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

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Examples
{
  public class SerializeObject
  {
    public class Account
    {
      public string Email { get; set; }
      public bool Active { get; set; }
      public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; }
      public IList<string> Roles { get; set; } 
    }

    public void Example()
    {
      Account account = new Account
        {
          Email = "james@example.com",
          Active = true,
          CreatedDate = new DateTime(2013, 1, 20, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
          Roles = new List<string>
            {
              "User",
              "Admin"
            }
        };

      string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(account, Formatting.Indented);
      // {
      //   "Email": "james@example.com",
      //   "Active": true,
      //   "CreatedDate": "2013-01-20T00:00:00Z",
      //   "Roles": [
      //     "User",
      //     "Admin"
      //   ]
      // }

      Console.WriteLine(json);
    }
  }
}