I'm going through a short Web Api + OData tutorial from asp.net: http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/odata-support-in-aspnet-web-api/getting-started-with-odata-in-web-api/create-a-read-only-odata-endpoint.
I downloaded the example project, and it works. But then I started playing around with the Product model that they use in the example. I added a new property to act as a key of type string instead of an integer key.
The new Product.cs:
public class Product
{
public string stringKey { get; set; }
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public decimal Price { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
}
The modified controller:
public class ProductsController : EntitySetController<Product, string>
{
static List<Product> products = new List<Product>()
{
new Product() { stringKey = "one", ID = 1, Name = "Hat", Price = 15, Category = "Apparel" },
new Product() { stringKey = "two", ID = 2, Name = "Socks", Price = 5, Category = "Apparel" },
new Product() { stringKey = "three", ID = 3, Name = "Scarf", Price = 12, Category = "Apparel" },
new Product() { stringKey = "four", ID = 4, Name = "Yo-yo", Price = 4.95M, Category = "Toys" },
new Product() { stringKey = "five", ID = 5, Name = "Puzzle", Price = 8, Category = "Toys" },
};
[Queryable]
public override IQueryable<Product> Get()
{
return products.AsQueryable();
}
protected override Product GetEntityByKey(string key)
{
return products.FirstOrDefault(p => p.stringKey == key);
}
}
The trouble is that when I go to /odata/Products(one) the string "one" is not bound to the key argument in the GetEntityByKey(string key) action. However, when I browse to odata/Products(1) then "1" does get bound to the key argument.
How can I get a string with text values to bind correctly, instead of just binding strings with numerical values?
Update
I forgot to include the WebApiConfig:
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
ODataModelBuilder modelBuilder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
modelBuilder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");
Microsoft.Data.Edm.IEdmModel model = modelBuilder.GetEdmModel();
config.Routes.MapODataRoute("ODataRoute", "odata", model);
}
}
I noticed that the path /odata/Products(0011-1100) would only bind "0011" as the string key.
After some playing around with it, I've found that the following path works as I had hoped:
/odata/Products('one')
It appears the single quotes are required to read the entire string within the parentheses.
Related
I'm trying find all items in my database that have at least one value in an array that matches any value in an array that I have in my code (the intersection of the two arrays should not be empty).
Basically, I'm trying to achieve this :
public List<Book> ListBooks(string partitionKey, List<string> categories)
{
return _client.CreateDocumentQuery<Book>(GetCollectionUri(), new FeedOptions
{
PartitionKey = new PartitionKey(partitionKey)
})
.Where(b => b.Categories.Any(c => categories.Contains(c))
.ToList();
}
With the Book class looking like this :
public class Book
{
public string id {get;set;}
public string Title {get;set;}
public string AuthorName {get;set;}
public List<string> Categories {get;set;}
}
However the SDK throws an exception saying that Method 'Any' is not supported when executing this code.
This doesn't work either :
return _client.CreateDocumentQuery<Book>(GetCollectionUri(), new FeedOptions
{
PartitionKey = new PartitionKey(partitionKey)
})
.Where(b => categories.Any(c => b.Categories.Contains(c))
.ToList();
The following code works because there's only one category to find :
public List<Book> ListBooksAsync(string category)
{
return _client.CreateDocumentQuery<Book>(GetCollectionUri())
.Where(b => b.Categories.Contains(category))
.ToList();
}
In plain SQL, I can queue multiple ARRAY_CONTAINS with several OR the query executes correctly.
SELECT * FROM root
WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(root["Categories"], 'Humor')
OR ARRAY_CONTAINS(root["Categories"], 'Fantasy')
OR ARRAY_CONTAINS(root["Categories"], 'Legend')
I'm trying to find the best way to achieve this with LINQ, but I'm not even sure it's possible.
