standard 2.0.

The default services provide:

• Reflection-based constructor, property, and field services.
• Collection services for serializing IEnumerable<T>s and deserializing IList<T>, arrays, and other collections with IEnumerable<T> constructors.
• Object initialization without a constructor, if none is available.
• Primitive type serializers for string, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double, bool, DateTime, Guid, and Vector2, as well as the BassClefStudio.NET primitives DateTimeZone, DateTimeRange, and Color.
• IgnoreSerialize attribute for ignoring properties and fields while serializing.
• Output IGraphWriter implementation for JSON.
• Dependency injection support with Autofac (optional) with methods like RegisterGraphSerializer(), RegisterDefaultGraphServices() RegisterGraphService<T>(), and RegisterGraphConfiguration().

The core GraphSerializer also provides native support for circular references, generic types, trusted types (for polymorphism), and reference preservation through the use of IDs for objects and a full digraph framework for managing relationships between objects in the model.

Usage

builder.RegisterGraphSerializer();
builder.RegisterDefaultGraphServices();
builder.RegisterGraphConfiguration(
    new CustomTypeConfiguration()
    {
        TrustedTypes = ...
    });
builder.RegisterGraphService<MyCustomSerializer>();

...

ISerializationService service;
string json = service.Serialize(oldObject);
MyObject newObject = service.Deserialize<MyObject>(json);