My session uses an NHInterceptor to add INotifyPropertyChanged support to models.
// I use the session generated here to fetch Data
public class SessionServiceImpl : ISessionService
{
[Inject]
public ISessionFactory SessionFactory { get; set; }
[Inject]
public NhChangeNotificationInterceptorImpl ChangeNotificationInterceptor { get; set; }
public ISession GetSession() // reduced code here
{
return SessionFactory.OpenSession(ChangeNotificationInterceptor);
}
}
// This is the interceptor implementation
public class NhChangeNotificationInterceptorImpl : EmptyInterceptor, IInterceptor
{
[Inject]
public ISessionFactory SessionFactory { get; set; }
[Inject]
public ViewModelProxyFactory ProxyFactory { get; set; }
public override object Instantiate(string entityTypeName, EntityMode entityMode, object id)
{
Type type = Type.GetType(entityTypeName);
if (type == null) { /* Throw Exception*/ }
bool isViewModel = false;
while (type != typeof(object))
{
Type tempType = type.BaseType;
if (tempType == typeof(ViewModelBase))
{
isViewModel = true;
break;
}
}
if (entityMode == EntityMode.Poco && isViewModel)
{
var instance = ProxyFactory.CreateProxy(type);
SessionFactory.GetClassMetadata(entityTypeName).SetIdentifier(instance, id, entityMode);
return instance;
}
return base.Instantiate(entityTypeName, entityMode, id);
}
}
The ProxyFactory uses Castle to create proxies that add change notification functionality. That means all my objects come from the DB as Castle Proxies, which are AFAIK transparent.
Whenever I pass one of those NH Generated MVVM-proxies into Session.Save(), all's fine.
Now, as data driven Applications go, I also need to create new instances and save them. I can create instances of the model type and save them via the session all right. Creating a MVVM proxy instance (using Ninject to ensure that the same SessionFactory and ProxyFactory instances are used all over) and throwing this into Session.Save() results in the following:
"NHibernate.MappingException".
Message=No persister for: Castle.Proxies.FieldDescriptionProxy
Source=NHibernate
StackTrace:
at NHibernate.Impl.SessionFactoryImpl.GetEntityPersister(String entityName)
at NHibernate.Impl.SessionImpl.GetEntityPersister(String entityName, Object obj)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.AbstractSaveEventListener.SaveWithGeneratedId(Object entity, String entityName, Object anything, IEventSource source, Boolean requiresImmediateIdAccess)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.SaveWithGeneratedOrRequestedId(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.DefaultSaveEventListener.SaveWithGeneratedOrRequestedId(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.EntityIsTransient(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.DefaultSaveEventListener.PerformSaveOrUpdate(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Event.Default.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.OnSaveOrUpdate(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Impl.SessionImpl.FireSave(SaveOrUpdateEvent event)
at NHibernate.Impl.SessionImpl.Save(Object obj)
at Interpretation.UI.Service.Impl.Dao.FieldDao.SaveFields(IList`1 fields, ISession session) in C:\...\FieldDao.cs:Zeile 51.
InnerException:
Any ideas what goes wrong here (or what I might have forgotten)?
EDIT : Now got it working, but why do I have to add recognition logic (see code below) to the interceptor for instances created outside, while instances created inside can be persisted as the are?
public override string GetEntityName(object entity)
{
Type type = entity.GetType();
if (type.FullName.StartsWith("Castle.Proxies") &&
type.FullName.EndsWith("Proxy"))
{
return type.BaseType.FullName;
}
return base.GetEntityName(entity);
}
Implementing the GetEntityName method did the trick.
public override string GetEntityName(object entity)
{
Type type = entity.GetType();
if (type.FullName.StartsWith("Castle.Proxies") &&
type.FullName.EndsWith("Proxy"))
{
return type.BaseType.FullName;
}
return base.GetEntityName(entity);
}
article and sample code(Intercepting Entity Creation) demonstrating the use of dynamic proxies to implement (WPF) change notification. As seen there you'll have to use the same proxy generator in NHibernate and outside to implement the recognition of the proxies for NHibernate (see class DataBindingIntercepter method GetEntityName) .
why do I have to add recognition logic (see code below) to the interceptor for instances created outside, while instances created inside can be persisted as the are?
