How to deserialize object from OData Atom feed?

Question

I am trying to parse response from an OData REST service. When response is in JSON format, it is easy to use ReadAsJsonDataContract method from WCF REST starter kit

Answer 1

WCF Data Services has a client which can be used to consume the responses and materialize CLR object from those. Take a look at the System.Data.Services.Client.DataServiceContext class and all related classes. In fact, in VS you can "Add Service Reference" to your OData services and it will generate client-side classes for the services as well as a derived class from the DataServiceContext for you to use. If you already have the client side classes you can use the DataServiceContext.Execute<T> method to issue any query and materialize its results into the client side types.