Cómo excluir la propiedad de la serialización Json

Si está utilizando Json.Net, attribute [JsonIgnore] simplemente ignorará el campo/propiedad mientras se serializa o deserializa.

public class Car
{
  // included in JSON
  public string Model { get; set; }
  public DateTime Year { get; set; }
  public List<string> Features { get; set; }

  // ignored
  [JsonIgnore]
  public DateTime LastModified { get; set; }
}

O puede usar el atributo DataContract y DataMember para serializar/deserializar propiedades/campos selectivamente.

[DataContract]
public class Computer
{
  // included in JSON
  [DataMember]
  public string Name { get; set; }
  [DataMember]
  public decimal SalePrice { get; set; }

  // ignored
  public string Manufacture { get; set; }
  public int StockCount { get; set; }
  public decimal WholeSalePrice { get; set; }
  public DateTime NextShipmentDate { get; set; }
}

Refer http://james.newtonking.com/archive/2009/10/23/efficient-json-with-json-net-reducing-serialized-json-size para más detalles

Puedes usar [ScriptIgnore]:

public class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    [ScriptIgnore]
    public bool IsComplete
    {
        get { return Id > 0 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name); }
    }
}

Referencia aquí

En este caso, el Id y luego el nombre solo se serializarán

Si no estás tan interesado en tener que decorar código con Atributos como yo, esp cuando no puedes decir en tiempo de compilación lo que sucederá aquí es mi solución.

Usando el Serializador Javascript

    public static class JsonSerializerExtensions
    {
        public static string ToJsonString(this object target,bool ignoreNulls = true)
        {
            var javaScriptSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            if(ignoreNulls)
            {
                javaScriptSerializer.RegisterConverters(new[] { new PropertyExclusionConverter(target.GetType(), true) });
            }
            return javaScriptSerializer.Serialize(target);
        }

        public static string ToJsonString(this object target, Dictionary<Type, List<string>> ignore, bool ignoreNulls = true)
        {
            var javaScriptSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            foreach (var key in ignore.Keys)
            {
                javaScriptSerializer.RegisterConverters(new[] { new PropertyExclusionConverter(key, ignore[key], ignoreNulls) });
            }
            return javaScriptSerializer.Serialize(target);
        }
    }


public class PropertyExclusionConverter : JavaScriptConverter
    {
        private readonly List<string> propertiesToIgnore;
        private readonly Type type;
        private readonly bool ignoreNulls;

        public PropertyExclusionConverter(Type type, List<string> propertiesToIgnore, bool ignoreNulls)
        {
            this.ignoreNulls = ignoreNulls;
            this.type = type;
            this.propertiesToIgnore = propertiesToIgnore ?? new List<string>();
        }

        public PropertyExclusionConverter(Type type, bool ignoreNulls)
            : this(type, null, ignoreNulls){}

        public override IEnumerable<Type> SupportedTypes
        {
            get { return new ReadOnlyCollection<Type>(new List<Type>(new[] { this.type })); }
        }

        public override IDictionary<string, object> Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
        {
            var result = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            if (obj == null)
            {
                return result;
            }
            var properties = obj.GetType().GetProperties();
            foreach (var propertyInfo in properties)
            {
                if (!this.propertiesToIgnore.Contains(propertyInfo.Name))
                {
                    if(this.ignoreNulls && propertyInfo.GetValue(obj, null) == null)
                    {
                         continue;
                    }
                    result.Add(propertyInfo.Name, propertyInfo.GetValue(obj, null));
                }
            }
            return result;
        }

        public override object Deserialize(IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, Type type, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException(); //Converter is currently only used for ignoring properties on serialization
        }
    }