Question

This is more of a share knowledge than anything else. Wasn’t sure if I was supposed to make it a question.

So I have multiple issues with the following error Object graph for type 'xxx' contains cycles

There are many ways the internet says to fix it, for instance adding the IsReference=true attribute, creating your own custom attributes, etc.

For me I find the most simplest way is by just making the child parent object have a private setter.

ie.

public ParentObject objectName { get; private set; }

More in depth example.

public class Parent()
{
    public Guid ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Child()
{
    public Guid ID { get; set; }
    public Parent Parent { get; private set; }
    public int ChildProp { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

I’ll give the credit to this post correct answer(in green), for helping me figure it out.

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