.NET 5 Copy JsonSerializerOptions

JsonSerializerOptions provides options to be used with JsonSerializer. JsonSerializer provides functionality to serialize objects or value types to JSON and deserialize JSON into objects or value types.

The JsonSerializerOptions lets you create a new instance with the same options as an existing instance, as shown below.

public class Customer
{
    public string Name { get; init; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public string Address { get; set; }
};

public static void Example1()
{
    string json = @"{""Name"":""Mark"",""Age"":33,""Address"":""22 ashdown""}";
    Console.WriteLine($"Input JSON: {json}");

    Customer customerDeserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Customer>(json);
    Console.WriteLine($"Name: {customerDeserialized.Name}");
    Console.WriteLine($"Age: {customerDeserialized.Age}");

    JsonSerializerOptions options = new()
    {
        WriteIndented = true
    };

    JsonSerializerOptions optionsCopy = new(options);

    json = JsonSerializer.Serialize<Customer>(customerDeserialized, optionsCopy);
    Console.WriteLine($"Output JSON: {json}");
}

The above example will print the following output.

Input JSON: {"Name":"Mark","Age":33,"Address":"22 Ashdown"}
Name: Mark
Age: 33
Output JSON: {
  "Name": "Mark",
  "Age": 33,
  "Address": "22 Ashdown"
}