IDataServiceActionProvider and Entity Framework

Question

With the release of WCF Data Services 5.0 today - has anybody used actions or can point to some documentation on it?  Particularly in relation to Entity Framework?

Answer 1

Some of the team members have built some prototypes of generic action providers for EF, and I expect there will be one or more blog posts going up very soon. I will reply back when they do.

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Matt Meehan (WCF Data Services / OData)

Answer 2

Alex has started a 3-part series on this. You can see the first post on the main team blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astoriateam/archive/2012/04/10/actions-in-wcf-data-services-part-1-service-author-code.aspx

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Matt Meehan (WCF Data Services / OData)

Answer 3

Okay we are up to part 2 of the series. Part 3 which will explain the EF implementation might take a little longer to pull together.
But in the meantime you can just review the sample code here: http://efactionprovider.codeplex.com/

Have fun!

-Alex