Serialize Object With Properties Alphabetically

Newtonsoft.Json.SerializeObjectWithPropertiesAlphabetically.cs

public static class CustomJsonConvert
{
    /// <summary>
    ///Use Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(object) under the hood,
    ///with JsonSerializerSettings with a ContractResolver which takes care of the sorting of the properties.
    /// </summary>
    public static string SerializeObjectWithPropertiesAlphabetically(this object value, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented)
    {
        var jsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings()
        {
            Formatting = formatting,
            ContractResolver = new OrderedPropertiesAlphabeticallyAscContractResolver()
        };

        return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value, jsonSerializerSettings);
    }
}

class OrderedPropertiesAlphabeticallyAscContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver
{

    public OrderedPropertiesAlphabeticallyAscContractResolver() { }

    protected override IList<JsonProperty> CreateProperties(Type type, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)
    {
        return base.CreateProperties(type, memberSerialization)
                   .OrderBy(p => p.Order ?? int.MaxValue)  // Honor any explicit ordering first
                   .ThenBy(p => p.PropertyName, StringComparer.Ordinal)
                   .ToList();
    }
}

var sortedJSON = CustomJsonConvert.SerializeObjectWithPropertiesAlphabetically(someObject);