Add Expandobject support for default OData formatters to handle dynamic results e.g. List<ExpandoObject>
At the moment the ODataComplexSerializer and ODataComplexDeserializer assume that the resource object is a strongly typed object and use reflection to Get and Setproperty values. In the case of objects from the System.Dynamic namespace e.g. ExpandoObect this approach will not work.
Change the serialization process to check if the object is of type IDictionary<string,object> before attempting to user reflection
e.g. in CreateOdataValue
var objects = graph as IDictionary<string,object>();
object propertyValue = objects != null ? objects[property.Name] : graph.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name).GetValue(graph, index:null);
Notes:
1) This could change could also improve performance as the reflection overhead is removed.
At the moment the ODataComplexSerializer and ODataComplexDeserializer assume that the resource object is a strongly typed object and use reflection to Get and Setproperty values. In the case of objects from the System.Dynamic namespace e.g. ExpandoObect this approach will not work.
Change the serialization process to check if the object is of type IDictionary<string,object> before attempting to user reflection
e.g. in CreateOdataValue
var objects = graph as IDictionary<string,object>();
object propertyValue = objects != null ? objects[property.Name] : graph.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name).GetValue(graph, index:null);
Notes:
1) This could change could also improve performance as the reflection overhead is removed.