MessageDescription Class

Definition

Represents the description of a message.

public ref class MessageDescription
public class MessageDescription
type MessageDescription = class
Public Class MessageDescription
Inheritance
MessageDescription

Examples

The following example uses the MessageDescription returned from Messages property of the OperationDescription class. The code iterates through the collection of endpoints and prints each endpoint name, as well as the name of each operation in the endpoint.

private void PrintDescription(ServiceHost sh)
{
    // Declare variables.
    int i, j, k, l, c;
    ServiceDescription servDesc = sh.Description;
    OperationDescription opDesc;
    ContractDescription contractDesc;
    MessageDescription methDesc;
    MessageBodyDescription mBodyDesc;
    MessagePartDescription partDesc;
    IServiceBehavior servBeh;
    ServiceEndpoint servEP;

    // Print the behaviors of the service.
    Console.WriteLine("Behaviors:");
    for (c = 0; c < servDesc.Behaviors.Count; c++)
    {
        servBeh = servDesc.Behaviors[c];
        Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", servBeh.ToString());
    }

    // Print the endpoint descriptions of the service.
    Console.WriteLine("Endpoints");
    for (i = 0; i < servDesc.Endpoints.Count; i++)
    {
        // Print the endpoint names.
        servEP = servDesc.Endpoints[i];
        Console.WriteLine("\tName: {0}", servEP.Name);
        contractDesc = servEP.Contract;

        Console.WriteLine("\tOperations:");
        for (j = 0; j < contractDesc.Operations.Count; j++)
        {
            // Print the operation names.
            opDesc = servEP.Contract.Operations[j];
            Console.WriteLine("\t\t{0}", opDesc.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("\t\tActions:");
            for (k  = 0; k < opDesc.Messages.Count; k++)
            {
                // Print the message action.
                methDesc = opDesc.Messages[k];
                Console.WriteLine("\t\t\tAction:{0}", methDesc.Action);

                // Check for the existence of a body, then the body description.
                mBodyDesc = methDesc.Body;
                if (mBodyDesc.Parts.Count > 0)
                {
                    for (l = 0; l < methDesc.Body.Parts.Count; l++)
                    {
                        partDesc = methDesc.Body.Parts[l];
                        Console.WriteLine("\t\t\t\t{0}",partDesc.Name);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
Private Sub PrintDescription(ByVal sh As ServiceHost) 
    ' Declare variables.
    Dim i, j, k, l, c As Integer
    Dim servDesc As ServiceDescription = sh.Description
    Dim opDesc As OperationDescription
    Dim contractDesc As ContractDescription
    Dim methDesc As MessageDescription
    Dim mBodyDesc As MessageBodyDescription
    Dim partDesc As MessagePartDescription
    Dim servBeh As IServiceBehavior
    Dim servEP As ServiceEndpoint
    
    ' Print the behaviors of the service.
    Console.WriteLine("Behaviors:")
    For c = 0 To servDesc.Behaviors.Count-1
        servBeh = servDesc.Behaviors(c)
        Console.WriteLine(vbTab + "{0}", servBeh)
    Next c
    
    ' Print the endpoint descriptions of the service.
    Console.WriteLine("Endpoints")
    For i = 0 To servDesc.Endpoints.Count-1
        ' Print the endpoint names.
        servEP = servDesc.Endpoints(i)
        Console.WriteLine(vbTab + "Name: {0}", servEP.Name)
        contractDesc = servEP.Contract
        
        Console.WriteLine(vbTab + "Operations:")
        For j = 0 To contractDesc.Operations.Count-1
            ' Print operation names.
            opDesc = servEP.Contract.Operations(j)
            Console.WriteLine(vbTab + vbTab + "{0}", opDesc.Name)
            Console.WriteLine(vbTab + vbTab + "Actions:")
            For k = 0 To opDesc.Messages.Count-1
                ' Print the message action. 
                methDesc = opDesc.Messages(k)
                Console.WriteLine(vbTab + vbTab + vbTab + _
                  "Action:{0}", methDesc.Action)
                
                ' Check for the existence of a body, then the body description.
                mBodyDesc = methDesc.Body
                If mBodyDesc.Parts.Count > 0 Then
                    For l = 0 To methDesc.Body.Parts.Count-1
                        partDesc = methDesc.Body.Parts(l)
                        Console.WriteLine(vbTab + vbTab + _
                        vbTab + vbTab + "{0}", partDesc.Name)
                    Next l
                End If
            Next k
        Next j
    Next i

End Sub

Remarks

The MessageDescription contains the Headers and Body properties to provide get access to these parts of the message. Whether the message is incoming or outgoing is indicated by the Direction property. It also provides an Action property where the URI that indicates the intention of the message may be specified.

Constructors

MessageDescription(String, MessageDirection)

Initializes a new instance of the MessageDescription class with a specified action and direction.

Properties

Action

Gets or sets the action parameter of the SOAP message that identifies the intent of the message.

Body

Gets the body of the SOAP message.

Direction

Gets the direction that indicates whether the message is incoming or outgoing.

HasProtectionLevel

Gets a value that indicates whether the ProtectionLevel has been set.

Headers

Gets the description of the headers of the SOAP message.

MessageType

Gets or sets a type that identifies the type of message contract.

Properties

Gets a description of the properties of the SOAP message.

ProtectionLevel

Gets or sets the security services required for the message.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ShouldSerializeProtectionLevel()

Returns a value that indicates whether the ProtectionLevel property has changed from its default value and should be serialized.

ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to