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POMVC 4 Web API - JSON serialization for custom objects
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copied!<p>I have several objects as followed:</p> <pre><code>public class Person { string FirstName; string LastName; public Person(string fn, string ln) { FirstName = fn; LastName = ln; } } public class Team { string TeamName; Person TeamLeader; List<Person> TeamMembers; public Team(string name, Person lead, List<Person> members) { TeamName = name; TeamLeader = lead; TeamMembers = members; } } public class Response { int ResponseCode; string ResponseMessage; object ResponsePayload; public Response(int code, string message, object payload) { ResponseCode = code; ResponseMessage = message; ResponsePayload = payload; } } </code></pre> <p>(1) This is the Person controller with Get method:</p> <pre><code>public class PersonController : ApiController { public Response Get() { Person tom = new Person("Tom", "Cruise"); Response response = new Response(1, "It works!", tom); return response; } } </code></pre> <p>(2) This is the Team controller with Get method:</p> <pre><code>public class TeamController : ApiController { public Response Get() { Person tom = new Person("Tom", "Cruise"); Person cindy = new Person("Cindy", "Cullen"); Person jason = new Person("Jason","Lien"); Team awesome = new Team("Awesome", jason, new List<Person>(){tom,cindy}); Response response = new Response(1, "It works!", awesome); return response; } } </code></pre> <p>What I want is after user calling <a href="http://www.app123.com/api/person">http://www.app123.com/api/person</a></p> <p>I receive JSON result like this:</p> <pre><code>{ "ResponseCode":1, "ResponseMessage":"It works!", "ResponsePayload": { "FirstName":"Tom", "LastName":"Cruise" } } </code></pre> <p>and calling <a href="http://www.app123.com/api/team">http://www.app123.com/api/team</a></p> <p>I receive JSON result like this:</p> <pre><code>{ "ResponseCode":1, "ResponseMessage":"It works!", "ResponsePayload": { "TeamLeader": { "FirstName":"Jason", "LastName":"Lien" } "TeamMember": [ { "FirstName":"Tom", "LastName":"Cruise" }, { "FirstName":"Cindy", "LastName":"Cullen" } ] } } </code></pre> <p>But they never work for me, do you know how to produce the JSON result like above with ASP.NET MVC 4?</p>

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