Methods on ISession only add instances to dictionary to search for dirty ones on Flush. Since all instances loaded are automaticly part of this dictionary the session immediatly "knows" the entity and does nothing in SaveOrUpdate. For other instances coming from outside it first has to get the appropriate mapping (using the entitiyname which defaults to the class fullname) to know which properties form the primary key.
Related
I'm trying to implement authorization in my ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web app.
This app has like 20 models, each with a controller implementing at least a CRUD. I found these two pages and I liked the idea of using a handler to authorize requisitions. I would like initially to implement authorization by user, i.e., a user has only permission to see/edit his own entities. All my database entities have an OwnerId field.
These examples I found seem to only work for one specific controller.
So, my question is: is it possible to create one authorization handler for all controllers?
Have you found a solution or workaround yet that works with the authorization handler or authorization attributes? I have the exact same setup as you do.
I was trying to create a generic attribute to serve all may Entity CRUD owner checks, but generic attributes are not allowed by design.
The only two (unsatisfying) solutions that I came up with are:
Within the controller action, get the ownerId from the User, forward it all the way to your CRUD and include there a check for the ownerId. However, the code must be duplicated for every action in every controller.
[HttpGet("{id}"]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetById(int id)
{
var stringGuid = User.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == "sub")?.Value;
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stringGuid)) return Unauthorized();
var ownerGuid = new Guid(stringGuid);
var entity = _yourCrudInstance.GetById(id, ownerGuid);
return Ok(entity);
}
Add a method to your CRUD repository like bool IsOwner(Guid ownerId) and use this method when creating the custom authorization handler (by creating a custom requirement together with a custom handler). This eliminates code duplication in the controller, because you can create a new policy with this custom authorization handler and consequently you can simply decorate every action with a [Authorize(Policy = "yourOwnershipPolicy")]. But still, there must be a service created for each and every controller. Moreover, the IsOwner(...) method adds an additional database call compared to solution 1 - one db call for checking the ownership (during authorization check) and one db call for actually getting the entity (by working through the controller action).
[Authorize(Policy = "yourOwnershipPolicy")]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetById(int id)
{
var entity = _yourCrudInstance.GetById(id);
return Ok(entity);
}
I am going with the first solution until I found a way to create a generic authorization handling for my generic CRUD repository, because one may forget creating the required authorization policy for a new entity, but one cannot forget to supply the parameter ownerId to .GetById(id, ownerGuid), provided there is no overload method, or the code doesn't compile.
Update:
I found a third solution in which was able to create a kind of generic authorization attribute. The trick was to use the type of concrete repository as input parameter in the authorization attribute. Yet, there is still a limitation: The authorization attribute must be copied for every type of Id, for example int Id, Guid id, etc. But still, this reduces repeated code to the types of ids. In most cases, people only have one type of id, probably int or Guid.
