From 8c947efa189ee0614bc4d84265b23eb8811bdbc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart Ferguson <stuart_ferguson1@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 13:36:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add JsonSerializerConfiguration for Minimal API setup

Introduced a static class to configure JsonSerializerOptions for Minimal APIs by copying default settings and adding DateTimeSpaceConverter.
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 .../Serialisation/JsonSerializerConfiguration.cs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Shared/Serialisation/JsonSerializerConfiguration.cs

diff --git a/Shared/Serialisation/JsonSerializerConfiguration.cs b/Shared/Serialisation/JsonSerializerConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdb7f9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shared/Serialisation/JsonSerializerConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace Shared.Serialisation;
+
+public static class JsonSerializerConfiguration
+{
+    public static void ConfigureMinimalApi(JsonSerializerOptions serializerOptions)
+    {
+        JsonSerializerOptions defaultOptions = SystemTextJsonSerializer.GetDefaultJsonSerializerOptions();
+        serializerOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy = defaultOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy;
+        serializerOptions.DictionaryKeyPolicy = defaultOptions.DictionaryKeyPolicy;
+        serializerOptions.ReferenceHandler = defaultOptions.ReferenceHandler;
+        serializerOptions.WriteIndented = defaultOptions.WriteIndented;
+        serializerOptions.Converters.Add(new DateTimeSpaceConverter());
+    }
+}
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