DataController Class

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02/16/2012

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DataController extends the base ApiController by adding higher level application patterns and features to facilitate the development of CRUD centric controllers.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Web.Http.ApiController
    System.Web.Http.Data.DataController
      System.Web.Http.Data.EntityFramework.DbDataController<TContext>
      System.Web.Http.Data.EntityFramework.LinqToEntitiesDataController<TContext>

Namespace: System.Web.Http.Data
Assembly: System.Web.Http.Data (in System.Web.Http.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<HttpControllerConfigurationAttribute(HttpActionInvoker := GetType(DataControllerActionInvoker),  _
    HttpActionSelector := GetType(DataControllerActionSelector))> _
Public MustInherit Class DataController _
    Inherits ApiController

[HttpControllerConfigurationAttribute(HttpActionInvoker = typeof(DataControllerActionInvoker), HttpActionSelector = typeof(DataControllerActionSelector))]
public abstract class DataController : ApiController

[HttpControllerConfigurationAttribute(HttpActionInvoker = typeof(DataControllerActionInvoker), HttpActionSelector = typeof(DataControllerActionSelector))]
public ref class DataController abstract : public ApiController

[<AbstractClass>]
[<HttpControllerConfigurationAttribute(HttpActionInvoker = typeof(DataControllerActionInvoker), HttpActionSelector = typeof(DataControllerActionSelector))>]
type DataController =  
    class
        inherit ApiController
    end

public abstract class DataController extends ApiController

The DataController type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DataController	Initializes a new instance of the DataController class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ActionContext	Gets the HttpActionContext for the currently executing action.
	ChangeSet	Gets the current ChangeSet.
	Configuration	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	ControllerContext	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	Description	Gets the DataControllerDescription for this DataController.
	ModelState	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	Request	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	Url	(Inherited from ApiController.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	AuthorizeChangeSet	Verifies that the user is authorized to submit the current ChangeSet.
	Dispose()	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	Dispose(Boolean)	(Inherited from ApiController.)
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ExecuteAsync	Executes data controller in an asynchronous manner. (Overrides ApiController.ExecuteAsync(Void, HttpResponseMessage).)
	ExecuteChangeSet	Invokes the action for each operation in the current ChangeSet.
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Initialize	Initializes data controller. (Overrides ApiController.Initialize(HttpControllerContext).)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	PersistChangeSet	Finalizes changes after all the operations in the current ChangeSet have been invoked.
	Submit	Performs the operations indicated by the specified ChangeSet by invoking the corresponding actions for each.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ValidateChangeSet	Validates the current ChangeSet.

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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