I'm trying to implement HATEOAS in my ASP rest API, changing the ReferenceResolverProvider
.
The problem is, that depending on which controller I use, I'd like to use different ReferenceResolvers
, because I need to behave differently for each Controller.
Now I have universal options:
services.AddMvc()
.AddJsonOptions(option => option.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver())
.AddJsonOptions(options => options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceResolverProvider = () => new RoomsReferenceResolver<Room>())
.AddJsonOptions(options => options.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects);
And I want to have something like this:
services.AddMvc()
.AddJsonOptions(option => option.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver())
.AddJsonOptions<RoomsController>(options => options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceResolverProvider = () => new RoomsReferenceResolver<Room>())
.AddJsonOptions(options => options.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects);
You seem to be wanting to create a per-controller specific formatters. This can be achieved by using a filter called IResourceFilter
. A quick example:
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
public class CamelCaseJsonFormatterResourceFilter : Attribute, IResourceFilter
{
private readonly JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings;
public CamelCaseJsonFormatterResourceFilter()
{
// Since the contract resolver creates the json contract for the types it needs to deserialize/serialize,
// cache it as its expensive
serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
};
}
public void OnResourceExecuted(ResourceExecutedContext context)
{
}
public void OnResourceExecuting(ResourceExecutingContext context)
{
// remove existing input formatter and add a new one
var camelcaseInputFormatter = new JsonInputFormatter(serializerSettings);
var inputFormatter = context.InputFormatters.FirstOrDefault(frmtr => frmtr is JsonInputFormatter);
if (inputFormatter != null)
{
context.InputFormatters.Remove(inputFormatter);
}
context.InputFormatters.Add(camelcaseInputFormatter);
// remove existing output formatter and add a new one
var camelcaseOutputFormatter = new JsonOutputFormatter(serializerSettings);
var outputFormatter = context.OutputFormatters.FirstOrDefault(frmtr => frmtr is JsonOutputFormatter);
if (outputFormatter != null)
{
context.OutputFormatters.Remove(outputFormatter);
}
context.OutputFormatters.Add(camelcaseOutputFormatter);
}
}
// Here I am using the filter to indicate that only the Index action should give back a camelCamse response
public class HomeController : Controller
{
[CamelCaseJsonFormatterResourceFilter]
public Person Index()
{
return new Person() { Id = 10, AddressInfo = "asdfsadfads" };
}
public Person Blah()
{
return new Person() { Id = 10, AddressInfo = "asdfsadfads" };
}
If you are curious about the filter execution order, following is an example of the sequence of them:
Inside TestAuthorizationFilter.OnAuthorization
Inside TestResourceFilter.OnResourceExecuting
Inside TestActionFilter.OnActionExecuting
Inside Home.Index
Inside TestActionFilter.OnActionExecuted
Inside TestResultFilter.OnResultExecuting
Inside TestResultFilter.OnResultExecuted
Inside TestResourceFilter.OnResourceExecuted
Interesting problem.
What about making the ReferenceResolver a facade:
class ControllerReferenceResolverFacade : IReferenceResolver
{
private IHttpContextAccessor _context;
public ControllerReferenceResolverFacade(IHttpContextAccessor context)
{
_context = context;
}
public void AddReference(object context, string reference, object value)
{
if ((string)_context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetService<ActionContext>().RouteData.Values["Controller"] == "HomeController")
{
// pass off to HomeReferenceResolver
}
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
Then you should be able to do:
services.AddMvc()
.AddJsonOptions(options => options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceResolverProvider = () => {
return new ControllerReferenceResolverFacade(
services.BuildServiceProvider().GetService<IHttpContextAccessor>());
});
This might not be exactly what you need but it might help you get started?