CHAPTER 13
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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