Is there a way to determine how POCO properties are serialized with YamlDotNet?

Question

If I have a POCO defined in C#, can I control how the properties of that POCO are represented in YAML?

For example:

class A
{
      string Name{get;set;}
}

I would like it to be serialized as below (lower case, essentially):

a:
 name: value

In json.net I can decorate the POCO using attributes that determine how that object should be serialized. Is there an equivalent in YamlDotNet?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '14 at 11:25

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You can choose the naming convention that will be used by the serializer and deserialiser. You can also decorate your members with [YamlAlias("name")] to alter the name of a particular member.

answered Apr 04 '14 at 11:25

Antoine Aubry

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exactly what i was looking for! thank you @antoineaubry. i sent you an email, feel free to ignore it :) – iagomartinez Apr 04 '14 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '18 at 14:05

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This can also be achieved using YamlMember (e.g. [YamlMember(Alias = "name")]).

YamlMember can also be used to control the order of items as they're serialised.

answered Mar 02 '18 at 14:05

Jonathan Williams

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Is there a way to determine how POCO properties are serialized with YamlDotNet?

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