Serializers

Serializers control how entities are serialized when sending requests and deserialized when receiving responses.

TypedRest provides serializers for various transport formats:

Format	C#/.NET	Java/Kotlin	TypeScript
JSON	Built-in	Built-in	Built-in
XML	Built-in	Built-in
BSON	Built-in

You can also create and use custom serializers.

Inheritance

When creating endpoints, the serializer is automatically inherited from the parent (referrer) endpoint:

C#TypeScript

var client = new EntryEndpoint(
    new Uri("http://example.com/"),
    serializer: new SystemTextJsonSerializer());

var contacts = new CollectionEndpoint<Contact>(client, relativeUri: "./contacts");
// contacts uses the same SystemTextJsonSerializer

const client = new EntryEndpoint(
    new URL("http://example.com/"),
    new CustomSerializer());

const contacts = new CollectionEndpoint<Contact>(client, "./contacts");
// contacts.serializer is automatically set to the same CustomSerializer

This inheritance ensures consistent serialization behavior across your entire endpoint hierarchy.