EntityPropertyMappingAttribute Class

Definition

public ref class EntityPropertyMappingAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple=true, Inherited=true)]
public sealed class EntityPropertyMappingAttribute : Attribute

[]
type EntityPropertyMappingAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class EntityPropertyMappingAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

EntityPropertyMappingAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

In the following example, both properties of the Order type are mapped to existing feed elements. The Product property of the Item type is mapped to a custom feed attribute in a separate namespace.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Services;
using System.Data.Services.Common;
using System.Linq;

namespace CustomDataService
{
    [EntityPropertyMappingAttribute("Customer",
        SyndicationItemProperty.AuthorName,
        SyndicationTextContentKind.Plaintext, true)]
    [EntityPropertyMapping("OrderId",
        SyndicationItemProperty.Title,
        SyndicationTextContentKind.Plaintext, false)]
    [DataServiceKeyAttribute("OrderId")]
    public class Order
    {
        public int OrderId { get; set; }
        public string Customer { get; set; }
        public IList Items { get; set; }
    }
    [EntityPropertyMappingAttribute("Product", "productname",
     "orders", "http://schema.examples.microsoft.com/dataservices", true)]
    [DataServiceKeyAttribute("Product")]
    public class Item
    {
        public string Product { get; set; }
        public int Quantity { get; set; }
    }
    public partial class OrderItemData
    {
        #region Populate Service Data
        static IList _orders;
        static IList _items;
        static OrderItemData()
        {
            _orders = new Order[]{
              new Order(){ OrderId=0, Customer = "Peter Franken", Items = new List()},
              new Order(){ OrderId=1, Customer = "Ana Trujillo", Items = new List()}};
            _items = new Item[]{
              new Item(){ Product="Chai", Quantity=10 },
              new Item(){ Product="Chang", Quantity=25 },
              new Item(){ Product="Aniseed Syrup", Quantity = 5 },
              new Item(){ Product="Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning", Quantity=30}};
            _orders[0].Items.Add(_items[0]);
            _orders[0].Items.Add(_items[1]);
            _orders[1].Items.Add(_items[2]);
            _orders[1].Items.Add(_items[3]);
        }
        #endregion
        public IQueryable Orders
        {
            get { return _orders.AsQueryable(); }
        }
        public IQueryable Items
        {
            get { return _items.AsQueryable(); }
        }
    }

    public class OrderItems : DataService
    {
        // This method is called only once to initialize
        //service-wide policies.
        public static void InitializeService(DataServiceConfiguration
                                             config)
        {
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Orders",
               EntitySetRights.AllRead |
               EntitySetRights.AllWrite);
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Items",
                EntitySetRights.AllRead |
                EntitySetRights.AllWrite);
            config.DataServiceBehavior.MaxProtocolVersion =
                DataServiceProtocolVersion.V2;
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data.Services
Imports System.Data.Services.Common
Imports System.Linq

Namespace CustomDataService
     _
     _
     _
    Public Class Order
        Private _orderId As Integer
        Private _customer As String
        Private _items As IList(Of Item)
        Public Property OrderId() As Integer
            Get
                Return _orderId
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Integer)
                _orderId = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Property Customer() As String
            Get
                Return _customer
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                _customer = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Property Items() As IList(Of Item)
            Get
                Return _items
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As IList(Of Item))
                _items = value
            End Set
        End Property
    End Class
     _
     _
    Public Class Item
        Private _product As String
        Private _quantity As Integer
        Public Property Product() As String
            Get
                Return _product
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                _product = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Property Quantity() As Integer
            Get
                Return _quantity
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Integer)
                _quantity = value
            End Set
        End Property
    End Class
    Partial Public Class OrderItemData
#Region "Populate Service Data"
        Shared _orders As IList(Of Order)
        Shared _items As IList(Of Item)
        Sub New()
            _orders = New Order() { _
                New Order() With {.OrderId = 0, .Customer = "Peter Franken", .Items = New List(Of Item)()}, _
              New Order() With {.OrderId = 1, .Customer = "Ana Trujillo", .Items = New List(Of Item)()}}
            _items = New Item() { _
              New Item() With {.Product = "Chai", .Quantity = 10}, _
              New Item() With {.Product = "Chang", .Quantity = 25}, _
              New Item() With {.Product = "Aniseed Syrup", .Quantity = 5}, _
              New Item() With {.Product = "Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning", .Quantity = 30}}
            _orders(0).Items.Add(_items(0))
            _orders(0).Items.Add(_items(1))
            _orders(1).Items.Add(_items(2))
            _orders(1).Items.Add(_items(3))
        End Sub
#End Region
        Public ReadOnly Property Orders() As IQueryable(Of Order)
            Get
                Return _orders.AsQueryable()
            End Get
        End Property
        Public ReadOnly Property Items() As IQueryable(Of Item)
            Get
                Return _items.AsQueryable()
            End Get
        End Property
    End Class
    Public Class OrderItems
        Inherits DataService(Of OrderItemData)
        ' This method is called only once to initialize
        ' service-wide policies.
        Shared Sub InitializeService(ByVal config As DataServiceConfiguration)
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Orders", _
                                          EntitySetRights.AllRead _
                                          Or EntitySetRights.AllWrite)
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Items", _
                                          EntitySetRights.AllRead _
                                          Or EntitySetRights.AllWrite)
            config.DataServiceBehavior.MaxProtocolVersion =
                DataServiceProtocolVersion.V2
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The previous example returns the following result for the URI http://myservice/OrderItems.svc/Orders(0)?$expand=Items.

  http://localhost:12345/OrderItems.svc/Orders(0)
  
  2009-07-25T21:12:30Z
  
    Peter Franken
  
  
  
    
      
        
        http://localhost:12345/OrderItems.svc/Orders(0)/Items
        2009-07-25T21:12:30Z
        
        
          http://localhost:12345/OrderItems.svc/Items('Chai')