Here some code that demonstrates my architecture. It is heavily summarized and redacted, but should compile successfully. My original code is working and in production:
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
[Route("api/yourcontroller")]
public class YourApiController : Controller
{
private readonly YourEntityXYZRepository _repo;
public YourApiController(YourDbContext yourDbContext)
{
_repo = new YourEntityXYZRepository(yourDbContext);
}
[HttpGet("{id}")]
[AuthorizeOwnerIntId(typeof(YourEntityXYZRepository), Policy = "YourCustomPolicy")]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetById(int id)
{
var entity = _repo.GetById(id);
return Ok(entity);
}
}
// The "generic" authorization attribute for type int id
// Similar authorization attributes for every type of id must be created additionally, for example Guid
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public class AuthorizeOwnerIntIdAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute, IAuthorizationFilter
{
private object _entityRepositoryObject;
private IAsyncOwnerIntId _entityRepository;
private readonly Type _TCrudRepository;
public AuthorizeOwnerIntIdAttribute(Type TCrudRepository)
{
_TCrudRepository = TCrudRepository;
}
public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationFilterContext context)
{
var yourDbContext = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetService<YourDbContext>();
_entityRepositoryObject = Activator.CreateInstance(_TCrudRepository, yourDbContext);
_entityRepository = _entityRepositoryObject as IAsyncOwnerIntId;
var user = context.HttpContext.User;
if (!user.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
// it isn't needed to set unauthorized result
// as the base class already requires the user to be authenticated
// this also makes redirect to a login page work properly
// context.Result = new UnauthorizedResult();
return;
}
// get entityId from uri
var idString = context.RouteData.Values["id"].ToString();
if (!int.TryParse(idString, out var entityId))
{
context.Result = new UnauthorizedResult();
return;
}
// get subjectId from user claims
var ownerIdString = context.HttpContext.User.Claims.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Type == "sub")?.Value;
if (!Guid.TryParse(ownerIdString, out var ownerGuid))
{
context.Result = new UnauthorizedResult();
return;
}
if (!_entityRepository.IsEntityOwner(entityId, ownerGuid))
{
context.Result = new UnauthorizedResult();
}
}
}
// Your concrete repository
public class YourEntityXYZRepository : AsyncCrud<YourEntityXYZ, int>,
IAsyncOwnerIntId // Note that type concrete IAsyncOwnerIntId is only implemented in concrete repository
{
public YourEntityXYZRepository(YourDbContext yourDbContext) : base(yourDbContext)
{
}
}
// Your generic Crud repository
public abstract class AsyncCrud<TEntity, TId> : IAsyncCrud<TEntity, TId>
where TEntity : class, IEntityUniqueIdentifier<TId>, IEntityOwner
where TId : struct
{
protected YourDbContext YourDbContext;
public AsyncCrud(YourDbContext yourDbContext)
{
YourDbContext = yourDbContext;
}
// Note that the following single concrete implementation satisfies both interface members
// bool IsEntityOwner(TId id, Guid ownerGuid); from IAsyncCrud<TEntity, TId> and
// bool IsEntityOwner(int id, Guid ownerGuid); from IAsyncOwnerIntId
public bool IsEntityOwner(TId id, Guid ownerGuid)
{
var entity = YourDbContext.Set<TEntity>().Find(id);
if (entity != null && entity.OwnerGuid == ownerGuid)
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
// Further implementations (redacted)
public Task<bool> SaveContext() { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
public Task<TEntity> Update(TEntity entity){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
public Task<TEntity> Create(TEntity entity, Guid ownerGuid) { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
public Task<bool> Delete(TId id) { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
public Task<bool> DoesEntityExist(TId id) { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
public virtual Task<TEntity> GetById(TId id) { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
// The interface for the Crud operations
public interface IAsyncCrud<TEntity, TId>
where TEntity : class, IEntityUniqueIdentifier<TId>
where TId : struct
{
bool IsEntityOwner(TId id, Guid ownerGuid);
Task<bool> DoesEntityExist(TId id);
Task<TEntity> GetById(TId id);
Task<TEntity> Create(TEntity entity, Guid ownerGuid);
Task<TEntity> Update(TEntity entity);
Task<bool> Delete(TId id);
Task<bool> SaveContext();
}
// The interface for the concrete type method for int id
// Similar interfaces for every type of id must be created additionally, for example Guid
public interface IAsyncOwnerIntId
{
bool IsEntityOwner(int id, Guid ownerGuid);
}
// Typical db context
public class YourDbContext : DbContext
{
public YourDbContext(DbContextOptions<YourDbContext> options) : base(options)
{
}
public DbSet<YourEntityXYZ> YourEntityXYZ { get; set; }
}
public class YourEntityXYZ : IEntityUniqueIdentifier<int>, IEntityOwner
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public Guid? OwnerGuid { get; set; }
// ... Additonal custom properties
}
public interface IEntityUniqueIdentifier<TId>
where TId : struct
{
TId Id { get; set; }
}
public interface IEntityOwner
{
Guid? OwnerGuid { get; set; }
}
NHibernate 3.2/Fluent NHibernate 1.3/StructureMap 2.6.3 -
Trying to follow DDD as an architectural strategy, I typically don't have dependencies on domain entities. However, I'm experimenting right now with adding more behavior to my domain entities so that they are not so anemic. Everything was going well until I hooked up NHibernate. I've got two issues:
NH requires a parameterless constructor and I'd rather not have a
ctor that shouldn't be used.
