serializing/deserializing derived objects using JSON.NET without using JsonProperty?

I'm using the NewtonSoft JSON.NET library for serializing the following class where DTOBase can hold derived instances.

public class Command
{         
    public DTOBase CommandDTO  { get; set; }                
}

Per this article you need to include the JsonProperty attribute so that the derived instances get deserialized properly

public class Command
{ 

  [JsonProperty(TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All)]  
  public DTOBase CommandDTO  { get; set; }       
 }

The question is whether there is any other way besides using an attribute to get the same result? I would prefer to not be coupled to the NewtonSoft library and json serialization in particular at the class level. Is there a way to specify some settings on the Serialize/Deserialize methods of开发者_JAVA技巧 the library at all to get the same result?

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The TypeNameHandling property can be set on JsonSerializerSettings when you call JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value, settings).

If you only want the name included for derived objects set TypeNameHandling to TypeNameHandling.Auto.