Web Services : Understanding IHttpActionResult

Tips:

• One can adapt HttpResponseMessage to IHttpActionResult using ResponseMessage
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21758615/why-should-i-use-ihttpactionresult-instead-of-httpresponsemessage
  • http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/action-results
• Refer to my code below on how to send JSON responses usingHttpResponseMessage and ResponseMessage
• Also in some cases look into using the StringContent class.
  • http://forums.asp.net/t/1844684.aspx?Web+api+method+return+json+in+string
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23016057/web-api-best-approach-for-returning-httpresponsemessage
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12240713/put-content-in-httpresponsemessage-object

References:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21758615/why-should-i-use-ihttpactionresult-instead-of-httpresponsemessage
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28588652/web-api-2-return-content-with-ihttpactionresult-for-non-ok-response
• http://www.strathweb.com/2013/06/ihttpactionresult-new-way-of-creating-responses-in-asp-net-web-api-2/
• http://www.strathweb.com/2014/09/things-didnt-know-action-return-types-asp-net-web-api/
• http://bitoftech.net/2014/03/05/new-asp-net-web-api-2-ihttpactionresult-cors-tutorial/

 

Code:

DecisionController