In this situation I've used a helper method to combine expressions in a way that evaluates to SQL like in your final example. The helper method 'MakeOrExpression' below lets you pass a number of predicates (in your case the individual checks for b.Categories.Contains(category)) and produces a single expression you can put in the argument to .Where(expression) on your document query.
class Program
{
private class Book
{
public string id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string AuthorName { get; set; }
public List<string> Categories { get; set; }
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var comparison = new[] { "a", "b", "c" };
var target = new Book[] {
new Book { id = "book1", Categories = new List<string> { "b", "z" } },
new Book { id = "book2", Categories = new List<string> { "s", "t" } },
new Book { id = "book3", Categories = new List<string> { "z", "a" } } };
var results = target.AsQueryable()
.Where(MakeOrExpression(comparison.Select(x => (Expression<Func<Book, bool>>)(y => y.Categories.Contains(x))).ToArray()));
foreach (var result in results)
{
// Should be book1 and book3
Console.WriteLine(result.id);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
private static Expression<Func<T,bool>> MakeOrExpression<T>(params Expression<Func<T,bool>>[] inputExpressions)
{
var combinedExpression = inputExpressions.Skip(1).Aggregate(
inputExpressions[0].Body,
(agg, x) => Expression.OrElse(agg, x.Body));
var parameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T));
var replaceParameterVisitor = new ReplaceParameterVisitor(parameterExpression,
Enumerable.SelectMany(inputExpressions, ((Expression<Func<T, bool>> x) => x.Parameters)));
var mergedExpression = replaceParameterVisitor.Visit(combinedExpression);
var result = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(mergedExpression, parameterExpression);
return result;
}
private class ReplaceParameterVisitor : ExpressionVisitor
{
private readonly IEnumerable<ParameterExpression> targetParameterExpressions;
private readonly ParameterExpression parameterExpression;
public ReplaceParameterVisitor(ParameterExpression parameterExpressionParam, IEnumerable<ParameterExpression> targetParameterExpressionsParam)
{
this.parameterExpression = parameterExpressionParam;
this.targetParameterExpressions = targetParameterExpressionsParam;
}
public override Expression Visit(Expression node)
=> targetParameterExpressions.Contains(node) ? this.parameterExpression : base.Visit(node);
}
}
I have a Complex Situation now and i am terribly stuck. Kindly Let me know if you can share some light to it.
I have a
List Which will have the Following properties
public class Categories
{
public string DisplayName { get; set; }
public string ValueCode { get; set; }
public string Count { get; set; }
}
This will have Values like
Category1/SubCategory1
cat1/sc1
5
Category1/SubCategory2
cat1/sc2
4
Category 2/Subcategory1
cat2/sc1
5
Category 2/Subcategory2
cat2/sc2
23
I created a Custom Class to fill in the values
public class JobCateogry
{
public string DisplayName { get; set; }
public string ValueCode { get; set; }
public string Count { get; set; }
public List<JobCateogry> SubCategories { get; set; }
}
I have to Split the String in the Code Value and assign it to the SubCategory.
Like My Final out of jobCategory would be
Category1
Cat1
9
SubCategory1
sub1
5
SubCateogry2
sub2
4
I tried to Split the string and assign it to the new class in two step first by splitting and then by assiging. But i am sure i am doing it the wrong way, because the moment i split, i loose the count .
var lstCategory = Categories
.Where(i => i.count > 0)
.Select(item => item.valueCode.Split('/')
.Select(k =>(k)).ToList();
List<JobCategories> jobcategories = lstCategory
.Select(item => item.Split(QueryStringConstants.CAT_SEPERATOR.ToCharArray()[0]))
.GroupBy(tokens => tokens[0].Trim(), tokens => tokens[1])
.Select(g => new JobCategories(g.Key, g.DisplayName,g.ToList(),)).ToList();
Can you please help?
A bit weird task
It might not be the best solution and it only works with the two layers :-), and i tried keeping a lot of linq for the fun of it
anyway hope it can get you moving forward.
