diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Extensions/OpenApiSerializableExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Extensions/OpenApiSerializableExtensions.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e14c98340..4694692ad
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Extensions/OpenApiSerializableExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Extensions/OpenApiSerializableExtensions.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,25 @@ public static void SerializeAsYaml<T>(this T element, Stream stream, OpenApiSpec
             element.Serialize(stream, specVersion, OpenApiFormat.Yaml);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes the <see cref="IOpenApiSerializable"/> to the Open API document using
+        /// the given stream, specification version and the format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">the <see cref="IOpenApiSerializable"/></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="element">The Open API element.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The given stream.</param>
+        /// <param name="specVersion">The Open API specification version.</param>
+        /// <param name="format">The output format (JSON or YAML).</param>
+        public static void Serialize<T>(
+            this T element,
+            Stream stream,
+            OpenApiSpecVersion specVersion,
+            OpenApiFormat format)
+            where T : IOpenApiSerializable
+        {
+            element.Serialize(stream, specVersion, format, null);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Serializes the <see cref="IOpenApiSerializable"/> to the Open API document using
         /// the given stream, specification version and the format.
@@ -56,7 +75,7 @@ public static void Serialize<T>(
             Stream stream,
             OpenApiSpecVersion specVersion,
             OpenApiFormat format, 
-            OpenApiWriterSettings settings = null)
+            OpenApiWriterSettings settings)
             where T : IOpenApiSerializable
         {
             if (stream == null)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiJsonWriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiJsonWriter.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e4c3baa3c..72e74a51e
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiJsonWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiJsonWriter.cs
@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers
     /// </summary>
     public class OpenApiJsonWriter : OpenApiWriterBase
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenApiJsonWriter"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="textWriter">The text writer.</param>
+        public OpenApiJsonWriter(TextWriter textWriter) : base(textWriter, null)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenApiJsonWriter"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="textWriter">The text writer.</param>
         /// <param name="settings">Settings for controlling how the OpenAPI document will be written out.</param>
-        public OpenApiJsonWriter(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings = null) : base(textWriter, settings)
+        public OpenApiJsonWriter(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings) : base(textWriter, settings)
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterBase.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterBase.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index bcbec6b47..6d7f3f64d
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterBase.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterBase.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Exceptions;
-using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Properties;
 
 namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers
@@ -40,12 +39,8 @@ public abstract class OpenApiWriterBase : IOpenApiWriter
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenApiWriterBase"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="textWriter">The text writer.</param>
-        public OpenApiWriterBase(TextWriter textWriter)
+        public OpenApiWriterBase(TextWriter textWriter) : this(textWriter, null)
         {
-            Writer = textWriter;
-            Writer.NewLine = "\n";
-
-            Scopes = new Stack<Scope>();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -53,12 +48,18 @@ public OpenApiWriterBase(TextWriter textWriter)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="textWriter"></param>
         /// <param name="settings"></param>
-        public OpenApiWriterBase(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings = null) : this(textWriter)
+        public OpenApiWriterBase(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings) 
         {
+            Writer = textWriter;
+            Writer.NewLine = "\n";
+
+            Scopes = new Stack<Scope>();
+
             if (settings == null)
             {
                 settings = new OpenApiWriterSettings();
             }
+
             Settings = settings;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiYamlWriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiYamlWriter.cs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ee7543b93..2806d3d64
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiYamlWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiYamlWriter.cs
@@ -10,14 +10,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers
     /// </summary>
     public class OpenApiYamlWriter : OpenApiWriterBase
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenApiYamlWriter"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="textWriter">The text writer.</param>
+        public OpenApiYamlWriter(TextWriter textWriter) : this(textWriter, null)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="OpenApiYamlWriter"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="textWriter">The text writer.</param>
         /// <param name="settings"></param>
-        public OpenApiYamlWriter(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings = null) : base(textWriter, settings)
+        public OpenApiYamlWriter(TextWriter textWriter, OpenApiWriterSettings settings) : base(textWriter, settings)
         {
-           
         }
 
         /// <summary>