Application Scenarios (WCF Data Services)

2011-09-02

WCF Data Services supports a core set of scenarios for exposing and consuming data as Open Data Protocol (OData) feeds. This topic points you to the topics relevant to these scenarios.

Expose relational data from a database as an OData feed.

Expose arbitrary CLR data classes as an OData feed.

Consume an OData feed in a .NET Framework-based client application.

Consume an OData feed in a Silverlight-based client application.

Consume an OData feed in an AJAX-based client application.

Create an end-to-end data solution that uses OData to transfer data between client and server.

Create a .NET Framework-based client application that consumes an OData feed asynchronously to avoid latency issues on the client.

Expose and consume an OData feed with a binary large object that is accessed and changed as a stream.
- Streaming Provider (WCF Data Services)
- Working with Binary Data (WCF Data Services)

Bind OData feeds to controls in a Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) application.

Intercept incoming messages to the data service to perform data validation and role-based filtering of queries.
- How to: Intercept Data Service Messages (WCF Data Services)
- Interceptors (WCF Data Services)

Create endpoints on a data service to enable custom service behaviors.
- How to: Define a Service Operation (WCF Data Services)
- Service Operations (WCF Data Services)

See Also

Concepts

Quickstart (WCF Data Services)
WCF Data Services Resources