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Is there a Silverlight 4 Equivalent to ASP.NET ObjectDataSource?

Hi All,

I'm writing my first Silverlight 4 application and am seeing some differences between RIA Services and the ASP.NET ObjectDataSource. In a Silverlight 4 application, is it possible/advisable to use an ObjectDataSource? We trying to avoid use of a database at this point, since we're prototyping an ASP.NET app in Silverlight. However, we do want all the functionality and goodness that comes with RIA Services etc. Would it be better to just go with the build out of a database and conform to the RIA Services methodology? Or can we get away with using the ObjectDataSource to which we've become accustomed from previous ASP.NET projects?

Thanks much for your guidance and advice!

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