Added Skip() method to JsonReader. Skips the current JSON token and any child tokens.
JsonSerializer now has the ability to populate existing members on an object. This behaviour is controlled by the ObjectCreationHandling property.
Changes:
Improved behaviour of JsonReader.Depth property.
Fixes:
Floating point numbers now use ToString("r") to avoid an overflow error when serializing and deserializing a boundary value.
JsonSerializer now correctly serializes and deserializes DBNull.
JsonSerializer no longer errors when skipping a multi-token JSON structure.
-New, more concise, LINQ to JSON querying syntax.
-Added FromObject to JObject, JArray.
-JToken WriteTo method now supports JsonConverters.
-JsonSerializer supports serializing to and from LINQ to JSON objects.
-JsonSerializer properly serializes IEnumerable objects.
-Added Depth property to JsonReader.
Changes
-Made JsonReader and JsonWriter abstract. Added JsonTextReader/JsonNodeReader and JsonTextWriter/JsonNodeWriter.
-Removed JavaScriptObject, JavaScriptArray. Replaced by LINQ to JSON objects.
Added support for deserializing to an anonymous type with the DeserializeAnonymousType method.
Support for reading, writing and serializing the new DateTimeOffset type.
Added IsoDateTimeConverter. Converts DateTimes and DateTimeOffsets to and from the ISO 8601 format.
Added JavaScriptDateTimeConverter. Converts DateTimes and DateTimeOffsets to and from a JavaScript date constructor.
XmlNodeConverter handles serializing and deserializing JavaScript constructors.
Ability to force XmlNodeConverter to write a value in an array. Logic is controlled by an attribute, json:Array="true".
Changes:
Dates are now serialized in a JSON complient manner, similar to ASP.NET's JavaScriptSerializer or WCF's DataContractJsonSerializer - http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2008/01/18/dates-and-json.aspx
Removed the AspNetAjaxDateTimeConverter.
New feature - LINQ to JSON!
New feature - Ability to specify how JsonSerializer handles null values when serializing/deserializing.
New feature - Ability to specify how JsonSerializer handles missing values when deserializing.
Change - Improved support for reading and writing JavaScript constructors.
Change - A new JsonWriter can now write additional tokens without erroring.
Bug fix - JsonSerializer handles deserializing dictionaries where the key isn't a string.
Bug fix - JsonReader now correctly parses hex character codes.
JamesNK