Immutable entities with Raven DB

Whenever you are trying to use a non-default constructor for your entity, do the following to avoid falling into serialization problems with JSON.Net and raven:

• add a private constructor ... even if it is empty
• Ensure every readonly property has a "Private setter" on it ... else it won't get populated
• Use a custom Json resolver like this one:

public class PrivatePropertySetterResolver : DefaultContractResolver
{
	protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)
	{
		var prop = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);
		if (!prop.Writable)
		{
			var property = member as PropertyInfo;
			if (property != null)
			{
				var hasPrivateSetter = property.GetSetMethod(true) != null;
				prop.Writable = hasPrivateSetter;
			}
		}

		return prop;
	}
}