Can AutoQuery return a single item (not list) - servicestack

Question

When I add a type to AutoQuery, with:
[Route("/templates")]
public class SearchTemplates : QueryDb<Template>
{
public int? Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
then I can query this object by Id or Name (or whatever other attributes I would add, that the POCO Template has). However it always returns list of items.
It's very useful to be able to GET a single item (not a search result).
This is how I do it:
[Route("/template/{Id}","GET")]
public class SingleTemplate : IReturn<Template>
{
public int Id { get; set; }
}
public Template Get(SingleTemplate request)
{
return Db.LoadSingleById<Template>(request.Id);
}
With all the new AutoQuery and AutoCRUD, it seems to me that the "return a single item by its URL" could also be automatic?

Answer 1

No, All AutoQuery QueryDb<T> services return the same fixed QueryResponse Response DTO as per its Service Contract, i.e:
public abstract class QueryDb<T>
: QueryBase, IQueryDb<T>, IReturn<QueryResponse<T>> { }
public abstract class QueryDb<From, Into>
: QueryBase, IQueryDb<From, Into>, IReturn<QueryResponse<Into>> { }
public class QueryResponse<T> : IQueryResponse
{
public virtual int Offset { get; set; }
public virtual int Total { get; set; }
public virtual List<T> Results { get; set; }
public virtual Dictionary<string, string> Meta { get; set; }
public virtual ResponseStatus ResponseStatus { get; set; }
}
A single result would still populate the Results property, so the JSON wire format would look like:
{ "results":[ {/*Template*/} ] }
You could create your own Custom AutoQuery Implementation that utilizes AutoQuery's IAutoQueryDb API to return your own custom populated DTO but then your Request DTO should NOT inherit from QueryDb<T> as not returning a QueryResponse<T> would break the explicit Service contract of the Request DTO (and all clients expecting it), i.e. you would instead just create a normal ServiceStack Service returning your own custom Response Type.