How do you serialize an enum array to a Json array of strings? [duplicate]

Answer 1

I've always found it easier to add an additional property in these cases than to try to change the behavior of the json.net parser.

[JsonIgnore]
IEnumerable AvailableContactTypes {get;set;}

IEnumerable AvailableContactTypesString
{
    get { return AvailableContactTypes.Select(c => c.ToString()); }
}

Of course, if you need to deserialize, you'd need a setter on that property as well.

set { AvailableContactTypes = value
    .Select(c => Enum.Parse(typeof(ContactType), c) as ContactType); }