full code snippet https://gist.github.com/cbpetersen/db698def9a04ebb2abbc
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var cats = new[]
{
new Categories { Count = "5", ValueCode = "cat1/sc1", DisplayName = "Category1/SubCategory1" },
new Categories { Count = "4", ValueCode = "cat1/sc2", DisplayName = "Category1/SubCategory2" },
new Categories { Count = "5", ValueCode = "cat2/sc1", DisplayName = "Category2/Subcategory1" },
new Categories { Count = "23", ValueCode = "cat2/sc2", DisplayName = "Category2/Subcategory2" }
};
var categories = cats.Select(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0]).Distinct();
var list = new List<JobCateogries>();
foreach (var category in categories)
{
var a = new JobCateogries
{
ValueCode = cats.Where(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0] == category)
.Select(x => x.ValueCode.Split('/')[0]).FirstOrDefault(),
DisplayName = category,
SubCategories = cats.Where(x => x.DisplayName.Split('/')[0] == category)
.Select(x => new JobCateogries
{
SubCategories = new List<JobCateogries>(),
Count = x.Count,
DisplayName = x.DisplayName.Split('/')[1],
ValueCode = x.ValueCode.Split('/')[1]
}).ToList(),
};
a.Count = a.SubCategories.Select(x => int.Parse(x.Count)).Sum().ToString();
list.Add(a);
}
list.ForEach(x => Print(x));
Console.ReadKey();
}
public static void Print(JobCateogries category, int indent = 0)
{
var prefix = string.Empty.PadLeft(indent);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.DisplayName);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.ValueCode);
Console.WriteLine(prefix + category.Count);
category.SubCategories.ForEach(x => Print(x, indent + 4));
}
I'm having hard time understanding how to convert an Enum value to it's corresponding name. My model is as follows:
public class CatalogRule
{
public int ID { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Catalog"), Required]
public int CatalogID { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Item Rule"), Required]
public ItemType ItemRule { get; set; }
public string Items { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Price Rule"), Required]
public PriceType PriceRule { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Value"), Column(TypeName = "MONEY")]
public decimal PriceValue { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Exclusive?")]
public bool Exclude { get; set; }
}
public enum ItemType
{
Catalog,
Category,
Group,
Item
}
public enum PriceType
{
Catalog,
Price_A,
Price_B,
Price_C
}
A sample result from .net API:
[
{
$id: "1",
$type: "XYZ.CMgr.Models.CatalogRule, XYZ.CMgr",
ID: 1,
CatalogID: 501981,
ItemRule: 0,
Items: "198",
PriceRule: 1,
PriceValue: 0.5,
Exclude: false
},
{
$id: "2",
$type: "XYZ.CMgr.Models.CatalogRule, XYZ.CMgr",
ID: 2,
CatalogID: 501981,
ItemRule: 2,
Items: "9899",
PriceRule: 2,
PriceValue: 10.45,
Exclude: false
}
]
So in this example, I need to get Catalog for results[0].ItemRule & Price A for results[0].PriceRule. How can I accomplish this in BreezeJS??
This is easy to do in ASP.NET Web API, because it is an out-of-box feature in the default JSON serializer (Json.NET).
To see strings instead of enum numbers in JSON, just add an instance of StringEnumConverter to JSON serializer settings during app init:
var jsonFormatter = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.Converters.Add(new Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.StringEnumConverter());
UPDATE: Yep, you right, this is not help with Breeze.js. Ok, you can anyway do a little magic to make enums work like strings (while new version with fix is not released).
Create a custom ContextProvider which updates all integer enum values in metadata to strings. Here it is:
public class StringEnumEFContextProvider<T> : EFContextProvider<T>
where T : class, new()
{
protected override string BuildJsonMetadata()
{
XDocument xDoc;
if (Context is DbContext)
{
xDoc = GetCsdlFromDbContext(Context);
}
else
{
xDoc = GetCsdlFromObjectContext(Context);
}
var schemaNs = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2009/11/edm";
foreach (var enumType in xDoc.Descendants(XName.Get("EnumType", schemaNs)))
{
foreach (var member in enumType.Elements(XName.Get("Member", schemaNs)))
{
member.Attribute("Value").Value = member.Attribute("Name").Value;
}
}
return CsdlToJson(xDoc);
}
}
And use it instead of EFContextProvider in your Web API controllers:
private EFContextProvider<BreezeSampleContext> _contextProvider =
new StringEnumEFContextProvider<BreezeSampleContext>();
This works well for me with current Breeze.js version (1.1.3), although I haven't checked other scenarios, like validation...
