[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (ODATA-393) Allow querying collections of primitive type instances similar to other collections

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Michael Pizzo commented on ODATA-393:
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I like it, but would keep the isof overload with two arguments.

> Allow querying collections of primitive type instances similar to other collections
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>
>                 Key: ODATA-393
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-393
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: OData ABNF Construction Rules, OData URL Conventions 
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_CSD01
>         Environment: [Proposed]
>            Reporter: Ralf Handl
>             Fix For: V4.0_CSD02
>
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> Collections of entities and complex type instances are now treated equally, but collections of primitive values are somewhat neglected. They do allow the path suffix /$count, and the query options $count, $top and $skip are straight-forward.
> For $filter and $orderby we need one tiny generalization: we currently allow common expressions within the lambda operators any() and all() to use $it for addressing the current entity, and we can use that to filter collections of primitive values:
> GET ~/Customers(1)/EmailAddresses?$filter=endswith($it,'.com')
> This increased flexibility is also useful for querying collections of entities:
> GET ~/Employees?$filter=$it eq Manager
> Would return all employees who are their own manager.

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