Handling type hierarchies in Cosmos DB (part 1)
Read OriginalThis technical article addresses a common challenge when using Azure Cosmos DB with the .NET SDK: serializing and deserializing objects from a C# type hierarchy (e.g., abstract base classes and derived classes). It explains the root cause in JSON.NET and provides a step-by-step guide, using a file system model example, to configure the serializer to correctly handle polymorphic types for persistence and queries in Cosmos DB.
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