When NH tries to instantiate my entity, it needs to resolve my
dependencies but I haven't given NH anything with which it can do
that.
I've been reading on the web, but most (if not all) of the examples I have found are outdated (or just old). Even though the NH camp probably doesn't approve of what I'm doing, I'm looking for the NH way to do this.
The solution ended up an implementation of NHibernate's IInterceptor. It is actually a very simple implementation when you inherit from EmptyInterceptor and override JUST the Instantiate() and SetSession() methods. Here's my interceptor using StructureMap:
public class DependencyInjectionEntityInterceptor : EmptyInterceptor
{
IContainer _container;
ISession _session;
public DependencyInjectionEntityInterceptor(IContainer container)
{
_container = container;
}
public override void SetSession(ISession session)
{
_session = session;
}
public override object Instantiate(string clazz, EntityMode entityMode, object id)
{
if (entityMode == EntityMode.Poco)
{
var type = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof (SomeClass)).GetTypes().FirstOrDefault(x => x.FullName == clazz);
var hasParameters = type.GetConstructors().Any(x => x.GetParameters().Any());
if (type != null && hasParameters)
{
var instance = _container.GetInstance(type);
var md = _session.SessionFactory.GetClassMetadata(clazz);
md.SetIdentifier(instance, id, entityMode);
return instance;
}
}
return base.Instantiate(clazz, entityMode, id);
}
}
Then, all you have to do is tell NHibernate to use your interceptor:
public FluentConfiguration GetFluentConfiguration(IContainer container)
{
return Fluently.Configure()
.Database(MsSqlConfiguration.MsSql2008
.ConnectionString(c => c.FromConnectionStringWithKey("Database"))
.ShowSql())
.Mappings(m =>
m.AutoMappings.Add(AutoMap.AssemblyOf<SomeClass>()))
.ExposeConfiguration(x =>
x.SetInterceptor(new DependencyInjectionEntityInterceptor(container)));
}
When I was researching this, some suggested passing in the SessionFactory into the ctor of the interceptor class. Honestly, from a session management perspective, this approach would be better.
If you need additional dependencies in your entities don't use constructor injection. Instead create an additional parameter in the entity method.
Now you will ask yourself how do you get the dependency. For this you can use CommandHandlers and Commands. The command handler takes the dependency within its constructor and calls the method of the entity. In the UI you create a command message and send it to a command processor which is responsible for calling the correct command handler.
I hope my explanation is comprehensible to you.
Domain:
public class Employee
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public void SendNotification(string message, INotifier notifier)
{
notifier.SendMessage(string.Format("Message for customer '{0}' ({1}): {2}", Name, Id, message));
}
}
The INotifier infrastructure component is passed through the method and not the constructor!
Infrastructure:
public interface INotifier
{
void SendMessage(string message);
}
class EmailNotifier : INotifier
{
public void SendMessage(string message)
{
// SmtpClient...
}
}
class SMSNotifier : INotifier
{
public void SendMessage(string message)
{
// SMS ...
