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You can get all of the loaded assemblies and output their metadata like this: This outputs the following information: In the rest of this article, I’ll show how to get custom attributes (such as which build config was used – Debug or Release), how to add your own custom metadata, how to check if it’s … Read more
When you send mail, you put a letter in an envelope and put routing information on the envelope. The postal service uses the routing information to deliver the envelope to a specific mailbox. The mailbox owner then opens the envelope and reads the letter. Sometimes you may need to deal with the JSON equivalent of … Read more
Most of the time JsonSerializer will get you want you want. You can pass in options to control serialization to a certain extent. But sometimes you’ll run into scenarios where you need to customize how it handles serialization for a specific type. This is where JsonConverter comes in. To customize serialization for a specific type, … Read more
When you use System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer to serialize an object that has a cycle, you’ll get the following exception: System.Text.Json.JsonException: A possible object cycle was detected which is not supported. This can either be due to a cycle or if the object depth is larger than the maximum allowed depth of 0. This is the same problem … Read more
In this article I’ll show how to use the SqlDataReader ADO.NET class in two scenarios involving multiple result sets: Batches – When you execute multiple SELECTs in a single query. Each SELECT returns a different result set. You use a single reader to process the batch. Nested Queries – When you use multiple SqlDataReaders on … Read more
Here’s how you create a tuple: Tuples are containers for two or more variables. Without tuples, you’d have to use a class/struct, like this: In other words, tuples provide a convenient alternative to class/structs. Instead of having tons of data container classes, you can use tuples. In this article, I’ll show examples of how to … Read more
Problem When using System.Text.Json, it’s a good idea to reuse JsonSerializerOptions objects. This leads to a massive 200x speedup in subsequent calls to the serializer. The downside is you can’t change properties on the options object after you’ve passed it in a Serialize()/Deserialize() call. You’ll get the exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Serializer options cannot be changed once … Read more
When you serialize an object using the built-in .NET JsonSerializer (System.Text.Json), reusing the JsonSerializerOptions object is 200x faster than serializing with a new options object each time. The JsonSerializerOptions object must have some kind of internal caching mechanism that makes subsequent serializations on the same type significantly faster. Note: Creating the new JsonSerializerOptions object adds … Read more
In this article I’ll explain how to copy an object. First I’ll explain the difference between shallow and deep copying. Then I’ll show how to shallow copy and four different ways to deep copy – including manually copying and using serialization. Finally I’ll show a speed and feature comparison of each approach, and a decision … Read more
When you need to pass multiple options into a method, normally you would add a bool flag for each parameter, like: Not only is using bool flags a bit of a code smell, but when this list of parameters gets too big, you’ll probably want to refactor by moving the bool flags into an options … Read more