UPDATE: To fix validation, change data type for enums in breeze.[min|debug].js, manually (DataType.fromEdmDataType function, dt = DataType.String; for enum) or replace default function during app init:
breeze.DataType.fromEdmDataType = function (typeName) {
var dt = null;
var parts = typeName.split(".");
if (parts.length > 1) {
var simpleName = parts[1];
if (simpleName === "image") {
// hack
dt = DataType.Byte;
} else if (parts.length == 2) {
dt = DataType.fromName(simpleName);
if (!dt) {
if (simpleName === "DateTimeOffset") {
dt = DataType.DateTime;
} else {
dt = DataType.Undefined;
}
}
} else {
// enum
dt = DataType.String; // THIS IS A FIX!
}
}
return dt;
};
Dirty, dirty hacks, I know... But that's the solution I found
There will be a new release out in the next few days where we "change" breeze's enum behavior ( i.e. break existing code with regards to enums). In the new release enums are serialized and queried by their .NET names instead of as integers. I will post back here when the new release is out.
I'm pretty new to using Entity Framework, as well as to using ASP.NET MVC. I've been able to complete a couple of tutorials on the ASP.NET MVC website and thought I would start my own project based on the MVC Music Store application.
I can't tell where I went wrong (it all looks the same to me), but for some reason my seed data isn't creating the database.
Item class:
namespace MySite.Models
{
public class Item
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
}
Tag class:
namespace MySite.Models
{
public class Tag
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
}
ItemTag class:
namespace MySite.Models
{
public class ItemTag
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int ItemId { get; set; }
public int TagId { get; set; }
}
}
MySiteEntities class:
namespace MySite.Models
{
public class MySiteEntities : DbContext
{
public DbSet<Item> Items { get; set; }
public DbSet<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
public DbSet<ItemTag> ItemTags { get; set; }
}
}
Global.asax class:
namespace MySite
{
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
...
protected void Application_Start()
{
System.Data.Entity.Database.SetInitializer(new MySite.Models.SampleData());
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
}
}
Web.config file:
<configuration>
...
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MySiteEntities"
connectionString="Data Source=|DataDirectory|MySite.sdf"
providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
SampleData class:
namespace MySite.Models
{
public class SampleData : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<MySiteEntities>
{
protected override void Seed(MySiteEntities context)
{
new List<Item>
{
new Item { Id = 1, Name = "Bob Jones" },
new Item { Id = 2, Name = "George Smith" },
new Item { Id = 3, Name = "Boys and Girls" },
new Item { Id = 4, Name = "The President's Hair" },
new Item { Id = 5, Name = "Invaders From Mars" },
new Item { Id = 6, Name = "Tank Shooter" },
new Item { Id = 7, Name = "Stew's Blog" },
new Item { Id = 8, Name = "Social Mania" }
}.ForEach(i => context.Items.Add(i));
new List<Tag>
{
new Tag { Id = 1, Name = "Author" },
new Tag { Id = 2, Name = "Movie" },
new Tag { Id = 3, Name = "Video Game" },
new Tag { Id = 4, Name = "Website" }
}.ForEach(t => context.Tags.Add(t));
new List<ItemTag>
{
new ItemTag { Id = 1, ItemId = 1, TagId = 1 },
new ItemTag { Id = 2, ItemId = 2, TagId = 1 },
new ItemTag { Id = 3, ItemId = 3, TagId = 2 },
new ItemTag { Id = 4, ItemId = 4, TagId = 2 },
new ItemTag { Id = 5, ItemId = 5, TagId = 3 },
new ItemTag { Id = 6, ItemId = 6, TagId = 3 },
new ItemTag { Id = 7, ItemId = 7, TagId = 4 },
new ItemTag { Id = 8, ItemId = 8, TagId = 4 }
}.ForEach(x => context.ItemTags.Add(x));
}
}
}
That's pretty much everything. I did delete the database file at one point. Shouldn't it get created again when I build the solution?
Reason: This is because you are using "DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges".
As it indicates if your model doesn't change then it wont create the database (or if the DB is already there then it wont add your populated data).
Solution: You want to use "CreateDatabaseIfNotExists" instead.
Alternative: If you're DB is already created and you just want to add initial data then use "DropCreateDatabaseAlways" HOWEVER you must realise this will recreate the DB from scratch every time an application restarts. So only use this when your DB is already created and you don't want to change the model (and you don't care about losing the data already in the DB) AND then change it to one of the other two options.
