How to serialize or convert Swift objects to JSON?

Along with Swift 4 (Foundation) now it is natively supported in both ways, JSON string to an object - an object to JSON string. Please see Apple's documentation here JSONDecoder() and here JSONEncoder()

JSON String to Object

let jsonData = jsonString.data(using: .utf8)!
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let myStruct = try! decoder.decode(myStruct.self, from: jsonData)

Swift Object to JSONString

let encoder = JSONEncoder()
encoder.outputFormatting = .prettyPrinted
let data = try! encoder.encode(myStruct)
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)

You can find all details and examples here Ultimate Guide to JSON Parsing With Swift 4

In Swift 4, you can inherit from the Codable type.

struct Dog: Codable {
    var name: String
    var owner: String
}

// Encode
let dog = Dog(name: "Rex", owner: "Etgar")

let jsonEncoder = JSONEncoder()
let jsonData = try jsonEncoder.encode(dog)
let json = String(data: jsonData, encoding: String.Encoding.utf16)

// Decode
let jsonDecoder = JSONDecoder()
let secondDog = try jsonDecoder.decode(Dog.self, from: jsonData)