EntityInstanceContext Class

An instance of EntityInstanceContext<TEntityType> gets passed to the self link ( HasIdLink, HasEditLink, HasReadLink ) and navigation link ( HasNavigationPropertyLink, HasNavigationPropertiesLink ) builders and can be used by the link builders to generate links.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Web.Http.OData.EntityInstanceContext
    System.Web.Http.OData.EntityInstanceContext<TEntityType>

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class EntityInstanceContext
'Usage
Dim instance As EntityInstanceContext

public class EntityInstanceContext

public ref class EntityInstanceContext

type EntityInstanceContext =  class end

public class EntityInstanceContext

The EntityInstanceContext type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	EntityInstanceContext()	Initializes a new instance of the EntityInstanceContext class.
	EntityInstanceContext(ODataSerializerContext, IEdmEntityTypeReference, Object)	Initializes a new instance of the EntityInstanceContext class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	EdmModel	Gets or sets the IEdmModel to which this instance belongs.
	EdmObject	Gets or sets the entity object for this instance.
	EntityInstance	Gets or sets the value of this entity instance.
	EntitySet	Gets or sets the IEdmEntitySet to which this instance belongs.
	EntityType	Gets or sets the IEdmEntityType of this entity instance.
	Request	Gets or sets the HTTP request that caused this instance to be generated.
	SerializerContext	Gets or sets the serializer context.
	SkipExpensiveAvailabilityChecks	Gets or sets a value indicating whether ActionAvailabilityChecks should be performed or not.
	Url	Gets or sets a UrlHelper that may be used to generate links while serializing this entity instance.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GenerateActionLink	Generates an action link following the OData URL conventions for the action and bound to the entity represented by entityContext. (Defined by LinkGenerationHelpers.)
	GenerateNavigationPropertyLink	Generates a navigation link following the OData URL conventions for the entity represented by entityContext and the given navigation property. (Defined by LinkGenerationHelpers.)
	GenerateSelfLink	Generates a self link following the OData URL conventions for the entity represented by entityContext. (Defined by LinkGenerationHelpers.)

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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.

See Also

Reference

System.Web.Http.OData Namespace