How to serialize IList<object> to string

Question

Having an IList<NameValue> nameValueList, I need to convert that list to string for sending to aspx file as json. But because this happens in a project that does not have reference to system.web.script or system.web.mvc, i should use another way to serialize the IList

NameValue is an object that have 2 public properties (name and value)

Answer 1

This C# 4 snippet should serialize your collection to a JSON string:

"[" +
string.Join(",",
  from nv in list
  select string.Format("{{ name: {0}, value: {1} }}", nv.Name, nv.Value)
) + 
"]"

Answer 2

What about just using Json.NET (and possibly Linq-to-Json)? http://json.codeplex.com/

Here's an example of Linq-to-Json: http://james.newtonking.com/archive/2008/02/11/linq-to-json-beta.aspx