Json Serializer for Union Type about succinct HOT 6 CLOSED

Oh, that's an interesting one. Bit embarrassing to admit, but it has never occurred to me that someone might want to serialise a union!

So the honest answer is that Succinc<T> has no support currently, but it's certainly something that can be added.

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Too bad :-(
Then in the moment i need a way around it :-)

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@rubiktubik,

Quick update on this.

I don't want to make Succinc<T> itself dependent on JSON.Net, therefore I'll create a new SuccincT.JSON nuget package, which will include Succinc<T> itself and support for serializing union types to JSON. That serialization will likely be achieved via custom JsonConverter and ContractResolver classes, rather than by annotating the types with JSON.Net specific attributes.

This'll mean you'd have to do something like:

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
    dataIncludingUnions,
    Formatting.Indented,
    new JsonSerializerSettings { ContractResolver = new SuccinctContractResolver() });

ie, whenever you need to serialize/deserialize any JSON that would include a union, you'd have to specify the custom ContractResolver class. Would that work for you?

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Yes!, that would be perfectly work!
I've seen similar approaches at other libraries.

Thank you for your effort.

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Tasks required to complete this work:

• Converter for Option<>
• Converter for Union<,>
• Converter for Union<,,>
• Converter for Union<,,,>
• Converter for ValueOrError
• Converter for Maybe<>
• Converter for None
• Converter for Unit
• ContractResolver that handles the above types
• Wiki updates to document how to use the converters and ContractResolver.
• Create new nuget package that contains Succinc<T> and the JSON converters
• Publish new nuget packages

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Version 2.2.0 of SuccincT.JSON is now available on nuget, which supplies JSON serialization support for Succinc<T> types.

This is the first release, but the version number has been set to coincide with the compatible release of Succinc<T> itself.

Please see the JSON Serialization page for details of its use.

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