DataServiceConfiguration.SetEntitySetAccessRule Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Services

Assembly:: System.Data.Services.dll

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Sets the permissions for the specified entity set resource.

public:
 virtual void SetEntitySetAccessRule(System::String ^ name, System::Data::Services::EntitySetRights rights);

public void SetEntitySetAccessRule (string name, System.Data.Services.EntitySetRights rights);

abstract member SetEntitySetAccessRule : string * System.Data.Services.EntitySetRights -> unit
override this.SetEntitySetAccessRule : string * System.Data.Services.EntitySetRights -> unit

Public Sub SetEntitySetAccessRule (name As String, rights As EntitySetRights)

Parameters

name: String

Name of the entity set for which to set permissions.

rights: EntitySetRights

Access rights to be granted to this resource, passed as an EntitySetRights value.

Implements

SetEntitySetAccessRule(String, EntitySetRights)

Examples

This example shows the code-behind page for a Northwind-based data service, with access granted to selected entity sets.

public class Northwind : DataService<NorthwindEntities>
{
    // This method is called only once to initialize service-wide policies.
    public static void InitializeService(DataServiceConfiguration config)
    {
        // Grant only the rights needed to support the client application.
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Orders", EntitySetRights.AllRead
             | EntitySetRights.WriteMerge
             | EntitySetRights.WriteReplace);
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Order_Details", EntitySetRights.AllRead
            | EntitySetRights.AllWrite);
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Customers", EntitySetRights.AllRead);
    }
}

Imports System.Data.Services
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.ServiceModel.Web

Public Class Northwind
    Inherits DataService(Of NorthwindEntities)

    ' This method is called only once to initialize service-wide policies.
    Public Shared Sub InitializeService(ByVal config As DataServiceConfiguration)
        ' Grant only the rights needed to support the client application.
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Orders", EntitySetRights.AllRead _
             Or EntitySetRights.WriteMerge _
             Or EntitySetRights.WriteReplace)
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Order_Details", EntitySetRights.AllRead _
            Or EntitySetRights.AllWrite)
        config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("Customers", EntitySetRights.AllRead)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

When you specify a value of an asterisk (*) for the name parameter, permissions are set for all entity sets that do not have the permissions explicitly set.

Applies to