… instances when checking for circular references in a object graph.

…changing the current bahavior unconditionally would cause a breaking change, this change set add the ability to override the behavior by providing a new setting when configuring the serializer. All the configuration paths are supported(JsonSerializerSettings, Json*Attribute, JsonContract, JsonProperty, etc...).

See the ReferenceComparisonHandling enum.
[ADDED]: ReferenceComparisonHandlingTests

… specific framework versions

… instances when checking for circular references in a object graph.

…changing the current bahavior unconditionally would cause a breaking change, this change set add the ability to override the behavior by providing a new setting when configuring the serializer. All the configuration paths are supported(JsonSerializerSettings, Json*Attribute, JsonContract, JsonProperty, etc...).

See the ReferenceComparisonHandling enum.
[ADDED]: ReferenceComparisonHandlingTests

… specific framework versions

JsonContainerAttribute.ReferenceComparisonHandling and JsonSerializerSettings.ReferenceComparisonHandling
[FIXED]: In JsonSerializer.applySerializerSettings, settings.ReferenceComparisonHandling was used
when checking if the user provided a value for the setting instead of using settings._referenceLoopHandling.