Question

I have a class as below

public class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }     
    [DisplayName ("Please Enter Your Age")]       
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public string Sex { get; set; }        
}

I serialized this object to Json using json() of MVC3, but the DisplayName attribute is ignored. I get the json as

"*{"Name":"Person Name","**Age**":28,"Sex":"Male"}*" 

Actually i was expecting

"*{"Name":"Person Name","**Please Enter Your Age**":28,"Sex":"Male"}*"

Code converts the object to json

[HttpGet]
public JsonResult JsonTest()
{
    Person person = new Person();
    person.Age = 28;
    person.Name = "Person Name";
    person.Sex = "Male";        
    return (Json(person, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
}

Any help would be appreciated!!!

Answer 1

You can use the DataContractJsonSerializer to give different names to your properties by using the [DataMember(Name = "myOwnName")] data annotation. Or write your own serializer.

Example can be found here.