#region License // Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; #if DNXCORE50 using Xunit; using Test = Xunit.FactAttribute; using Assert = Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.XUnitAssert; #else using NUnit.Framework; #endif namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Samples.Serializer { [TestFixture] public class JsonPropertyItemLevelSetting : TestFixtureBase { #region Types public class Business { public string Name { get; set; } [JsonProperty(ItemIsReference = true)] public IList Employees { get; set; } } public class Employee { public string Name { get; set; } [JsonProperty(IsReference = true)] public Employee Manager { get; set; } } #endregion [Test] public void Example() { #region Usage Employee manager = new Employee { Name = "George-Michael" }; Employee worker = new Employee { Name = "Maeby", Manager = manager }; Business business = new Business { Name = "Acme Ltd.", Employees = new List { manager, worker } }; string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(business, Formatting.Indented); Console.WriteLine(json); // { // "Name": "Acme Ltd.", // "Employees": [ // { // "$id": "1", // "Name": "George-Michael", // "Manager": null // }, // { // "$id": "2", // "Name": "Maeby", // "Manager": { // "$ref": "1" // } // } // ] // } #endregion StringAssert.AreEqual(@"{ ""Name"": ""Acme Ltd."", ""Employees"": [ { ""$id"": ""1"", ""Name"": ""George-Michael"", ""Manager"": null }, { ""$id"": ""2"", ""Name"": ""Maeby"", ""Manager"": { ""$ref"": ""1"" } } ] }", json); } } }