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Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers
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Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers

by Adam Freeman
August 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
688 pages
18h 5m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 13

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Using the Built-in Media Formatters

In this chapter, I focus on the built-in media type formatter classes, which are used to serialize data model objects into JSON and XML. I start by showing you how to control the way that the default media type formatters are used when there is no match between the formats they support and the request Accept header and then show you how to manage the serialized data that the formatters produce.

My emphasis in this chapter is on the JSON format, rather than XML. JSON has become the dominant data format for HTTP web services because it is relatively concise, easy to work with (especially in JavaScript ...

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