A circular reference was detected while serializing

Question

A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type 'MyMVCNew.Models.Rank_Master'.

Ravi Patel · Answer

Hi  try this Using Newtonsoft.Json: In your Global.asax Application_Start method add this line: GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;

Manas Mohapatra · Answer

It mostly like swapping in properties which serilization support. To avoid it you need to ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore in setting. Follow below link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31008219/a-circular-reference-was-detected-while-serializing-an-object-of-type-system-r