Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers

CHAPTER 15

Binding Simple Data Types

In this chapter, I describe the parameter binding system in depth, showing you different ways to obtain values for simple type parameters and explaining how Web API uses a range of different components to get the data values needed to invoke an action method. The features I describe in this chapter are also used to bind complex types using data from the URL, which I explain in Chapter 16. Table 15-1 summarizes this chapter.

Table 15-1. Chapter Summary

Problem	Solution	Listing
Add a new source of data for binding simple action method parameter types.	Implement a custom value provider and value provider factory. ...