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JavaScriptConverter::Serialize Method

When overridden in a derived class, builds a dictionary of name/value pairs.

Namespace:  System.Web.Script.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)

public:
virtual IDictionary<String^, Object^>^ Serialize(
	Object^ obj, 
	JavaScriptSerializer^ serializer
) abstract

Parameters

obj
Type: System::Object
The object to serialize.
serializer
Type: System.Web.Script.Serialization::JavaScriptSerializer
The object that is responsible for the serialization.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic::IDictionary<String, Object>
An object that contains key/value pairs that represent the object’s data.

When you serialize a type for which a custom converter is registered, the JavaScriptSerializer instance invokes the Serialize method.

Notes to Inheritors

The return value of Serialize must be an IDictionary<TKey, TValue> instance with zero or more name/value pairs that represent an object’s data to be converted to JSON. The converter itself does not serialize data as JSON. Instead, the converter builds a dictionary of name/value pairs that contain the property names (the string key for the dictionary) and corresponding property values (the object value in the dictionary). The JavaScriptSerializer instance subsequently converts these to JSON.

If the converter encounters an exception, it should throw an InvalidOperationException error that describes the problem.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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