/// <summary>
/// Extension method to support retrieving Data Service Operations that support
/// primitive values.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The expected data type.</typeparam>
/// <param name="ctx">The Type to be extended (DataServiceContext).</param>
/// <param name="uri">The address of the operation (with parameters if used)</param>
/// <param name="callback">The callback.</param>
/// <param name="state">State to be communicated back to the user.</param>
/// <returns>An IAsyncResult.</returns>
public static IAsyncResult BeginExecuteNonEntityOperation <T>(this DataServiceContext ctx, Uri uri, AsyncCallback callback, object state)
{
// Since I can't figure out how to limit the type to primitives, i'll do it with a runtime check
if (!typeof(T).IsPrimitive && typeof(T) != typeof(string))
{
throw new DataServiceClientException("BeginExecuteForPrimitives cannot be used with types that are not primatives or String type.");
}
// Convert the Uri to use the Context's URI Base
uri = BuildUri(ctx.BaseUri, uri);
// Build the request to make our specific request
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = "GET";
request.Accept = "application/atom+xml,application/xml";
//request.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.AcceptCharset] = "UTF-8";
request.Headers["DataServiceVersion"] = "1.0;Silverlight";
request.Headers["MaxDataServiceVersion"] = "1.0;Silverlight";
NonEntityOperationResult result = new NonEntityOperationResult(ctx, request, callback, state);
result.BeginExecute();
return(result);
}
