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Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Documentation/Examples/SerializeConditionalProperty.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Examples
+{
+  public class SerializeConditionalProperty
+  {
+    public class Employee
+    {
+      public string Name { get; set; }
+      public Employee Manager { get; set; }
+
+      public bool ShouldSerializeManager()
+      {
+        // don't serialize the Manager property if an employee is their own manager
+        return (Manager != this);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void Example()
+    {
+      Employee joe = new Employee();
+      joe.Name = "Joe Employee";
+      Employee mike = new Employee();
+      mike.Name = "Mike Manager";
+
+      joe.Manager = mike;
+
+      // mike is his own manager
+      // ShouldSerialize will skip this property
+      mike.Manager = mike;
+
+      string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new[] { joe, mike }, Formatting.Indented);
+      // [
+      //   {
+      //     "Name": "Joe Employee",
+      //     "Manager": {
+      //       "Name": "Mike Manager"
+      //     }
+      //   },
+      //   {
+      //     "Name": "Mike Manager"
+      //   }
+      // ]
+    }
+  }
+}