I am trying to serialize an instance of a class that inherits from DynamicObject. I've had no trouble getting the dynamic properties to serialize (not demonstrated here for brevity), but "normal" properties don't seem to make the trip. I experience the same problem regardless of serialization class: it's the same for JavaScriptSerializer, JsonConvert, and XmlSerializer.
public class MyDynamicClass : DynamicObject
{
public string MyNormalProperty { get; set; }
}
...
MyDynamicClass instance = new MyDynamicClass()
{
MyNormalProperty = "Hello, world!"
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(instance);
// the resulting string is "{}", but I expected to see MyNormalProperty in there
Shouldn't MyNormalProperty show up in the serialized string? Is there a trick, or have I misunderstood something fundamental about inheriting from DynamicObject?