protected void Application_Start()
{
GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
IFrameworkSettings settings = FrameworkConfigFactory.CreateSettings();
// URL Postfix Extension: Update the configuration to recognise postfix extensions and map known
// extensions to MIME Types. Additional changes to WebApiConfig.cs are required to fully enable this
// feature.
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter
.AddUriPathExtensionMapping("json", "application/json");
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.AddUriPathExtensionMapping("xml", "text/xml");
// XML Serialisation: Define the specific XML serialiser to use to ensure that SIF Data Model Objects (as
// defined by the SIF Specification with XML Schema Definitions (XSDs)) are serialised correctly.
XmlMediaTypeFormatter xmlFormatter = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter;
xmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;
// XML Serialisation: For each SIF Data Model Object used by each SIF Provider, the following entries are
// required to define the root element for each collection object.
var schoolInfosXmlRootAttribute = new XmlRootAttribute("SchoolInfos")
{
Namespace = settings.DataModelNamespace, IsNullable = false
};
ISerialiser <List <SchoolInfo> > schoolInfosSerialiser =
SerialiserFactory.GetXmlSerialiser <List <SchoolInfo> >(schoolInfosXmlRootAttribute);
xmlFormatter.SetSerializer <List <SchoolInfo> >((XmlSerializer)schoolInfosSerialiser);
var studentPersonalsXmlRootAttribute = new XmlRootAttribute("StudentPersonals")
{
Namespace = settings.DataModelNamespace, IsNullable = false
};
ISerialiser <List <StudentPersonal> > studentPersonalsSerialiser =
SerialiserFactory.GetXmlSerialiser <List <StudentPersonal> >(studentPersonalsXmlRootAttribute);
xmlFormatter.SetSerializer <List <StudentPersonal> >((XmlSerializer)studentPersonalsSerialiser);
var studentSchoolEnrollmentsXmlRootAttribute = new XmlRootAttribute("StudentSchoolEnrollments")
{
Namespace = settings.DataModelNamespace, IsNullable = false
};
ISerialiser <List <StudentSchoolEnrollment> > studentSchoolEnrollmentsSerialiser =
SerialiserFactory.GetXmlSerialiser <List <StudentSchoolEnrollment> >(
studentSchoolEnrollmentsXmlRootAttribute);
xmlFormatter.SetSerializer <List <StudentSchoolEnrollment> >(
(XmlSerializer)studentSchoolEnrollmentsSerialiser);
// Replacement custom JSON formatter (compliant with Goessner notation).
var xmlToJsonFormatter = new XmlToJsonFormatter {
UseXmlSerializer = true
};
xmlToJsonFormatter.AddUriPathExtensionMapping("json", "application/json");
xmlToJsonFormatter.SetSerializer <List <SchoolInfo> >((XmlSerializer)schoolInfosSerialiser);
xmlToJsonFormatter.SetSerializer <List <StudentPersonal> >((XmlSerializer)studentPersonalsSerialiser);
xmlToJsonFormatter.SetSerializer <List <StudentSchoolEnrollment> >(
(XmlSerializer)studentSchoolEnrollmentsSerialiser);
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.Add(xmlToJsonFormatter);
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.Remove(
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter);
// Alternative 1.
//var xmlRootAttribute = new XmlRootAttribute("StudentPersonals")
//{ Namespace = settings.DataModelNamespace, IsNullable = false };
//xmlFormatter.SetSerializer<List<StudentPersonal>>(
// new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<StudentPersonal>), xmlRootAttribute));
// Alternative 2.
//var attributes = new XmlAttributes();
//attributes.XmlRoot = new XmlRootAttribute("StudentPersonals")
//{ Namespace = settings.DataModelNamespace, IsNullable = false };
//var overrides = new XmlAttributeOverrides();
//overrides.Add(typeof(List<StudentPersonal>), attributes);
//xmlFormatter
// .SetSerializer<List<StudentPersonal>>(new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<StudentPersonal>), overrides));
// Configure global exception loggers for unexpected errors.
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services.Add(typeof(IExceptionLogger), new TraceExceptionLogger());
// Configure a global exception handler for unexpected errors.
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services
.Replace(typeof(IExceptionHandler), new GlobalUnexpectedExceptionHandler());
Trace.TraceInformation("********** Application_Start **********");
Register(settings, FrameworkConfigFactory.CreateSessionService());
}
