I'm following this OData V4 tutorial and now have a problem with the bound function MostExpensive.
This function is bound to the Productscollection and is registered in WebApiConfig.Register() like suggested in the tutorial:
ODataConventionModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
builder.Namespace = "ProductService";
builder.EntityType<Product>().Collection.Function("MostExpensive").Returns<decimal>();
There is only described a rudimentary client for this service in part 2 of this tutorial. So I want to extend it so that I also can call the functions described in the later parts of the tutorial.
I have created the client using OData Client Code Generator as suggested in the tutorial. I then add some products and suppliers and then want to get the most expensive product:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
const string serviceUri = "http://localhost:52542";
Container container = new Container(new Uri(serviceUri));
AddProducts(container, GenerateSomeProducts());
AddSuppliers(container, GenerateSomeSuppliers());
Console.WriteLine("Most expensive product is: {0}", container.Products.MostExpensive().GetValue());
...
}
When calling GetValue() I am getting an InvalidOperationException stating that http://localhost:52542/$metadata refers to a Edm.Decimal type but a Collection(Edm-Decimal) type is expected.
When calling http://localhost:52542/Products/ProductService.MostExpensive() directly in the browser I'm getting
{
"@odata.context":"http://localhost:52542/$metadata#Edm.Decimal","value":40000.95
}
Which seems to be correct.
Do I do anything wrong? I have no idea how to fix this. So any suggestions about that?
I guess you are using T4 2.2.0, right?
There is a bug in T4 2.2.0 which causes this issue. You can use the content in following link to replace your ttinclude file and regenerate your proxy to work around the issue.