Specifying the Problem Details and Controling XML Serialization

A feature added in ASP.NET Core 2.1 and later implements a web standard for specifying problem details. In Web API controllers decorated with [ApiController] in a project where compatibility with ASP.NET Core 2.2 or later is enabled, action methods that return IActionResult and return a client error status code, 4xx, which will automatically include a serialized instance of the ProblemDetails class in the response body. If we want to take control, we can create a ProblemDetails instance ourselves and include additional ...