Support custom serialization for table entities

Summary

Currently table entity serialization is not customizable and relies on reflection for custom entity types. We’d like to integrate with ObjectSerializer to provide a standard and customizable serialization story for entities.

Tables serialization will require customization to accommodate OData annotations and transformation to/from the expected wire format of Dictionary<string, object>.

Scope of Work

Investigate and implement an approach to serialization that incorporates ObjectSerializer and removes the need for reflection over custom entity type properties.

References

https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/master/sdk/core/Azure.Core/src/Serialization/ObjectSerializer.cs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json-converters-how-to

[longtimedeveloper]

@christothes I was just testing after re-reading this thread. Thank you!! Apologies for randomizing you.

[christothes]

Hi @longtimedeveloper - I’m not aware of any plans to add support for the [IgnoreProperty] attribute. As mentioned earlier in this issue, we do support [IgnoreDataMember].