Question

I have a class like this :

public class Person
{
    public string Address { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Surname { get; set; }

    public Person()
    {

    }
}

on server side, I populate some instance of this class, and I add them into an IEnumerable<Person>.
Well, now, on client side, I’d like to receive this collection as javascript (json?), as happens with web services and serialization. ([Serializable()])

How can I do it in a normal response, after a webform request in .NET 3.5?

Answer 1

You can use JavaScriptSerializer to serialize an object to JSON.

Or, even better, create a WebService marked with ScriptService.

[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
[ScriptService]
public class SimpleWebService : System.Web.Services.WebService 
{
    [WebMethod]
    public string GetServerTime() 
    {
        string serverTime =
            String.Format("The current time is {0}.", DateTime.Now);

        return serverTime;
    }
}