}
}
Command and CommandHandler:
public class NotificationCommandHandler : ICommandHandler<NotificationCommand>
{
private readonly INotifier _notifier;
public NotificationCommandHandler(INotifier notifier)
{
_notifier = notifier;
}
public void Execute(NotificationCommand commandMessage)
{
commandMessage.Employee.SendNotification(commandMessage.Message, _notifier);
}
}
public class NotificationCommand
{
public string Message { get; set; }
public Employee Employee { get; set; }
}
The CommandHandler gets the INotifier through constructor injection. So you do not need to use your IoC Container like a ServiceLocator.
Usage i.e. in the UI in a controller:
public class Controller
{
private readonly IMessageProcessor _messageProcessor;
public Controller(IMessageProcessor messageProcessor)
{
_messageProcessor = messageProcessor;
}
public void SendNotification (Employee employee, string message)
{
var sendMailCommand = new NotificationCommand
{
Employee = employee,
Message = message
};
_messageProcessor.Process(sendMailCommand);
}
}
If you have questions about the command processor have a look at the mvccontrib project or ask a separate question.
Sorry my previous answer didn't address the specific question. I did some more research, and it looks like I have much more to learn about when and when not to use an anemic domain model. Regarding your question, I found this article to be very on topic. It is on java, not c#, but the principles are the same. Hope this helps.
I think this falls under the concept of contextual binding, but the Ninject documentation, while very thorough, does not have any examples close enough to my current situation for me to really be certain. I'm still pretty confused.
I basically have classes that represent parameter structures for queries. For instance..
class CurrentUser {
string Email { get; set; }
}
And then an interface that represents its database retrieval (in the data layer)
class CurrentUserQuery : IQueryFor<CurrentUser> {
public CurrentUserQuery(ISession session) {
this.session = session;
}
public Member ExecuteQuery(CurrentUser parameters) {
var member = session.Query<Member>().Where(n => n.Email == CurrentUser.Email);
// validation logic
return member;
}
}
Now then, what I want to do is to establish a simple class that can take a given object and from it get the IQueryFor<T> class, construct it from my Ninject.IKernel (constructor parameter), and perform the ExecuteQuery method on it, passing through the given object.
The only way I have been able to do this was to basically do the following...
Bind<IQueryFor<CurrentUser>>().To<CurrentUserQuery>();
This solves the problem for that one query. But I anticipate there will be a great number of queries... so this method will become not only tedious, but also very prone to redundancy.
I was wondering if there is an inherit way in Ninject to incorporate this kind of behavior.
:-
In the end, my (ideal) way of using this would be ...
class HomeController : Controller {
public HomeController(ITransit transit) {
// injection of the transit service
}
public ActionResult CurrentMember() {
var member = transit.Send(new CurrentUser{ Email = User.Identity.Name });
}
}
Obviously that's not going to work right, since the Send method has no way of knowing the return type.
I've been dissecting Rhino Service Bus extensively and project Alexandria to try and make my light, light, lightweight implementation.
Update
I have been able to get a fairly desired result using .NET 4.0 dynamic objects, such as the following...
dynamic Send<T>(object message);
And then declaring my interface...
public interface IQueryFor<T,K>
{
K Execute(T message);
}
And then its use ...
public class TestCurrentMember
{
public string Email { get; set; }
}
public class TestCurrentMemberQuery : IConsumerFor<TestCurrentMember, Member>
{
private readonly ISession session;
public TestCurrentMemberQuery(ISession session) {
this.session = session;
}
public Member Execute(TestCurrentMember user)
{
// query the session for the current member
var member = session.Query<Member>()
.Where(n => n.Email == user.Email).SingleOrDefault();
return member;
}
}
And then in my Controller...
var member = Transit.Send<TestCurrentMemberQuery>(
new TestCurrentMember {
Email = User.Identity.Name
}
);
effectively using the <T> as my 'Hey, This is what implements the query parameters!'. It does work, but I feel pretty uncomfortable with it. Is this an inappropriate use of the dynamic function of .NET 4.0? Or is this more the reason why it exists in the first place?
