I tried to add services.AddSingleton<ODataPayloadValueConverter, EnumFlagODataPayloadValueConverter>();
Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData 8.02 is being used.
I want to convert enum flags to to an array instead. ElementalFlagType is for testing purpose.
internal class EnumFlagODataPayloadValueConverter : ODataPayloadValueConverter
{
public override object ConvertToPayloadValue(object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)
{
if (value is ElementalFlagType flag)
{
var ret = new List<ElementalFlagType>(11);
foreach (var enumValue in Enum.GetValues<ElementalFlagType>())
{
if (flag.HasFlag(enumValue))
{
ret.Add(enumValue);
}
}
return ret.ToArray();
}
return base.ConvertToPayloadValue(value, edmTypeReference);
}
public override object ConvertFromPayloadValue(object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)
{
if (edmTypeReference.IsEnum() && value is ElementalFlagType[] flags)
{
ElementalFlagType ret = ElementalFlagType.None;
foreach (var flag in flags)
{
EnumFlag.Set(ref ret, flag);
}
return ret;
}
return base.ConvertFromPayloadValue(value, edmTypeReference);
}
}
The code is not executed at all.
I also tried something like this but I am not sure how to register it, I tried to add it as well to the service collection. Do I need to clear the default one? ODataSerializerProvider
public class CustomODataSerializerProvider : ODataSerializerProvider
{
private readonly EnumFlagODataEntityTypeSerializer _entityTypeSerializer;
public CustomODataSerializerProvider(IServiceProvider rootContainer)
: base(rootContainer)
{
_entityTypeSerializer = new EnumFlagODataEntityTypeSerializer(this);
}
public override IODataEdmTypeSerializer GetEdmTypeSerializer(IEdmTypeReference edmType)
{
if (edmType.Definition.TypeKind == EdmTypeKind.Enum)
{
return _entityTypeSerializer;
}
return base.GetEdmTypeSerializer(edmType);
}
}