JSON.Net Self referencing loop detected
I just had the same problem with Parent/Child collections and found that post which has solved my case. I Only wanted to show the List of parent collection items and didn't need any of the child data, therefore i used the following and it worked fine:
JsonConvert.SerializeObject(ResultGroups, Formatting.None,
new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
});
JSON.NET Error Self referencing loop detected for type
it also referes to the Json.NET codeplex page at:
http://json.codeplex.com/discussions/272371
Documentation: ReferenceLoopHandling setting
The fix is to ignore loop references and not to serialize them. This behaviour is specified in JsonSerializerSettings
.
Single JsonConvert
with an overload:
JsonConvert.SerializeObject((from a in db.Events where a.Active select a).ToList(), Formatting.Indented,
new JsonSerializerSettings() {
ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
}
);
If you'd like to make this the default behaviour, add a
Global Setting with code in Application_Start()
in Global.asax.cs:
JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings {
Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore
};
Reference: https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/78