Update (2)
For the sake of consistency and keeping this post relative to just the initial question, I'm opening up a different question for the dynamic issue.
Yes, you should be able to handle this with Ninject Conventions. I am just learning the Conventions part of Ninject, and the documentation is sparse; however, the source code for the Conventions extension is quite light and easy to read/navigate, also Remo Gloor is very helpful both here and on the mailing list.
The first thing I would try is a GenericBindingGenerator (changing the filters and scope as needed for your application):
internal class YourModule : NinjectModule
{
public override void Load()
{
Kernel.Scan(a => {
a.From(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
a.InTransientScope();
a.BindWith(new GenericBindingGenerator(typeof(IQueryFor<>)));
});
}
}
The heart of any BindingGenerator is this interface:
public interface IBindingGenerator
{
void Process(Type type, Func<IContext, object> scopeCallback, IKernel kernel);
}
The Default Binding Generator simply checks if the name of the class matches the name of the interface:
public void Process(Type type, Func<IContext, object> scopeCallback, IKernel kernel)
{
if (!type.IsInterface && !type.IsAbstract)
{
Type service = type.GetInterface("I" + type.Name, false);
if (service != null)
{
kernel.Bind(service).To(type).InScope(scopeCallback);
}
}
}
The GenericBindingGenerator takes a type as a constructor argument, and checks interfaces on classes scanned to see if the Generic definitions of those interfaces match the type passed into the constructor:
public GenericBindingGenerator(Type contractType)
{
if (!contractType.IsGenericType && !contractType.ContainsGenericParameters)
{
throw new ArgumentException("The contract must be an open generic type.", "contractType");
}
this._contractType = contractType;
}
public void Process(Type type, Func<IContext, object> scopeCallback, IKernel kernel)
{
Type service = this.ResolveClosingInterface(type);
if (service != null)
{
kernel.Bind(service).To(type).InScope(scopeCallback);
}
}
public Type ResolveClosingInterface(Type targetType)
{
if (!targetType.IsInterface && !targetType.IsAbstract)
{
do
{
foreach (Type type in targetType.GetInterfaces())
{
if (type.IsGenericType && (type.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == this._contractType))
{
return type;
}
}
targetType = targetType.BaseType;
}
while (targetType != TypeOfObject);
}
return null;
}
So, when the Conventions extension scans the class CurrentUserQuery it will see the interface IQueryFor<CurrentUser>. The generic definition of that interface is IQueryFor<>, so it will match and that type should get registered for that interface.
Lastly, there is a RegexBindingGenerator. It tries to match interfaces of the classes scanned to a Regex given as a constructor argument. If you want to see the details of how that operates, you should be able to peruse the source code for it now.
Also, you should be able to write any implementation of IBindingGenerator that you may need, as the contract is quite simple.
I would like to formulate a contrived scenario, which nevertheless has firm actual basis. Imagine a collection type COuter, which is a wrapper around an instance of another collection type CInner. Both implement IList (never mind the T).
Furthermore, a COuter instance is buried inside some object graph, the root of which (let us refer to it as R) is returned from a WCF service method.
My question is how can I customize the WCF serialization process, so that when R is returned, the request to serialize the COuter instance will be routed through my code, which will extract CInner and pass it to the serializer instead. Thus the receiving end still gets R, only no COuter instance is found in the object graph.
I hoped that How does WCF serialize the method call? will contain the answer, unfortunately the article mentioned there (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163569.aspx) only barely mentions that advanced serialization scenarios are possible using IDataContractSurrogate interface, but no details are given. I am, on the other hand, would really like to see a working example.
Thank you very much in advance.
