New Features

• New message classes HttpResponseMessage<T> / HttpRequestMessage<T> allows accessing headers and using a strongly typed model.
• Uri parameters can now autocast to primtiive types, i.e. a uri template of "{id}" can map to an integer parameter of id.
• Matching of parameters is now by type if there is no match on name, ie. HttpRequestMessage req will work.
• New Operation Handlers which replace processors and dramatically improve the authoring
• New Formatters for plugging in custom media types
• New Message Handlers for low level control over HTTP
• Support for Form Url Encoding / Json and Xml out of the box.
• IQueryable support with IQueryable<T> and without requiring attributes
• Overhauled fluent API for configuration
• Unit tests*
• Newer HttpClient

• New samples
• ContactManager is now a fully client based AJAX / JQuery application
• new ContactManager_Simple illustrates the bare basics.
• new HelloResource sample
• Acceptance and Unit tests for some of the samples

Known Issues

• Not tested with MVC3
• Automatic help pages do not work

Release quality gates

• The code builds.
• Public APIs are documented using XML comments, binary release includes intellisense comments. (Does not apply to protoypes)
• Unit tests are passing.
• Samples are running.
• Product components are compliant with Microsoft All Rules for FxCop. (Does not apply to prototype code (Enhancements))