JSonIgnore M2M joint

Models/Project.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-using TicketManager.DTO;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace TicketManager.Models
 {
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ namespace TicketManager.Models
         public string Description { get; set; }
 
         [DataType(DataType.Date)]
-        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = false)]
+        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}",
+        ApplyFormatInEditMode = false)]
         public DateTime CreationDate { get; private set; } = DateTime.Now;
 
         [DataType(DataType.Date)]
-        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
+        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd}",
+        ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
         public DateTime EndingDate { get; set; }
 
         [Display(Name = "Progress")]
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ namespace TicketManager.Models
         [Display(Name = "Project Manager")]
         public AppUser Manager { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public List<Assignment> Assignments { get; set; } = new List<Assignment>();
 
         public List<Ticket> Tickets { get; set; } = new List<Ticket>();

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 - `React` client on the front-end (TypeScript)
 - [Materialize](https://materializecss.com) CSS librairy for styling
-- API: Newtonsoft.Json, to avoid cycle errors
 - Hosting: ?
 - Authentication : [Auth0](https://auth0.com/)
 - Analytics : Google Analytics & Mixpanel
@@ -48,5 +47,5 @@
 - [ ] error page redirect when offline.
 - [ ] ticket/files/activities list placeholders when empty
 - [ ] think about public/private DTO's constructor, getters and setters
-- [x] write dtos without circular dependencies
+- [<span style="color:red">X</span>] write dtos without circular dependencies.
 - [ ] use dtoRequest for PutProjects

Startup.cs

@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.ReactDevelopmentServer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
-// using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using TicketManager.Data;
 
 [assembly: ApiController]
@@ -49,11 +47,6 @@ namespace TicketManager
             });
 
             services.AddControllers();
-            // .AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
-            //     {
-            //         options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore; // avoid cycle ref errors
-            //     }
-            // );
 
             services.AddSpaStaticFiles(configuration =>
             {