❔ How to Require Property for Serialization?
Hello,
I'm working on a library for the Unity game engine that interfaces with an API. Some of the endpoints require the presence of a property for it to be a valid request. I'm using Newtonsoft.Json for my serialization/deserialization. I saw that it had a
[JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)] attribute, but apparently this only restricts deserialization. Is there any way to restrict serialization as well? Looking to throw an exception or something if developer tries to serialize an object without a required property. I'm not attached to Newtonsoft if there is another library that has this functionality.
Thanks!7 Replies
Use a constructor for that class?
I'd say use
required properties, but alas, Unity is quite a few years behind
And first and foremost, don't let the user just send their own stuff to that API
Wrap it up fully
So that the user only calls, say
Don't expose serialization and deserialization
Provide the client, and provide whatever classes the client will work withRight yeah, that's the plan
Good advice
They say they're planning on catching up 🤞 but until then
Required properties are a .NET 7 thing
If Unity actually updates to .NET 6 sometime this decade it'll be a resounding success
They've said they plan on getting to .NET 7.x or 8 sometime in 2024. We'll see.
Oh they've said a lot lol
How's DOTS doing 
1.0 almost out lol
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