EDIT
I have created a trivial WCF sample, which demonstrates the issue. The archive is located here - https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2pbsdBJxJI3NzFiNjcxMmEtMTM5Yy00MWY2LWFiMTUtNjJiNjdkYTU1ZTk4&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
It contains three small projects:
HelloServiceAPI - contains the service interface and the argument types
Host - the HelloService host
Client - a simple console client.
The service defines one method, which returns an instance of the HelloServiceResult type, which contains a reference to COuterList type, which wraps CInnerList type. The reference is specified as IMyListInterface, where both COuterList and CInnerList implement this interface. What I need is that when the result is serialized before being transmitted to the client, the COuterList reference be replaced with the wrapped CInnerList reference. I know this can be done by utilizing the existing abilities of WCF, I just do not know how.
Here is how you implement your own Surrogate:
class YourCustomTypeSurrogate : IDataContractSurrogate
{
public Type GetDataContractType(Type type)
{
// Just for reference
//if (typeof(OldType).IsAssignableFrom(type))
//{
// return typeof(NewType);
//}
return type;
}
public object GetObjectToSerialize(object obj, Type targetType)
{
// This method is called on serialization.
//if (obj is OldType)
//{
// // ... use the XmlSerializer to perform the actual serialization.
// NewType newObj = new NewType();
// return newObj;
//}
return obj;
}
public object GetDeserializedObject(object obj, Type targetType)
{
// This method is called on deserialization.
// If PersonSurrogated is being deserialized...
//if (obj is NewType)
//{
// OldType newObj = new OldType();
// return newObj;
//}
return obj;
}
public Type GetReferencedTypeOnImport(string typeName, string typeNamespace, object customData)
{
// This method is called on schema import.
//if (typeNamespace.Equals("Your Type Namespace"))
//{
// if (typeName.Equals("NewType"))
// {
// return typeof(OldType);
// }
//}
return null;
}
public System.CodeDom.CodeTypeDeclaration ProcessImportedType(System.CodeDom.CodeTypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, System.CodeDom.CodeCompileUnit compileUnit)
{
// Not used in this sample.
// You could use this method to construct an entirely
// new CLR type when a certain type is imported, or modify a generated
// type in some way.
return typeDeclaration;
}
public object GetCustomDataToExport(Type clrType, Type dataContractType)
{
// Not used in this sample
return null;
}
public object GetCustomDataToExport(System.Reflection.MemberInfo memberInfo, Type dataContractType)
{
// Not used in this sample
return null;
}
public void GetKnownCustomDataTypes(Collection<Type> customDataTypes)
{
// Not used in this sample
}
}
Then you create a custom Serializer Operation Behavior :
public class CustomDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior : DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior
{
public CustomDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior(OperationDescription operationDescription) : base(operationDescription) { }
public override XmlObjectSerializer CreateSerializer(Type type, string name, string ns, IList<Type> knownTypes)
{
return new DataContractSerializer(
type /*typeof OldType*/,
knownTypes,
int.MaxValue /*maxItemsInObjectGraph */,
false /*ignoreExtensionDataObject*/,
true /*preserveObjectReferences*/,
new YourCustomTypeSurrogate());
}
public override XmlObjectSerializer CreateSerializer(Type type, XmlDictionaryString name, XmlDictionaryString ns, IList<Type> knownTypes)
{
return new DataContractSerializer(
type /*typeof OldType*/,
knownTypes,
int.MaxValue /*maxItemsInObjectGraph */,
false /*ignoreExtensionDataObject*/,
true /*preserveObjectReferences*/,
new YourCustomTypeSurrogate());
}
}
After that, you create an attribute to apply the above operation behavior to an operation contract :
public class CustomDataContractFormatAttribute : Attribute, IOperationBehavior
{
public void AddBindingParameters(OperationDescription description, BindingParameterCollection parameters)
{
}
public void ApplyClientBehavior(OperationDescription description, ClientOperation proxy)
{
ReplaceDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior(description);
}
public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(OperationDescription description, DispatchOperation dispatch)
{
ReplaceDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior(description);
}
public void Validate(OperationDescription description)
{
}
private static void ReplaceDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior(OperationDescription description)
{
DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior dcs = description.Behaviors.Find<DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior>();
if (dcs != null)
description.Behaviors.Remove(dcs);
description.Behaviors.Add(new CustomDataContractSerializerOperationBehavior(description));
}
}
And finally, you apply this Attribute to an operation :
[OperationContract]
[CustomDataContractFormat]
void DoWork();
If you want to apply this to whole service, then you customize Service Behavior instead of Operation Behavior.
