CHAPTER 3
Extensibility Points
ASP.NET Web API is a framework. The key defining attribute of a framework is that it is in control of the execution flow and calls the application-specific code written by developers like us at the appropriate time. We don’t call the framework code but it calls us, in line with the Hollywood principle. The most fundamental lever that we use to harness the power of the ASP.NET Web API framework in building a service is the ApiController subclass that we write. It is the business end where all the application-specific action happens.
The ASP.NET Web API framework receives an HTTP request and goes about processing ...
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