Example #1
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        // Attention 31 - Customer edit address, returns extra data
        // Must do a bit more than a normal "edit existing", because of the association
        // One extra fetch before return so that the associated data comes back
        // Please be aware that there could be alternative coding plans -
        // the following plan is not authoritative, and others could work
        public CustomerWithData CustomerEditAddress(CustomerEditAddress editedItem)
        {
            // Ensure that we can continue
            if (editedItem == null)
            {
                return(null);
            }

            // Attempt to fetch the object
            var storedItem = ds.Customers.Find(editedItem.CustomerId);

            if (storedItem == null)
            {
                return(null);
            }
            else
            {
                // Fetch the object from the data store - ds.Entry(storedItem)
                // Get its current values collection - .CurrentValues
                // Set those to the edited values - .SetValues(editedItem)
                ds.Entry(storedItem).CurrentValues.SetValues(editedItem);
                // The SetValues() method ignores missing properties and navigation properties
                ds.SaveChanges();

                // Extra fetch
                var o = ds.Customers.Include("Employee")
                        .SingleOrDefault(c => c.CustomerId == storedItem.CustomerId);

                return(Mapper.Map <CustomerWithData>(o));
            }
        }
        // PUT: api/Customers/5
        /// <summary>
        /// Edit customer address
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="id">Customer identifier</param>
        /// <param name="editedItem">Address data</param>
        /// <returns>Customer object</returns>
        public IHttpActionResult Put(int?id, [FromBody] CustomerEditAddress editedItem)
        {
            // Ensure that an "editedItem" is in the entity body
            if (editedItem == null)
            {
                return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
            }

            // Ensure that the id value in the URI matches the id value in the entity body
            if (id.GetValueOrDefault() != editedItem.CustomerId)
            {
                return(BadRequest("Invalid data in the entity body"));
            }

            // Ensure that we can use the incoming data
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                // Attempt to update the item
                var changedItem = m.CustomerEditAddress(editedItem);

                // Notice the ApiController convenience methods
                if (changedItem == null)
                {
                    // HTTP 400
                    return(BadRequest("Cannot edit the object"));
                }
                else
                {
                    // Attention 32 - Edit address result, create a hypermedia representation
                    CustomerLinked result = new CustomerLinked
                                                (Mapper.Map <CustomerWithLink>(changedItem));

                    // HTTP 200 with the changed item in the entity body
                    return(Ok(result));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return(BadRequest(ModelState));
            }
        }