After selecting optimized how to assign new properties to members
After selecting "Optimized" in the "How to assign new properties to members" dropdown menu in the @odata.type
annotation, you can assign new properties to members using the following syntax:
@odata.type("Collection(Edm.String)")
public class MyCollection
{
public MyCollection()
{
this.Value = new List<string>();
}
public List<string> Value { get; set; }
}
In this example, the MyCollection
class has a Value
property of type List<string>
. When you create an instance of MyCollection
, you can add new strings to the Value
list using the Add
method:
MyCollection collection = new MyCollection();
collection.Value.Add("Hello");
collection.Value.Add("World");
The Optimized
option tells the OData runtime to optimize the assignment of new properties to members by using a more efficient algorithm. This can improve performance when working with large datasets.
Note that when you use the Optimized
option, you must ensure that the type of the member is compatible with the type of the value being assigned. For example, if the member is of type Edm.String
, you can only assign a value of type Edm.String
or a subtype of Edm.String
(such as Edm.StringCollection
).
It's also important to note that the Optimized
option only applies to the assignment of new properties to members, and does not affect the behavior of existing properties.