Web Api Model Binding and Polymorphic Inheritance

Question

I am asking if anyone knows if it is possible to to pass into a Web Api a concrete class that inherits from a abstract class.

For example:

public ab         


        

Answer 1

This is possible via the default model binding. check below method.

public abstract class RequestBase
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
}

public class MyRequest : RequestBase
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}



[RoutePrefix("api/home")]
public class HomeController : ApiController
{
    [HttpPost]
    [Route("GetName")]
    public IHttpActionResult GetName([FromBody]MyRequest _request)
    {
        return Ok("Test");
    }
}