asp.net - How do you serialize javascript objects with methods using JSON?

Question

I am looking for an enhancement to JSON that will also serialize methods. I have an object that acts as a collection of objects, and would like to serialize the methods of the collection object as well. So far I've located ClassyJSON. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Try to get away without serializing javascript code. That way lies a world of pain. Debugging will be much easier if code can only come from static files, not from a database. Instead, walk your JSON responses after you receive them and pass the appropriate data to the appropriate object constructors.

If you absolutely must serialize them, calling toString() on a function will return its source.