public IHttpActionResult GetBar(int fooId) {
// A collection of bars related to foo
var bars = new List<object> {
new { id = 1, fooId = fooId, type = "bar" },
new { id = 2, fooId = fooId, type = "bar" }
};
// data about the bars related to foo
var fooBarModel = new {
fooId = fooId,
count = bars.Count
};
// Return a fooBar resource with embedded bars
return this.HAL(
fooBarModel,
new Link[] {
new Link("self", "/api/foo/{fooId}/bar")
},
"bars",
bars,
new Link[] {
new Link("self", "/api/bar/{id}")
}
);
}
public IHttpActionResult Get(int id) {
// Any plain old object will do
var fooModel = new {
id = id,
type = "foo"
};
// Return a simple resource with links to related resources
return this.HAL(fooModel, new Link[] {
new Link("self", "/api/foo/{id}"),
new Link("foo:bar", "/api/foo/{id}/bar")
});
}
private async Task AssertModelJson(object model, string contentType, bool forceHal, string expected) {
using (var stream = new MemoryStream()) {
var content = new StringContent("");
content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(contentType);
var formatter = new JsonHALMediaTypeFormatter();
var link = new Link("self", "href");
var embedded = new[] {
new { bar = true }
};
var halModel = new HALResponse(model, new HALModelConfig {
ForceHAL = forceHal
})
.AddLinks(link)
.AddEmbeddedCollection("bars", embedded);
Assert.NotNull(formatter);
await formatter.WriteToStreamAsync(typeof(HALResponse), halModel, stream, content, null);
// Reset the position to ensure it can read
stream.Position = 0;
var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
string result = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
Assert.Equal(expected, result);
}
}
public async Task Write_To_Stream_Test(string contentType, bool forceHal, string expected) {
var model = new { foo = 1 };
await AssertModelJson(model, contentType, forceHal, expected);
}
