Introduce Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.DataGrid.ODataAdapter for OData Support

[cilerler]

🙋 Feature Request

I noticed the Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.DataGrid.EntityFrameworkAdapter package provides great support for EntityFramework. It would be highly beneficial for the community if OData support could also be integrated directly into the FluentUI Blazor DataGrid component. This enhancement would facilitate more efficient handling of complex data operations for those of us using OData in our projects.

Thank you for considering this addition.

💁 Possible Solution

A new library named Microsoft.FluentUI.AspNetCore.Components.DataGrid.ODataAdapter. This library would provide first-class support for OData, enabling efficient data operations and integration directly within FluentUI Blazor DataGrid component.

[vnbaaij]

Moving this to the Discussion area so we can see if there is more interest in this

[cilerler]

@vnbaaij, OData is a significant part of the .NET ecosystem and it would be great to have native support in FluentUI Blazor.
Would you consider transferring this to issues section so it can be prioritized and worked on? Thanks!

[vnbaaij]

I'm not opposed to having this as a new module/package. Thing is we are only a small team and I don't have much experience here.

If we want to do this, we will need help from the community. We need someone to step up that wants to 'own this' or otherwise it is not going to happen soon.

[cilerler]

Thanks, @vnbaaij.
@bytefish, would you be interested in?

[bytefish]

@cilerler I am interested in the outcome, but I couldn't implement it by myself. I don't know how to abstract OData behind a nice API, so that fits everyones OData needs.

[cilerler]

I can help with that, and I believe others in the OData community might be willing to contribute as well. We can leverage the MS OData client and follow the same approach used by the EF version, which should provide a clear path for implementation. Are you open to collaborating on this? If so, we can start by discussing our approach, and then we can bring in @vnbaaij once we have a solid plan. What do you think?

[EmreAbi]

I'm currently developing with OData and Kiota, and I'm writing 25 lines of code just to fetch a single record with two parameters. This is not sustainable. I'm questioning what battle I'm fighting.

[vnbaaij]

While I appreciate that this is an issue for you, what are you trying to accomplish with this message?

As said before, if the community wants this, the community will have to come up with a solution because we lack knowledge and resources to do it.