I have a web application that uses the Web Service created in ASP.NET. In this, web service I want to pass an collection object of Key Value type (i.e. something like Hashtable or Dictionay).
But we cannot use objects that implements from IDictionary.
I do not want to create a serialized class in my web service.
Can anyone suggest me the best approach for this?
dev.e.loper is almost right. You can use a List<Pair>.
Alternatively, you can use List<KeyValuePair<TKey,TValue>>.
MSDN Documentation:
KeyValuePair
Pair
I'm not totally clear on your question, but maybe you are needing something like this?
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
[XmlRoot("dictionary")]
public class SerializableDictionary<TKey, TValue> : Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, IXmlSerializable
{
public XmlSchema GetSchema()
{
return null;
}
public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
{
var keySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TKey));
var valueSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TValue));
bool wasEmpty = reader.IsEmptyElement;
reader.Read();
if (wasEmpty)
{
return;
}
while (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement)
{
reader.ReadStartElement("item");
reader.ReadStartElement("key");
var key = (TKey)keySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.ReadEndElement();
reader.ReadStartElement("value");
var value = (TValue)valueSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.ReadEndElement();
this.Add(key, value);
reader.ReadEndElement();
reader.MoveToContent();
}
reader.ReadEndElement();
}
public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
{
var keySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TKey));
var valueSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TValue));
foreach (var key in this.Keys)
{
writer.WriteStartElement("item");
writer.WriteStartElement("key");
keySerializer.Serialize(writer, key);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteStartElement("value");
TValue value = this[key];
valueSerializer.Serialize(writer, value);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
}
You can inherit from KeyedCollection which is Serializable.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132438.aspx
I solved this by using DictionaryEntry
The only difference is that Key is Object as well.
I basically have a Dictionary ToDictionary(DictionaryEntry[] entries) and a DictionaryEntry[] FromDictionary(Dictionary entries) static methods which are very light weight and end up getting me to the same place without having to make my own collection class.
The added benefit is that the XML which comes as a result is closer to that in which the WCF Web Services use by default! That means you can make this change now in your client code and be ready for WCF if you decide to move that way.
The result looks like this over JSON [{"Key": key1, "Value": value1}, {"Key": key2, "Value": value2}] exactly the same as it does over WCF by default.
You could try to use 2 arrays, 1 for keys and one for values, where the indexes of the arrays match up. Not the most ideal solution but a valid one. The internals of the webservice you can use IDictionary and just pass out the Keys and Values of that object.
Related
with plain old ASP.NET reading a cookie was as easy as getting hold of the HttpContext.Current.Request object, but in DNX there is no such object.
How does one check for a cookie value in order to change it's the response?
public static string GetContentValueByKey(this Dictionary<string, string> content, string key) {
string value;
return content.TryGetValue(key, out value) ? value : key;
}
I want now, based on a cookie value, return only the key instead the value... in the "old good days" I could easily do:
public static string GetContentValueByKey(this Dictionary<string, string> content, string key) {
string value;
var cookies = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies;
var showKeysOnly = cookies["showonlykeys"] != null && cookies["showonlykeys"] == "yes";
return showKeysOnly ? key : content.TryGetValue(key, out value) ? value : key;
}
but we no longer have access to such object ... what is the trick to access the Cookies outside a Controller?
In ASP.NET Core there is no thing as a static HttpContext.Current. You either need to path-through (from your controller to the using method) or use dependency injection to retrieve the HttpContext (via IHttpContextAccessor, which need to be made available before). Then you can use httpContext.Request.Cookies.Get("showonlykeys") to fetch the value.
Current working on creating a Prism.DryIoc.Forms project to try out DryIoc (first time!).
In Xamarin.Forms there is a native DependencyService and to provide a nice way to migrate towards using Prism I would like to add it as a fallback container in case the requsted service type can't be resolved from the main container.
Current I have created a FallbackContainer and pass the instance of IContainerand overrides the methods for IResolver and delegates the rest of the IContainer calls to the instance passed during creation.
So after the default container is created and configured and then do
Container = CreateContainer();
ConfigureContainer();
Container.Rules.WithFallbackContainer(new DependencyServiceContainer(Container));
Is this the preferred method or is there any way just to attach a default IResolver?