I see you're adding your objects to your entity, but are you calling context.SaveChanges() to commit then to the db?
found a link that may help: EF4 Code First CTP5: Seed method no longer works
Apparently the database doesn't get re-created until the page is refreshed in the browser. I kept re-building the solution, but wasn't refreshing the page.
I been practicing with EF Code First, SQL Express, and ASP.Net MVC3.
When I run the website first the correct tables are generated by the FooInitializer and Student and Image are populated but for some reason the join table (StudentImages) is not being populated.
What could be the issue?
Tables: Student, Image, and StudentImages
public class Student
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Image> Images { get; set; }
}
public class Image
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Filename { get; set; }
public string Extension { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Student> Students { get; set; }
}
public class FooInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<DBContext>
{
protected override void Seed(DBContext context)
{
var students = new List<Student> {
new Student { Id = 1, Name = "John" },
new Student { Id = 2, Name = "Jane" }
};
students.ForEach(s => context.Students.Add(s));
context.SaveChanges();
var images = new List<Image> {
new Image { Id = 1, Filename = "IMG_4596.JPG", Extension = ".jpg" },
new Image { Id = 2, Filename = "IMG_4600.JPG", Extension = ".jpg" }
};
images.ForEach(i => context.Images.Add(i));
students[0].Images.Add(images[0]);
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
From what I can tell your Image class does not have a reference to the StudentID. Try adding:
public int StudentID { get; set; }
to the Image class maybe?
Also having an ICollection would mean that one image could have multiple students - is this correct? Maybe it should be a public virtual Student Student {...}
EDIT: Also I found this, with a many to many relationship (if thats what you need):
In your OnModelCreating() Method:
modelBuilder.Entity<Student>()
.HasMany(c => c.Images).WithMany(i => i.Students)
.Map(t => t.MapLeftKey("StudentId")
.MapRightKey("ImageID")
.ToTable("StudentImages"));
taken from this link that states:
A many-to-many relationship between the Instructor and Course
entities. The code specifies the table and column names for the join
table. Code First can configure the many-to-many relationship for you
without this code, but if you don't call it, you will get default
names such as InstructorInstructorID for the InstructorID column.
EDIT: Here is the code I used the other night, with my implementation of the code first MVC site:
var users = new List<User>
{
new User { UserID = new Guid(), Email = "me#me.com", LastOnline = DateTime.Now, Password = "pword", RegistrationDate = DateTime.Now, SecurityAnswer = "me", SecurityQuestion = "who?", Roles = new List<Role>() },
};
users.ForEach(s => context.Users.Add(s));
context.SaveChanges();
var roles = new List<Role>
{
new Role { RoleID = "Admin", Description = "Administration Users", Users = new List<User>() }
};
roles.ForEach(r => context.Roles.Add(r));
users[0].Roles.Add(roles[0]);
context.SaveChanges();
var userLicense = new List<UserLicense>
{
new UserLicense { AddDateTime = DateTime.Now, LicenseType = "Farmer", Manufacturer = "Motorola", Model = "Droid", PhoneIdentifier = "c0e4223a910f", UserID = users[0].UserID, User = new User() }
};
userLicense[0].User = users[0];
userLicense.ForEach(u => context.UserLicenses.Add(u));
context.SaveChanges();
userLicense[0].User = users[0];
context.SaveChanges();
Notice in each instantiated item, I am also instantiating a new referenced item within the parent object.
EDIT:
Ok try this:
var students = new List<Student> {
new Student { Id = 1, Name = "John", Images = new List<Image>() },
new Student { Id = 2, Name = "Jane", Images = new List<Image>() }
};
students.ForEach(s => context.Students.Add(s));
context.SaveChanges();
var images = new List<Image> {
new Image { Id = 1, Filename = "IMG_4596.JPG", Extension = ".jpg", Students = new List<Student>() },
new Image { Id = 2, Filename = "IMG_4600.JPG", Extension = ".jpg", Students = new List<Student>() }
};
images.ForEach(i => context.Images.Add(i));
students[0].Images.Add(images[0]);
students[1].Images.Add(images[1]);
context.SaveChanges();
Try adding this before saving changes for each student:
foreach (Image i in s1.Images)
context.ObjectStateManager.ChangeObjectState(i, System.Data.EntityState.Added);
Also try with System.Data.EntityState.Modified.
Hope this works...