ReferenceLoopHandlingIgnore.md

ReferenceLoopHandling setting

This sample sets Argon.ReferenceLoopHandling to Ignore so that looping values are excluded from serialization instead of throwing an exception.

public class Employee
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Employee Manager { get; set; }
}

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var joe = new Employee {Name = "Joe User"};
var mike = new Employee {Name = "Mike Manager"};
joe.Manager = mike;
mike.Manager = mike;

var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(joe, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
});

Console.WriteLine(json);
// {
//   "Name": "Joe User",
//   "Manager": {
//     "Name": "Mike Manager"
//   }
// }

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