Here are the references that were used to create this example :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.idatacontractsurrogate.aspx
http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/07/xmlserializer-vs-datacontractserializer-serialization-in-wcf/
http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/specifying-a-different-serializer-per-endpoint-in-wcf/
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wcf/thread/e4d55f3f-86d1-441d-9187-64fbd8ab2b3d/
Have you tried the good old OnSerializingAttribute?
[Serializable]
[KnownType(typeof(COuterList))]
public class HelloServiceResult
{
public IMyListInterface List;
[OnSerialized]
void OnSerializing(StreamingContext context)
{
if (List is COuterList)
{
List = ((List as COuterList).InnerList as CInnerList);
}
}
}
While my service executes, many classes will need to access User.Current (that is my own User class). Can I safely store _currentUser in a [ThreadStatic] variable? Does WCF reuse its threads? If that is the case, when will it clean-up the ThreadStatic data? If using ThreadStatic is not safe, where should I put that data? Is there a place inside OperationContext.Current where I can store that kind of data?
Edit 12/14/2009: I can assert that using a ThreadStatic variable is not safe. WCF threads are in a thread pool and the ThreadStatic variable are never reinitialized.
There's a blog post which suggests implementing an IExtension<T>. You may also take a look at this discussion.
Here's a suggested implementation:
public class WcfOperationContext : IExtension<OperationContext>
{
private readonly IDictionary<string, object> items;
private WcfOperationContext()
{
items = new Dictionary<string, object>();
}
public IDictionary<string, object> Items
{
get { return items; }
}
public static WcfOperationContext Current
{
get
{
WcfOperationContext context = OperationContext.Current.Extensions.Find<WcfOperationContext>();
if (context == null)
{
context = new WcfOperationContext();
OperationContext.Current.Extensions.Add(context);
}
return context;
}
}
public void Attach(OperationContext owner) { }
public void Detach(OperationContext owner) { }
}
Which you could use like that:
WcfOperationContext.Current.Items["user"] = _currentUser;
var user = WcfOperationContext.Current.Items["user"] as MyUser;
An alternative solution without adding extra drived class.
OperationContext operationContext = OperationContext.Current;
operationContext.IncomingMessageProperties.Add("SessionKey", "ABCDEFG");
To get the value
var ccc = aaa.IncomingMessageProperties["SessionKey"];
That's it
I found that we miss the data or current context when we make async call with multiple thread switching. To handle such scenario you can try to use CallContext. It's supposed to be used in .NET remoting but it should also work in such scenario.
Set the data in the CallContext:
DataObject data = new DataObject() { RequestId = "1234" };
CallContext.SetData("DataSet", data);
Retrieving shared data from the CallContext:
var data = CallContext.GetData("DataSet") as DataObject;
// Shared data object has to implement ILogicalThreadAffinative
public class DataObject : ILogicalThreadAffinative
{
public string Message { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
}
Why ILogicalThreadAffinative ?
When a remote method call is made to an object in another AppDomain,the current CallContext class generates a LogicalCallContext that travels along with the call to the remote location.
Only objects that expose the ILogicalThreadAffinative interface and are stored in the CallContext are propagated outside the AppDomain.