private static void SerializeScalar(object obj, FieldDescriptor fd, TextWriter textWriter, TranslationContext translationContext) { // check wether we need quotation marks to surround the value. bool needQuotationMarks = true; ScalarType st = fd.ScalarType; if (st != null) { needQuotationMarks = st.NeedsJsonQuotationWrap(); } textWriter.Write('"'); textWriter.Write(fd.TagName); textWriter.Write('"'); textWriter.Write(':'); if (needQuotationMarks) { textWriter.Write('"'); } fd.AppendValue(textWriter, obj, translationContext, Format.Json); if (needQuotationMarks) { textWriter.Write('"'); } }