JSON.NET Error Self referencing loop detected for type

Question

I tried to serialize POCO class that was automatically generated from Entity Data Model .edmx and when I used

JsonConvert.SerializeObject 

Answer 1

For me I had to go a different route. Instead of trying to fix the JSON.Net serializer I had to go after the Lazy Loading on my datacontext.

I just added this to my base repository:

context.Configuration.ProxyCreationEnabled = false;

The "context" object is a constructor parameter I use in my base repository because I use dependency injection. You could change the ProxyCreationEnabled property anywhere you instantiate your datacontext instead.

http://techie-tid-bits.blogspot.com/2015/09/jsonnet-serializer-and-error-self.html