c# - Can't route to methods in BaseController when Derived is using ODataRoute -

i'm having problems routing basecontroller controllers define [odataroute]s.

• get ~/odata/foos works
• get ~/odata/foos(1) works
• get ~/odata/foos(1)/bars works
• get ~/odata/bars 404 not found

basecontroller

public abstract class basecontroller<t> : odatacontroller t : class {     protected igenericrepository<t> repository;      public basecontroller(igenericrepository<t> repository)     {         repository = repository;     }      [enablequery]     public ihttpactionresult get() // <---------- problem     {         return ok(repository.asqueryable());     }      [enablequery]     public ihttpactionresult get(int key) // works     {         var entity = repository.getbykey(key);         return ok(entity);     } } 

controllers

public class fooscontroller : basecontroller<foo> {     public fooscontroller(igenericrepository<foo> repository)         : base(repository)     {     }      // can route base without problems     // both base.get() , base.get(1) works }  public class barscontroller : basecontroller<bar> {     public fooscontroller(igenericrepository<bar> repository)         : base(repository)     {     }      // can't route base.get()     // base.get(1) works      // /foos(1)/bars     [enablequery]     [odataroute("foos({key})/bars")]     public ihttpactionresult getbars(int key) // works     {         var result = repository.asqueryable().where(x => x.fooid == key);         return ok(result);     } } 

additionally tried going convention way. doesn't work either.

public class fooscontroller : basecontroller<foo> {     public fooscontroller(igenericrepository<foo> repository)         : base(repository)     {     }      // /foos(1)/bars     [enablequery]     public ihttpactionresult getbars(int key) // works     {         var result = repository.asqueryable().bars;         return ok(result);     } }