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?

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.