Current implementation
public class FallbackDependencyServiceContainer : IContainer
{
private readonly IContainer container;
public FallbackDependencyServiceContainer(IContainer container)
{
this.container = container;
}
public object Resolve(Type serviceType, bool ifUnresolvedReturnDefault)
{
return ResolveFromDependencyService(serviceType);
}
public object Resolve(Type serviceType, object serviceKey, bool ifUnresolvedReturnDefault,
Type requiredServiceType,
RequestInfo preResolveParent, IScope scope)
{
return ResolveFromDependencyService(serviceType);
}
public IEnumerable<object> ResolveMany(Type serviceType, object serviceKey, Type requiredServiceType,
object compositeParentKey,
Type compositeParentRequiredType, RequestInfo preResolveParent, IScope scope)
{
return new[] { ResolveFromDependencyService(serviceType) };
}
private static object ResolveFromDependencyService(Type targetType)
{
if (!targetType.GetTypeInfo().IsInterface)
{
return null;
}
var method = typeof(DependencyService).GetTypeInfo().GetDeclaredMethod("Get");
var genericMethod = method.MakeGenericMethod(targetType);
return genericMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { DependencyFetchTarget.GlobalInstance });
}
....
}
Thanks and looking forward to test DryIoc since I've read it's supposed to be the fastest out there
Updated answer:
You may directly use WithUnknownServiceResolvers returning DelegateFactory:
var c = new Container(Rules.Default.WithUnknownServiceResolvers(request =>
new DelegateFactory(_ => GetFromDependencyService(request.ServiceType))));
No need to implement IContainer just for that.
I think it may be optimized regarding performance by replacing DelegateFactory with ExpressionFactory. But I need some time to play with the idea.
I have clients passing in IDs like this: /v1/path?id=1,2,3
What I have and want
I have a resource class for Dropwizard/Jersey.
I'd like to show up the query-parameter id=1,2,3 as a List parameter in my resource's GET method
// Resource class
public List<Something> getFilteredList(#QueryParam("id") List<String> ids) {
// filter the List<Something> based on a list of ids
}
Right now, the ids list contains 1 string which is "1,2,3".
What I tried
I tried a filter but the query parameters given by Jersey's
ContainerRequestContext.getUriInfo().getQueryParameters()
is immutable.
Questions
I would like to apply a filter and change any comma separated query parameters into multi-valued parameters so that the resource method gets a list instead.
Is there a way to change the existing query parameters using a Jersey filter?
What's a good way to solve this problem?
The best way I can think of is to just create a wrapper class for the list. This makes it easier to take advantage of the specified functionality of Jersey. You can see what I mean at Passing custom type query parameter.
For example
public class IdFilter {
private List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>();
public List<String> getIds() { return ids; }
public static IdFilter valueOf(String param) {
IdFilter filter = new IdFilter();
for (String id: param.split(",") {
filter.getIds().add(id);
}
}
}
getFilteredList(#QueryParam("id") IdFilter ids) {
We don't need to do anything else. Just having the static valueOf is enough for Jersey to know how to parse the query string.
3 ways to solve it:
use the generic context-parameter UriInfo , which is not very expressive
add an explicit custom type that can parse a comma-separated list
stay with #QueryParam List<String> requiring a concatenated query like ?id=1&id=2&id=3 given as URI
I would prefer the second as most-expressive, like answered already by Paul. This way you can concisely pass a single CSV like ?id=1,2,3,3 and also use a Set to ensure unique ID values, e.g. resulting in only [1, 2, 3].
Generic context-param UriInfo
One way would be to use a generic parameter #Context UriInfo to get the list in the method's body:
public List<Something> getFilteredList( #Context UriInfo uriInfo ) {
List<String> idList = uriInfo.getQueryParameters().get("id"); // before was #QueryParam("id")
System.out.println("idList: " + idList);
// filter a given list by ids
var somethingFiltered = getSomethingList().stream()
.filter(s -> idList.contains(s.getId()))
.collect(toList());
return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(somethingFiltered).build();
}
See the tutorial in Java Vogue(2015): QueryParam Annotation In Jersey -
Custom type with static valueOf(String) factory-method
The other way is to design a custom type which can be constructed using a String:
class IdSet {
Set<String> values;
// a factory method, can also be named valueOf
public static IdSet fromString(String commaSeparated) {
return new HashSet( Arrays.asList( commaSeparated.split(",") ) );
}
}
public List<Something> getFilteredList(#QueryParam("id") IdSet ids) {
System.out.println("ids (Set): " + ids.values);
// filter a given list by ids
var somethingFiltered = getSomethingList().stream()
.filter(s -> ids.values.contains(s.getId()))
.collect(toList());
return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(somethingFiltered).build();
}
See Jersey's JavaDocs for #QueryParam:
The type T of the annotated parameter, field or property must either:
Be a primitive type
Have a constructor that accepts a single String argument
Have a static method named valueOf or fromString that accepts a single String argument (see, for example, Integer.valueOf(String))
Have a registered implementation of ParamConverterProvider that returns a ParamConverter instance capable of a "from string" conversion for the type.
