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 <h1 id="how-to-build-an-odata-service-with-olingo-v4">How to build an OData Service with Olingo V4<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-build-an-odata-service-with-olingo-v4" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
-<h1 id="part-6-action-imports-and-function-imports">Part 6: Action Imports and Function Imports<a class="headerlink" href="#part-6-action-imports-and-function-imports" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
+<h1 id="part-6-bound-actions">Part 6: Bound Actions<a class="headerlink" href="#part-6-bound-actions" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
 <p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p>
 <div class="toc">
 <ul>
 <li><a href="#how-to-build-an-odata-service-with-olingo-v4">How to build an OData Service with Olingo V4</a></li>
-<li><a href="#part-6-action-imports-and-function-imports">Part 6: Action Imports and Function Imports</a><ul>
+<li><a href="#part-6-bound-actions">Part 6: Bound Actions</a><ul>
 <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
 <li><a href="#preparation">Preparation</a></li>
 <li><a href="#implementation">Implementation</a><ul>
 <li><a href="#extend-the-metadata-model">Extend the Metadata model</a></li>
 <li><a href="#extend-the-data-store">Extend the data store</a></li>
-<li><a href="#extend-the-entity-collection-and-the-entity-processor-to-handle-function-imports">Extend the entity collection and the entity processor to handle function imports</a></li>
 <li><a href="#implement-an-action-processor">Implement an action processor</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ h2:hover > .headerlink, h3:hover > .head
 </ul>
 </div>
 <h2 id="introduction">Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
-<p>In the present tutorial, we’ll implement a function import and an action import as well.</p>
+<p>In the present tutorial, we’ll implement a bound action.</p>
 <p><strong>Note:</strong>
 The final source code can be found in the project <a href="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/olingo-odata4">git repository</a>.
 A detailed description how to checkout the tutorials can be found <a href="/doc/odata4/tutorials/prerequisites/prerequisites.html">here</a>. <br />
@@ -152,81 +151,58 @@ root.</p>
 <li>A <em>complex property</em> or a <em>collection of complex properties</em></li>
 </ul>
 <p>In addition an <em>Action</em> can return void that means there is no return value. A <em>Function</em> must return a value.</p>
-<p>The definition gives us some parts where function and actions can be used. First an <em>Operation</em> can be bound or unbound. In this tutorial we will focus on unbound operations. Unbound operations are something like static methods in Java, so if one of these operations have parameters we have to pass all of them explicit to the operation.</p>
+<p>First an <em>Operation</em> can be bound or unbound.In this tutorial we will focus on bound operation. </p>
+<p>Bound actions support overloading (multiple actions having the same name within the same namespace) by binding parameter type. The combination of action name and the binding parameter type MUST be unique within a namespace.</p>
+<p>An action element MAY specify a Boolean value for the IsBound attribute.
+Actions whose IsBound attribute is false or not specified are considered unbound. Unbound actions are invoked through an action import.
+Actions whose IsBound attribute is true are considered bound. Bound actions are invoked by appending a segment containing the qualified action name to a segment of the appropriate binding parameter type within the resource path. Bound actions MUST contain at least one edm:Parameter element, and the first parameter is the binding parameter. The binding parameter can be of any type, and it MAY be nullable.</p>
+<p>Bound actions that return an entity or a collection of entities MAY specify a value for the EntitySetPath attribute if determination of the entity set for the return type is contingent on the binding parameter. The value for the EntitySetPath attribute consists of a series of segments joined together with forward slashes. The first segment of the entity set path MUST be the name of the binding parameter. The remaining segments of the entity set path MUST represent navigation segments or type casts.</p>
+<p>A navigation segment names the SimpleIdentifier of the navigation property to be traversed. A type cast segment names the QualifiedName of the entity type that should be returned from the type cast.</p>
 <p><strong>Example</strong></p>
-<p>For example there could be a function that calculates the VAT. The result depends on the one hand from the net price and on the other hand from the country in which the customer lives.</p>
-<p>Such a function can be expressed in the metadata document as follows</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Function</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;CalculateVAT&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-     <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;NetPrice&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Decimal&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-     <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Country&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.String&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-
-    <span class="nt">&lt;ReturnType</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Decimal&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-<span class="nt">&lt;/Function&gt;</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>To make this function statically callable we have to define a Function Import.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;EntityContainer</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Container&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-     <span class="nt">&lt;FunctionImport</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;StaticCalculateVAT&quot;</span>
-                     <span class="na">Function=</span><span class="s">&quot;CalculateVAT&quot;</span>
-                     <span class="na">IncludeInServiceDocument=</span><span class="s">&quot;true&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-<span class="nt">&lt;/EntityContainer&gt;</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>To call such a Function Import the client issues a GET requests to a URL identifying the function import. The parameters are passed by using the so called inline parameter syntax. In this simple case such a call could look like this:</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">http</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">myService</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">StaticCalculateVAT</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">NetPrice</span><span class="p">=</span>123<span class="p">.</span>00<span class="p">,</span><span class="n">Country</span><span class="p">=</span>’<span class="n">US</span>’<span class="p">)</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>The definition talks about composing of functions. By default every function is Composable=false, that means there must be no further resource parts after the function call and there must also be no system query options. If a function is composable you are be able to use system query options. Which options are allowed in particular is based on the return type of the function. Further you can navigate to properties and use Navigation Properties to navigate to related entities as well.</p>
-<p>The definition of Actions / Action Imports in metadata document is similar to functions.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Action</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Reset&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-    <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int32&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+<p>For example there can be a bound action createOrders which is bound to the Customer entity having 2 parameters</p>
+<p>Such an action can be expressed in the metadata document as follows</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Action</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;CreateOrder&quot;</span> <span class="na">isBound=</span><span class="s">”true”</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Customers&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;SampleEntities.Customer&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;quantity&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int16&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;discountCode&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.String&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;ReturnType</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Collection(SampleEntities.Orders)&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
 <span class="nt">&lt;/Action&gt;</span>
-
-<span class="nt">&lt;EntityContainer</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Container&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-    <span class="nt">&lt;ActionImport</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;StaticReset&quot;</span> <span class="na">Action=</span><span class="s">&quot;Reset&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-<span class="nt">&lt;/EntityContainer&gt;</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>As you can see, this function does not return any value and takes one parameter “<em>Amount</em>” To call this action import, you have to issue an POST request to</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">http</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">myService</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">StaticReset</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
-<p>The parameters are passed within the body of the request. In this case such a body could look like the following (JSON - Syntax):</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
-  <span class="nt">&quot;Amount&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
-<span class="p">}</span>
+<p>To call such a bound action the client issues a POST request to a URL identifying the action. In this simple case such a call could look like this:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre>  <span class="n">POST</span> <span class="n">http</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">service</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">Customers</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;ALFKI&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">SampleEntities</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">CreateOrder</span>
+  <span class="p">{</span>
+    &quot;<span class="n">quantity</span>&quot;<span class="p">:</span> 2<span class="p">,</span>
+    &quot;<span class="n">discountCode</span>&quot;<span class="p">:</span> &quot;<span class="n">BLACKFRIDAY</span>&quot;
+  <span class="p">}</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
-<p>As you read in the definition, actions can have side effects (modifying the data) but cannot be composed like functions.</p>
 <h2 id="preparation">Preparation<a class="headerlink" href="#preparation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
-<p>You should read the previous tutorials first to have an idea how to read entities and entity collections. In addition the following code is based on the write tutorial merged with the navigation tutorial.</p>
+<p>You should read the previous tutorials first to have an idea how to read entities and entity collections. </p>
 <p>As a shortcut you should checkout the prepared tutorial project in the <a href="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/olingo-odata4">git repository</a> in folder /samples/tutorials/p9_action_preparation.</p>
 <p>Afterwards do a Deploy and run: it should be working. At this state you can perform CRUD operations and do navigations between products and categories.</p>
 <h2 id="implementation">Implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#implementation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
-<p>We use the given data model you are familiar with. To keep things simple we implement one function import and one action import.</p>
-<p><strong>Function Import: CountCategories</strong>  <br />
-This function takes a mandatory parameter “<em>Amount</em>”. The function returns a collection of categories with the very same number of related products.</p>
-<p>After finishing the implementation the definition of the function should look like this:</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Function</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;CountCategories&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-      <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int32&quot;</span> <span class="na">Nullable=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-      <span class="nt">&lt;ReturnType</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Collection(OData.Demo.Category)&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
-<span class="nt">&lt;/Function&gt;</span>
+<p>We use the given data model you are familiar with. To keep things simple we implement one bound action.</p>
+<p><strong>Bound Action that returns a collection of entities: DiscountProducts</strong>  <br />
+This action takes bound parameter “<em>ParamCategory</em>” and an additional parameter “<em>Amount</em>”. The action updates the price of all products related to categories by applying the discount amount.</p>
+<p>After finishing the implementation the definition of the action should be like this:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Action</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;DiscountProducts&quot;</span> <span class="na">IsBound=</span><span class="s">&quot;true&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+  <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;ParamCategory&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Collection(OData.Demo.Category)&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+  <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int32&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+  <span class="nt">&lt;ReturnType</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Collection(OData.Demo.Product)&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+<span class="nt">&lt;/Action&gt;</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
-<p>As described in the previous tutorials, the type of the response determines which processor interface will be called by the Olingo library. It is <strong>important to know, that functions are dispatched to the traditional processor interfaces</strong>.
-That means there are no special "FunctionProcessors". In our case, the function returns a collection of Categories. So we have to extend the <code>DemoEntityCollectionProcessor</code>. As you will see it is possible to address a single entity by its  key. So we have to extend the <code>DemoEntityProcessor</code> as well to handle requests which responds a single entity.</p>
-<p><strong>Action Import: Reset</strong>  <br />
-This action takes an optional parameter “<em>Amount</em>”. The actions resets the whole data of the service and creates  <em># of Amount</em> products with the related categories.</p>
-<p>After finishing the implementation the definition of the action should be like this:</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Action</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Reset&quot;</span> <span class="na">IsBound=</span><span class="s">&quot;false&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
-  <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int32&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+<p><strong>Bound Action that returns an entity: DiscountProduct</strong></p>
+<p>This action takes bound parameter “<em>ParamCategory</em>” and an additional parameter “<em>Amount</em>”. The actions updates the price of a specific products related to a category by applying the discount amount.
+After finishing the implementation the definition of the action should be like this:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nt">&lt;Action</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;DiscountProduct&quot;</span> <span class="na">IsBound=</span><span class="s">&quot;true&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+   <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;ParamCategory&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">”OData.Demo.Category&quot;/</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+   <span class="nt">&lt;Parameter</span> <span class="na">Name=</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot;Edm.Int32&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
+   <span class="nt">&lt;ReturnType</span> <span class="na">Type=</span><span class="s">&quot; OData.Demo.Product&quot;</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
 <span class="nt">&lt;/Action&gt;</span>
 </pre></div>
 
@@ -236,343 +212,167 @@ This action takes an optional parameter
 <ul>
 <li>Extend the Metadata model</li>
 <li>Extend the data store</li>
-<li>Extend the entity collection and the entity processor to handle function imports</li>
 <li>Implement an action processor</li>
 </ul>
 <h3 id="extend-the-metadata-model">Extend the Metadata model<a class="headerlink" href="#extend-the-metadata-model" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
-<p>Create the following constants in the DemoEdmProvider. These constants are used to address the operations.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="c1">// Action</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">ACTION_RESET</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;Reset&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">NAMESPACE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ACTION_RESET</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-<span class="c1">// Function</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;CountCategories&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">NAMESPACE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES</span><span class="o">);</span>
+<p>Create the following constants in the DemoEdmProvider. These constants are used to address the actions.</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="c1">//Bound Action</span>
+<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;DiscountProducts&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FQN</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">NAMESPACE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT</span><span class="o">);</span>
+
+<span class="c1">//Bound Action</span>
+<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;DiscountProduct&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT_FQN</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">NAMESPACE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT</span><span class="o">);</span>
 
-<span class="c1">// Function/Action Parameters</span>
+<span class="c1">//Action Parameters</span>
 <span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">PARAMETER_AMOUNT</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
+
+<span class="c1">//Bound Action Binding Parameter</span>
+<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">PARAMETER_CATEGORY</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;ParamCategory&quot;</span><span class="o">;</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
 <p>The way to announce the operations is very similar to announcing EntityTypes. We have to override some methods. Those methods provide the definition of the Edm elements. We need methods for:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Actions</li>
-<li>Functions</li>
-<li>Action Imports</li>
-<li>Function Imports</li>
 </ul>
-<p>The code is simple and straight forward. First, we check which function we have to return. Then, a list of parameters and the return type are created. At the end all parts are fit together and get returned as new <code>CsdlFunction</code> Object.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nd">@Override</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">getFunctions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">functionName</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">functionName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="c1">// It is allowed to overload functions, so we have to provide a list of functions for each function name</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">functions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Create the parameter for the function</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span> <span class="n">parameterAmount</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">parameterAmount</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_AMOUNT</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">parameterAmount</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setNullable</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">parameterAmount</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmPrimitiveTypeKind</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">Int32</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">());</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Create the return type of the function</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlReturnType</span> <span class="n">returnType</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlReturnType</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">returnType</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">returnType</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ET_CATEGORY_FQN</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Create the function</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlFunction</span> <span class="n">function</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">function</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">())</span>
-        <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setParameters</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Arrays</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">asList</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameterAmount</span><span class="o">))</span>
-        <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setReturnType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">returnType</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">functions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">function</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">functions</span><span class="o">;</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-
-  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>We have created the function itself. To express that function can be called statically we have to override the method <code>getFunctionImport()</code>.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nd">@Override</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">CsdlFunctionImport</span> <span class="nf">getFunctionImport</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">functionImportName</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">CONTAINER</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">functionImportName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">()))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">CsdlFunctionImport</span><span class="o">()</span>
-                <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">functionImportName</span><span class="o">)</span>
-                <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setFunction</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span><span class="o">)</span>
-                <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setEntitySet</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ES_CATEGORIES_NAME</span><span class="o">)</span>
-                <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setIncludeInServiceDocument</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="o">}</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-
-  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>To define the actions and the action imports the <code>getActions()</code> and <code>getActionImport()</code> methods have to be overriden and the necessary code is quite similar to the functions sample above:</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="nd">@Override</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">getActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">actionName</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="c1">// It is allowed to overload actions, so we have to provide a list of Actions for each action name</span>
+<p>The code is simple and straight forward. We need to create a list of parameters of which the first parameter should be the binding parameter, then create a return type. At the end all parts are fit together and get returned as new CsdlAction Object.</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre>    <span class="nd">@Override</span>
+    <span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">getActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">actionName</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+   <span class="c1">// It is allowed to overload actions, so we have to provide a list of Actions for each action name</span>
     <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">actions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
 
-    <span class="c1">// Create parameters</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">parameters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span> <span class="n">parameter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_AMOUNT</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmPrimitiveTypeKind</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">Int32</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">());</span>
-    <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Create the Csdl Action</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span> <span class="n">action</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">());</span>
-    <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setParameters</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FQN</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+      <span class="c1">// Create parameters</span>
+      <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">parameters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
+      <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span> <span class="n">parameter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_CATEGORY</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ET_CATEGORY_FQN</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_AMOUNT</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmPrimitiveTypeKind</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">Int32</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">());</span>
+      <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">);</span>
+
+      <span class="c1">// Create the Csdl Action</span>
+      <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span> <span class="n">action</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">());</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setBound</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setParameters</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setReturnType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ET_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">setCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">));</span>
+      <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="o">);</span>
+
+      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">;</span>
+    <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+      <span class="c1">// Create parameters</span>
+      <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">parameters</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
+      <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span> <span class="n">parameter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_CATEGORY</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ET_CATEGORY_FQN</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlParameter</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">PARAMETER_AMOUNT</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmPrimitiveTypeKind</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">Int32</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFullQualifiedName</span><span class="o">());</span>
+      <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameter</span><span class="o">);</span>
+
+      <span class="c1">// Create the Csdl Action</span>
+      <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span> <span class="n">action</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">();</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">());</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setBound</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setParameters</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setReturnType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">CsdlReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">setType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ET_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">setCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="o">));</span>
+      <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="o">);</span>
 
-    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">;</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-
-  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-
-<span class="nd">@Override</span>
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">CsdlActionImport</span> <span class="nf">getActionImport</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">FullQualifiedName</span> <span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">actionImportName</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">CONTAINER</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionImportName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">()))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">CsdlActionImport</span><span class="o">()</span>
-              <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setName</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionImportName</span><span class="o">)</span>
-              <span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setAction</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span><span class="o">);</span>
+      <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">;</span>
     <span class="o">}</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
 
-  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
+  <span class="o">}</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
-<p>Finally we have to announce these operations to the schema and the entity container.
-Add the following lines to the method <code>getSchemas()</code>:</p>
+<p>Finally we have to announce these operations to the schema. Add the following lines to the method getSchemas():</p>
 <div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="c1">// add actions</span>
 <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">actions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlAction</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-<span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">addAll</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_RESET_FQN</span><span class="o">));</span>
+<span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">addAll</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FQN</span><span class="o">));</span>
+<span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">addAll</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ACTION_PROVIDE_DISCOUNT_FOR_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">));</span>
 <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setActions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actions</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-<span class="c1">// add functions</span>
-<span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">functions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunction</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-<span class="n">functions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">addAll</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getFunctions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES_FQN</span><span class="o">));</span>
-<span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setFunctions</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">functions</span><span class="o">);</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>Also add the following lines to the method <code>getEntityContainer()</code></p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="c1">// Create function imports</span>
-<span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunctionImport</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">functionImports</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlFunctionImport</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-<span class="n">functionImports</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getFunctionImport</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">CONTAINER</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES</span><span class="o">));</span>
-
-<span class="c1">// Create action imports</span>
-<span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlActionImport</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">actionImports</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">CsdlActionImport</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-<span class="n">actionImports</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">getActionImport</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">CONTAINER</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ACTION_RESET</span><span class="o">));</span>
-
-<span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setFunctionImports</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">functionImports</span><span class="o">);</span>
-<span class="n">entityContainer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setActionImports</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">actionImports</span><span class="o">);</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
 <h3 id="extend-the-data-store">Extend the data store<a class="headerlink" href="#extend-the-data-store" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
-<p>We need two methods in the data store to read the function import <code>CountCategories</code>.</p>
-<p>The first method returns a collection of entites and the second returns a single entity of this collection.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="nf">readFunctionImportCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ServiceMetadata</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">DemoEdmProvider</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">FUNCTION_COUNT_CATEGORIES</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFunctionImport</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">()))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="c1">// Get the parameter of the function</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriParameter</span> <span class="n">parameterAmount</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getParameters</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Try to convert the parameter to an Integer.</span>
-    <span class="c1">// We have to take care, that the type of parameter fits to its EDM declaration</span>
-    <span class="kt">int</span> <span class="n">amount</span><span class="o">;</span>
-    <span class="k">try</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="n">amount</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">parseInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">parameterAmount</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getText</span><span class="o">());</span>
-    <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">catch</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">NumberFormatException</span> <span class="n">e</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Type of parameter Amount must be Edm.Int32&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-        <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">BAD_REQUEST</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ENGLISH</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="o">}</span>
-
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EdmEntityType</span> <span class="n">productEntityType</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getEdm</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getEntityType</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">DemoEdmProvider</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ET_PRODUCT_FQN</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Entity</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">resultEntityList</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Entity</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-
-    <span class="c1">// Loop over all categories and check how many products are linked</span>
-    <span class="k">for</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">category</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="n">categoryList</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="n">products</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">getRelatedEntityCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">category</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">productEntityType</span><span class="o">);</span>
-      <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">products</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getEntities</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="o">()</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">amount</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-        <span class="n">resultEntityList</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">category</span><span class="o">);</span>
+<p>We need two methods in the data store to read the action DiscountProducts and DiscountProduct. The first method returns a collection of entites and second method returns a single entity.</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre>    <span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="nf">processBoundActionEntityCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmAction</span> <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">Parameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+    <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="n">collection</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span><span class="o">();</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;DiscountProducts&quot;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">()))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+      <span class="k">for</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">entity</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="n">categoryList</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+        <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">en</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">getRelatedEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">entity</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmEntityType</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getType</span><span class="o">());</span>
+        <span class="n">Integer</span> <span class="n">currentValue</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="n">en</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getProperty</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Price&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">asPrimitive</span><span class="o">();</span>
+        <span class="n">Integer</span> <span class="n">newValue</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">currentValue</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">asPrimitive</span><span class="o">();</span>
+        <span class="n">en</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getProperty</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Price&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">setValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ValueType</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">PRIMITIVE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">newValue</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">collection</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getEntities</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">add</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">en</span><span class="o">);</span>
       <span class="o">}</span>
     <span class="o">}</span>
-
-    <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="n">resultCollection</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span><span class="o">();</span>
-    <span class="n">resultCollection</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getEntities</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">addAll</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">resultEntityList</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">resultCollection</span><span class="o">;</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-      <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Function not implemented&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_IMPLEMENTED</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span>
-    <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ROOT</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">collection</span><span class="o">;</span>
   <span class="o">}</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="nf">readFunctionImportEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">,</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ServiceMetadata</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="n">entityCollection</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">readFunctionImportCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EdmEntityType</span> <span class="n">edmEntityType</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmEntityType</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFunction</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getType</span><span class="o">();</span>
-
-  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">Util</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">findEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">edmEntityType</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">entityCollection</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getKeyPredicates</span><span class="o">());</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
 
-
-<p>We also create two methods to reset the data of our service.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">resetDataSet</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="kt">int</span> <span class="n">amount</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="c1">// Replace the old lists with empty ones</span>
-  <span class="n">productList</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Entity</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-  <span class="n">categoryList</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">ArrayList</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">Entity</span><span class="o">&gt;();</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// Create new sample data</span>
-  <span class="n">initProductSampleData</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="n">initCategorySampleData</span><span class="o">();</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// Truncate the lists</span>
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">amount</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="n">productList</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">size</span><span class="o">())</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="n">productList</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">productList</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">subList</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">amount</span><span class="o">);</span>
-    <span class="c1">// Products 0, 1 are linked to category 0</span>
-    <span class="c1">// Products 2, 3 are linked to category 1</span>
-    <span class="c1">// Products 4, 5 are linked to category 2</span>
-    <span class="n">categoryList</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">categoryList</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">subList</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">amount</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-
-<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">resetDataSet</span><span class="o">()</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-  <span class="n">resetDataSet</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">MAX_VALUE</span><span class="o">);</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<h3 id="extend-the-entity-collection-and-the-entity-processor-to-handle-function-imports">Extend the entity collection and the entity processor to handle function imports<a class="headerlink" href="#extend-the-entity-collection-and-the-entity-processor-to-handle-function-imports" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
-<p>We start with the entity collection processor <code>DemoEntityCollectionProcessor</code>.
-To keep things simple, the first steps is to distinguish between entity collections and function imports.
-A cleverer implementation can handle both cases in one method to avoid duplicated code.</p>
-<p>The recent implementation of the <code>readEntityCollection()</code> has been moved to <code>readEntityCollectionInternal()</code></p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">readEntityCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ODataRequest</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ODataResponse</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">UriInfo</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ContentType</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">SerializerException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResource</span> <span class="n">firstResourceSegment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getUriResourceParts</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">firstResourceSegment</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceEntitySet</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="n">readEntityCollectionInternal</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">firstResourceSegment</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="n">readFunctionImportCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Not implemented&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-      <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_IMPLEMENTED</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span>
-    <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ENGLISH</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<p>Like by reading <em>entity collections</em>, the first step is to analyze the URI and then fetch the data (of the function import).</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="kd">private</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">readFunctionImportCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataRequest</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataResponse</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriInfo</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ContentType</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">SerializerException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// 1st step: Analyze the URI and fetch the entity collection returned by the function import</span>
-  <span class="c1">// Function Imports are always the first segment of the resource path</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResource</span> <span class="n">firstSegment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getUriResourceParts</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(!(</span><span class="n">firstSegment</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Not implemented&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-      <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_IMPLEMENTED</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ENGLISH</span><span class="o">);</span>
+  <span class="kd">public</span> <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span> <span class="nf">processBoundActionEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmAction</span> <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">String</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">Parameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">,</span>
+      <span class="n">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">UriParameter</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">keyParams</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+    <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span> <span class="n">result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span><span class="o">();</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;DiscountProduct&quot;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">equals</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="o">()))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+      <span class="k">for</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">entity</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="n">categoryList</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+        <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">en</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">getRelatedEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">entity</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmEntityType</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">action</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getType</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">keyParams</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">Integer</span> <span class="n">currentValue</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="n">en</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getProperty</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Price&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">asPrimitive</span><span class="o">();</span>
+        <span class="n">Integer</span> <span class="n">newValue</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">currentValue</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">Integer</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Amount&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">asPrimitive</span><span class="o">();</span>
+        <span class="n">en</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getProperty</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Price&quot;</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">setValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ValueType</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">PRIMITIVE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">newValue</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">en</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">result</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setCreated</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">result</span><span class="o">;</span>
+      <span class="o">}</span>
+    <span class="o">}</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
   <span class="o">}</span>
-
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">firstSegment</span><span class="o">;</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EntityCollection</span> <span class="n">entityCol</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">storage</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">readFunctionImportCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">);</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
-<p>Then the result has to be serialized. The only difference to entity sets is the way how the <code>EdmEntityType</code> is determined.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre>  <span class="c1">// 2nd step: Serialize the response entity</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EdmEntityType</span> <span class="n">edmEntityType</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmEntityType</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFunction</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getType</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ContextURL</span> <span class="n">contextURL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ContextURL</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">with</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">asCollection</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">type</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">edmEntityType</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">build</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="n">EntityCollectionSerializerOptions</span> <span class="n">opts</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">EntityCollectionSerializerOptions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">with</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">contextURL</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">contextURL</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">build</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataSerializer</span> <span class="n">serializer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">odata</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">createSerializer</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">SerializerResult</span> <span class="n">serializerResult</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">serializer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">entityCollection</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">edmEntityType</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">entityCol</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">opts</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// 3rd configure the response object</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setContent</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">serializerResult</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getContent</span><span class="o">());</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setStatusCode</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">OK</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">());</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setHeader</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">HttpHeader</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">CONTENT_TYPE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">toContentTypeString</span><span class="o">());</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-</pre></div>
+<p>In the second method, we are returning a custom object DemoEntityActionResult. This holds the entity and the status as to whether the entity is created or just returned. This information is used to set the response status</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre>    <span class="p">::::</span><span class="n">java</span>
 
+<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+  <span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">entity</span><span class="p">;</span>
+  <span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">boolean</span> <span class="n">created</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">false</span><span class="p">;</span>
 
-<p>Next we will implement the processor to read a <em>single entity</em>. The implementation is quite similar to the implementation of the collection processor.</p>
-<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">readEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">ODataRequest</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ODataResponse</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">UriInfo</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">ContentType</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">)</span>
-  <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">SerializerException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+  <span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">getEntity</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">entity</span><span class="p">;</span>
+  <span class="p">}</span>
 
-  <span class="c1">// The sample service supports only functions imports and entity sets.</span>
-  <span class="c1">// We do not care about bound functions and composable functions.</span>
+  <span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span> <span class="n">setEntity</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">final</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">entity</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+    <span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">entity</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">entity</span><span class="p">;</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">this</span><span class="p">;</span>
+  <span class="p">}</span>
 
-  <span class="n">UriResource</span> <span class="n">uriResource</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getUriResourceParts</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">);</span>
+  <span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">boolean</span> <span class="n">isCreated</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">created</span><span class="p">;</span>
+  <span class="p">}</span>
 
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResource</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceEntitySet</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="n">readEntityInternal</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResource</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="n">readFunctionImportInternal</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Only EntitySet is supported&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-      <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_IMPLEMENTED</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ENGLISH</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
-
-<span class="kd">private</span> <span class="kt">void</span> <span class="nf">readFunctionImportInternal</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataRequest</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataResponse</span> <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">,</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriInfo</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ContentType</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="kd">throws</span> <span class="n">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">SerializerException</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// 1st step: Analyze the URI and fetch the entity returned by the function import</span>
-  <span class="c1">// Function Imports are always the first segment of the resource path</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResource</span> <span class="n">firstSegment</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">uriInfo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getUriResourceParts</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">get</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(!(</span><span class="n">firstSegment</span> <span class="k">instanceof</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">))</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Not implemented&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-      <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_IMPLEMENTED</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ENGLISH</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
-
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">UriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">firstSegment</span><span class="o">;</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">Entity</span> <span class="n">entity</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">storage</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">readFunctionImportEntity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">entity</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
-    <span class="k">throw</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">ODataApplicationException</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Nothing found.&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span>
-      <span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">NOT_FOUND</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">(),</span> <span class="n">Locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">ROOT</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="o">}</span>
+  <span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">DemoEntityActionResult</span> <span class="n">setCreated</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">final</span> <span class="n">boolean</span> <span class="n">created</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
+    <span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">created</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">created</span><span class="p">;</span>
+    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">this</span><span class="p">;</span>
+  <span class="p">}</span>
 
-  <span class="c1">// 2nd step: Serialize the response entity</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EdmEntityType</span> <span class="n">edmEntityType</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="n">EdmEntityType</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="n">uriResourceFunction</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getFunction</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getReturnType</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">getType</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ContextURL</span> <span class="n">contextURL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ContextURL</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">with</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">type</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">edmEntityType</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">build</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">EntitySerializerOptions</span> <span class="n">opts</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">EntitySerializerOptions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">with</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">contextURL</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">contextURL</span><span class="o">).</span><span class="na">build</span><span class="o">();</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">ODataSerializer</span> <span class="n">serializer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">odata</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">createSerializer</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">);</span>
-  <span class="kd">final</span> <span class="n">SerializerResult</span> <span class="n">serializerResult</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">serializer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">entity</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">serviceMetadata</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">edmEntityType</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">entity</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">opts</span><span class="o">);</span>
-
-  <span class="c1">// 3rd configure the response object</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setContent</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">serializerResult</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getContent</span><span class="o">());</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setStatusCode</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">HttpStatusCode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">OK</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">getStatusCode</span><span class="o">());</span>
-  <span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">setHeader</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">HttpHeader</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">CONTENT_TYPE</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">responseFormat</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">toContentTypeString</span><span class="o">());</span>
-<span class="o">}</span>
+<span class="p">}</span>
 </pre></div>
 
 
 <h3 id="implement-an-action-processor">Implement an action processor<a class="headerlink" href="#implement-an-action-processor" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
-<p>Create a new class <code>DemoActionProcessor</code> make them implement the interface <code>ActionVoidProcessor</code>.</p>

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