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Breaking Hard Assembly Dependencies
Json.NET references a couple of assemblies

Efficient JSON with Json.NET – Reducing Serialized JSON Size
One of the common problems encountered when serializing .NET objects to JSON is that the JSON ends up containing a lot of unwanted properties and values. This can be especially important when returning JSON to the client. More JSON means more bandwidth and a slower website. To solve the issue of unwanted JSON Json.NET has a range of built in options to fine tune what gets written from a serialized object. JsonIgnoreAttribute and DataMemberAttribute By default Json.NET will include all of a classes public properties and fields in the JSON it creates. Adding the

Json.NET 3.5 Release 5 – .NET 2.0 Support, Error Handling & Databinding
.NET 2.0 Support Json.NET now has .NET 2.0 support! The great thing about 2.0 support is Json.NET 1.3.1 can finally be retired. Going on 2 years old now, 1.3.1 is chock full of bugs that I have fastidiously ignored. Upgrade recommended! If you’re interested in the details I have previously blogged about adding .NET 2.0 support to Json.NET here. Error Handling Json.NET now has an Error event on the JsonSerializer and a

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