Be List<T>, Set<T> or SortedSet<T>, where T satisfies 2, 3 or 4 above. The resulting collection is read-only.
Use a collection interface with multiple key-value pairs
When the calling client uses following URI pattern: /something?id=1&id=2&id=3 then JAX-RS can deserialize them to a single parameter of List<String> id having given multiple elements:
public List<Something> getFilteredList(#QueryParam("id") List<String> ids) {
System.out.println("ids : "+ids);
// filter a given list by ids
var somethingFiltered = getSomethingList().stream()
.filter(s -> ids.contains(s.getId()))
.collect(toList());
return Response.status(Status.OK).entity(somethingFiltered).build();
}
See Mkyong: JAX-RS #QueryParam example where explained the multiple occurrences of orderBy in the GET query:
#QueryParam will convert the query parameter “orderBy=age&orderBy=name” into java.util.List automatically.
See also
Handling Multiple Query Parameters in Jersey
Deserializing List<Map<String, String>> QueryParam in jersey 1
Jersey, #QueryParam List<String>
Since a while now I'm implementing services whenever possible with ServiceStack (or WebAPI) instead of WCF.
What I want to do now is sending an interface (-name) to the server and get a class-implementation back. Maybe that's confusing, so I'll give you an example:
My service-client has multiple operations - like "check form":
The logic for checking this form is not implemented. What it has is an interface called IFormChecker with methods like NameIsValid(string firstName, string middleName, string lastName).
Instead of sending the whole form-data to the server for validation, the client will request the implementation of IFormChecker from the server.
I know that's possible with WCF, but I have no idea how to do that with ServiceStack.
If that's possible, what's the way to go? I checked the documentation, but I'm not really wiser.
It seams like there's no "magic trick" or anything.
I have to serialize/deserialize the class "old-fashion way".
If you're interested, here's the solution:
I created a "Root"-Interface, in this example it is IModule.
This IModule contains only 1 property, called Name.
It is a string and only there for convenience:
The IFormChecker from the example would be derived from this interface:
My client knows the value of this Name-property and of course the interface itself.
It will now fire the Name-value to the server, which will return the serialized class.
All I have to do is:
var module = ModuleImplementations.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name);
if(module == null) throw new SomeException();
return module.Serialize();
client-wise I can deserialize it and cast it to the interface. That's it.
Here's my ModuleSerialization-Class:
public static class ModuleSerialization
{
public static string Serialize(this IModule m)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
var bf = new BinaryFormatter();
bf.Serialize(ms, m);
return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
}
}
public static T Deserialize<T>(string serialized) where T : class, IModule
{
var ba = Convert.FromBase64String(serialized);
using (var s = new MemoryStream(ba))
{
var bf = new BinaryFormatter();
return bf.Deserialize(s) as T;
}
}
}
Cheers!
I have a LINQ dbml class that I am wrapping in a POCO. I have built overloaded constructors that take the DBML class and init. the wrapper objects properties based on the dbml object passed in.
For example
public class MyPerson{
public MyPerson(DBMLPerson p)
{
this.ID = p.ID;
this.Name = p.Name;
}
}
if I then do something like this where I return an IQueryable
{
return from p in datacontext.DBMLPerson
select new MyPerson(p){};
}
When I try to do further queries on that Iquearble I get "System.NotSupportedException: The member 'MyPerson.ID' has no supported translation to SQL.."
However if I do this
{
return from p in datacontext.DBMLPerson
select new MyPerson(){
ID = p.ID;
Name = p.Name;
};
}
I don't get an error at all and everything works perfect. Basically I want to have my class handle the conversion from LINQ object to POCO itself.
Basically I have to use the Object Initializer or I am unable to match on that field.
Ok not sure this will actually help anyone but but myself but my whole problem is the I shouldn't be using IQuerable after a certain point(outside of my repository)
iqueryable-can-kill-your-dog-steal-your-wife-kill-your-will-to-live-etc