Linq, Entity Framework and WCF

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If I have a customers and orders relationship in my Linq or EF model, at the WCF service layer I can add an order to the customer by calling

 Customer.Orders.Add(customer);

When I access my customer object on the client, and want to add an order, there is no Add method, and the Orders propery is an array. Is there any way I can work with my client side object, they same way as I do on the server?

Mark Seemann · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-22 16:19:55Z

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You are not supposed to be doing that, as the objects on the client have only a semantic similarity to the service's objects - they are not the same types.

This is done to conform to one of the important tenets of service-orientation: Services share schema and contract, but not class.

However, when you generate the client-side proxy, there are options where you can choose to have collections represented by List<T> instead of arrays.

answered Dec 22, 2009 at 16:19

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Vault Over a year ago

That should do it, I can select this in the WCF configuration screen. Thanks for that.

Sander Rijken · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-22 16:21:13Z

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Maybe you should look into What is .NET RIA Services?, .NET RIA Services.

This describes, and provides tools for those scenarios

answered Dec 22, 2009 at 16:21

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