ASP.NET Core MVC formatter support

[AArnott]

I'm pleased to share with you that the new Nerdbank.MessagePack library also offers ASP.NET formatters
via this NuGet package:

Please try it out and let me know what you think.

[AArnott]

@amirreza8002 I know you were reaching out for help with the ASP.NET Core MVC formatters from the older MessagePack-CSharp library. While that isn't being maintained much these days, this library is very much in development and I'd be happy to look into any issues you find with it.

[AArnott]

Good idea.
In fact, you can avoid listing individual types entirely if you generate shapes based on the type that defines the methods themselves. If you can share a example of a minimal MVC app that uses Nerdbank.MessagePack, I can show you how, and we'll have something even better to use in documentation.

[AArnott]

@amirreza8002 What do you think of #749?

[amirreza-sf80]

Good idea.
In fact, you can avoid listing individual types entirely if you generate shapes based on the type that defines the methods themselves. If you can share a example of a minimal MVC app that uses Nerdbank.MessagePack, I can show you how, and we'll have something even better to use in documentation.

got it, i'll put something together

@amirreza8002 What do you think of #749?

left some comments

[amirreza-sf80]

[Route("api/v1/[controller]")]
[Produces("application/x-msgpack")]  // here :)
[ApiController]
public class PlaceController(ApplicationDbContext context) : ControllerBase
{
    // GET: api/v1/Person
    public async Task<ActionResult<IEnumerable<PersonGetAllDto>>> Get()
    {
          var data = await Context.Person.ToListAsync();
          var dto = data.ConvertAll(p => new PersonGetDto 
          {
               Name = p.Name,
               Age = p.Age
           };

        return Ok(dto);
    }

    // GET: api/v1/place/{slug}
    [HttpGet("{slug}")]
    public async Task<ActionResult<PlaceGetDto>> Get(string name)
    {
          var data = await Context.Person.FirstOrAsync(p => p.Name == name);
          if (data is null)
          {
               return NotFound();
           }
           
          var dto = new PersonGetDto 
          {
               Name = p.Name,
               Age = p.Age
           };

        return Ok(dto);
    }
}

where PersonGetDto looks like this:

public class PersonGetDto
{
    public string Name { get; set; } = null!;
    public int Age { get; set; }
}

or as i see in your writing, it would have GenerateShapeFor on top of it

[AArnott]

Thanks. I've made a lot of changes to the sample in the doc based on this.