Customize feed for WCF Data Services using Entity Framework (Code First)

Question

Hello,

Can anybody tell me how to customize the OData feed for Ado.Net Data Services using Entity Framework (Code First/Only)?

There is no EDMX file (as it is Code Only).

I have tried adding the attribute:

[EntityPropertyMapping( "Id" , SyndicationItemProperty.Title , SyndicationTextContentKind.Plaintext , true )]

To my POCO entity classes but nothing shows up in the feed title tag?

UPDATE:

If I was using an EDMX file I could customize the feed by applying attributes like this:

<EntityType Name="Customer">
  <Property Name="myAddress" Type="MyModelNamespace.Address"
        me:EpmSourcePath="Street"
        m2:FC_Atom="true"
        m2:FC_TargetPath="EpmSyndicationTitle"
        m2:FC_ContentKind="EpmPlaintext"
        m2:FC_KeepContent="true"/>
</EntityType>

But I am not using an EDMX file - I am using Code Only. My question is about achieving the same thing when using Code Only (no XML file).

Thanks!

Answer 1

Does this help?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexj/archive/2010/06/11/tip-56-writing-an-odata-service-using-the-reflection-provider.aspx

Answer 2

Have you set the access rules for your entity sets?

as a catch all for testing you should have something like:

public class NorthwindService : DataService<NorthwindEntities>
{
   public static void InitializeService(IDataServiceConfiguration config)
   {
      config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("*", EntitySetRights.All);
    }
}