JSON Serialization

Serialization converts the state of an object (the value of its properties) into a form that can be stored/transmitted. The serialized form doesn’t include any information about an object’s associated methods.

System.Text.Json emphasizes high performance and low memory allocation over an extensive feature set. It has built-in UTF-8 support because UTF-8 is the most prevalent encoding for data on the web and files on disk.

How to Serialize and Deserialize .NET Objects

To write JSON to a string, call JsonSerializer.Serialize. To read from a JSON string, call JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>. For example: