Posting models with NodaTime auto-props to WebAPI

Question

We are in the process of using NodaTime for time / date models in our project. The project is a web application, using WebAPI. When attempting to post a model containing Loc

Answer 1

It appears to be a WebAPI issue, but I don't fully understand the root cause, nor do I particularly like this solution. However, based on the code in this answer, I came up with a workaround:

public class CustomBodyModelValidator : DefaultBodyModelValidator
{
    public override bool ShouldValidateType(Type type)
    {
        return type.Namespace != "NodaTime" && base.ShouldValidateType(type);
    }
}

In your configuration lambda (or wherever you are accessing the global WebAPI configuration:

x.Services.Replace(typeof(IBodyModelValidator), new CustomBodyModelValidator());

Consider this a hack of a workaround until I (or someone else) can figure out a better solution. Thanks.

Update: On further research, it appears this has already been posted to the Noda Time issue tracker as issue #249, and a similar solution was proposed.