Manipulate default serialization

[byrialsen]

Hi.

I will describe my question in short terms.

1. I use YamlDotNet to read arbitrary .yaml configuration files. From this I get af structure of: Dictionary<object,object>, List<object> and object.
2. I then traverse the above structure and create another similar structure UiStructure that I use to bind my ui interface to. It supports stuff like IsDirty properties and a lot more.
3. When a configuration/setting is changed in the ui the updated value will be set in the original structure (1), but the IsDirty marking is set in the UiStructure (2)
4. Finally I would like to serialize the original structure (with changes), but ONLY the updated part. Said in simple terms I need to create a .yaml string with only changed content.

So my question is:

• Is it possible to call the standard serializing method and then inject each entity to consider if it should be a part of the serialization or not?