• clone the repository locally and move into directory
  • git clone https://github.com/mchen07/restli-csharp.git
  • cd restli-csharp
• run the gradle script to generate data templates:
  • on Windows: gradlew.bat clean build
  • on Mac/Linux: ./gradlew clean build
• open restlicsharp.sln in Visual Studio:
  • build the solution
  • run all tests for the solution to ensure everything is setup
  • note: all tests in RestliClientIntegrationTests may fail, as those tests assume there is a Rest.li server running at http://localhost:1338 that supports GET, CREATE, and FINDER requests for the basicCollection resource; however, all other tests should pass

A good example of the different data template types can be found in the following places after you have generated the data templates:

1. Record:
   • restlicsharpdata/restlidataintegration/generatedDataTemplate/com/linkedin/rest li/datagenerator/integration/SimpleRecord.cs
2. Enum:
   • restlicsharpdata/restlidataintegration/generatedDataTemplate/com/linkedin/rest li/datagenerator/integration/TestEnum.cs
3. Union:
   • restlicsharpdata/restlidataintegration/generatedDataTemplate/com/linkedin/rest li/datagenerator/integration/UnionTest.cs
   • this data template is a Record class with a few Union classes defined inside it

Here is a snippet showing how you would use the client to issue a synchronous GET request to a resource foo for a Record Greeting with integer ID 123

string urlPrefix = "http://hostname:port";
string baseTemplateUrl = "/foo";

RestClient client = new RestClient(urlPrefix);

GetRequestBuilder<int, Greeting> requestBuilder = new GetRequestBuilder<int, Greeting>(baseTemplateUrl);
requestBuilder.SetID(123);
GetRequest<int, Greeting> request = requestBuilder.Build();

EntityResponse<Greeting> response = client.RestRequestSync(request);

Greeting greeting = response.element;

Here is a snippet showing how you would use the client to issue the asynchronous analogue of the same request in the previous example

string urlPrefix = "http://hostname:port";
string baseTemplateUrl = "/foo";

RestClient client = new RestClient(urlPrefix);

GetRequestBuilder<int, Greeting> requestBuilder = new GetRequestBuilder<int, Greeting>(baseTemplateUrl);
requestBuilder.SetID(123);
GetRequest<int, Greeting> request = requestBuilder.Build();

RestliCallback<EntityResponse<Greeting>>.SuccessHandler successHandler = delegate (EntityResponse<Greeting> response)
{
    Greeting greeting = response.element;
    // Do something with `greeting` here
};
RestliCallback<EntityResponse<Greeting>> callback = new RestliCallback<EntityResponse<Greeting>>(successHandler);

client.RestRequestAsync(request, callback);