NET 8 – Serialization of Half, Int128, and UInt128

ByMarius Bughiu
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System.Text.Json brings out of the box support for additional types:

Let’s look at an example:


Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(Half.MaxValue));
// Output: 65500

Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(Int128.MaxValue));
// Output: 170141183460469231731687303715884105727

Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(UInt128.MaxValue));
// Output: 340282366920938463463374607431768211455
Code language: C# (cs)

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