WebApi2 IHttpActionResult strongly typed return values

Question

It is possible and not ideal to do this: (a vastly simplified example!)

[Serializable]
public class MyRecord
{
    public string key {get; set;}
    public          


        

Answer 1

You can refactor your code this way:

public class Answer
{
    public T result {get;set;}
    public bool success {get;set;}
    public string exception {get;set;}
}

public async Task> Get(string SomeKey)
{
    var answer = new Answer();
    try
    {     
        if(ExistsInDB(SomeKey))
        {
            answer.result = await SomeRecordFromDB(SomeKey);
            answer.success = true;
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        answer.exception = e.Message;            
    }
    return answer;
}