OData

[Announcement] OData V4 Client Code Generator 2.1.0 Release

November 9, 2014 Nov 9, 2014 11/9/14

Layla Liu

Features OData v4 Client Code Generator now supports  the generation of properties whose type, functions whose parameter types and return type are Edm.TimeOfDay or Edm.Date. OData v4 Client Code Generator generates one more ByKey method for each EntityType, which directly accepts all keys as parameters instead of a dictionary.   Bug...

[Tutorial & Sample] Client Delayed Query

July 9, 2014 Jul 9, 2014 07/9/14

Junlin Zheng

In OData Client 6.5.0, together with OData Client Code Generator 2.0.0, we have improved the user experience on the client side by introducing delayed query into it. This feature enables valid compositions as many as you want when building a query in client, getting all parts into one request URL and sending it out when you get it ready. ...

[Announcement] OData Client Code Generator 2.0.0 release

July 8, 2014 Jul 8, 2014 07/8/14

Yi Ding - MSFT

We are happy to announce that the OData Client Code Generator is released and available on Visual Studio Gallery. In this release, we focused on lighting up more OData features and the usability of the generated APIs while preserving the most consistency with the former version. Following is the release notes: Improvements of this OData Client...

[Tutorial & Sample] How to enable authentication for metadata documents in the OData Client Code Generator

June 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014 06/22/14

Layla Liu

Currently, the OData Client Code Generator doesn’t support authentication for metadata documents. Although authenticating the access to OData metadata documents is not encouraged for service builders unless they has a good reason to do so, However, it might not be easy to exclude $metadata from the authentication required by the service. ...

[Tutorial & Sample] How to Use Open Type in OData

April 29, 2014 Apr 29, 2014 04/29/14

Liang Wang [MSFT]

OData protocol introduces conception of open type which allows clients to add properties dynamically to instances of the type by specifying uniquely named values in the payload used to insert or update an instance of the type. This makes definition of entity type or complex type more flexible. Developers do not have to define everything which ...

[Tutorial & Sample] Client Property Tracking for PATCH

April 9, 2014 Apr 9, 2014 04/9/14

Layla Liu

  In OData Client for .NET 6.2.0, we enabled the top level property tracking on client side when sending a PATCH. This feature allows client to send only updated properties, instead of the entire object to server. The top level property tracking means the client will only track the highest level properties in the class hierarchy. In...