MessageContractAttribute Class (System.ServiceModel)

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MessageContractAttribute Class

Defines a strongly-typed class that corresponds to a SOAP message.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.ServiceModel.MessageContractAttribute

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class Or AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple := False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class MessageContractAttribute _
	Inherits Attribute
C#
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple = false)]
public sealed class MessageContractAttribute : Attribute
Visual C++
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class|AttributeTargets::Struct, AllowMultiple = false)]
public ref class MessageContractAttribute sealed : public Attribute
F#
[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple = false)>]
type MessageContractAttribute =  
    class
        inherit Attribute
    end

The MessageContractAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library MessageContractAttribute Initializes a new instance of the MessageContractAttribute class.
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Properties

  Name Description
Public property HasProtectionLevel Gets a value that indicates whether the message has a protection level.
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library IsWrapped Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the message body has a wrapper element.
Public property ProtectionLevel Gets or sets a value that specified whether the message must be encrypted, signed, or both.
Public property TypeId When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library WrapperName Gets or sets the name of the wrapper element of the message body.
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library WrapperNamespace Gets or sets the namespace of the message body wrapper element.
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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsDefaultAttribute When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.Invoke Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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Remarks

Use the MessageContractAttribute attribute to specify the structure of the SOAP envelope for a particular message. Your service can then use the message as a parameter or return type in service operations. For information about controlling the serialization of the contents of a SOAP body without modifying the default SOAP envelope itself, see System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute, Specifying Data Transfer in Service Contracts, and Data Contracts Overview.

Note Note

You cannot use custom message types in your service operation with regular serializable parameters. Either use custom message types or serializable parameters that are not Message objects. For details, see , Specifying Data Transfer in Service Contracts.

To implement a message contract for a type, annotate it with MessageContractAttribute and annotate one or more of the class's fields or properties with MessageBodyMemberAttribute, MessageHeaderAttribute, or MessageHeaderArrayAttribute.

Note Note

System.ServiceModel.MessageParameterAttribute is not a message contract attribute and cannot be used in conjunction with MessageContractAttribute.

Use the Action and ReplyAction properties to specify the value of the <Action> element in the SOAP message.

  • Use the HasProtectionLevel and ProtectionLevel properties to indicate whether the SOAP message type has a protection level, and if so, what it is.

  • Use the IsWrapped property to indicate whether the message body has a wrapper element, and if so, use the WrapperName and WrapperNamespace properties to specify the name and namespace, respectively, of the wrapping element.

For more information, see Using Message Contracts.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the MessageContractAttribute to control the SOAP envelope structure for both the request message and the response message, and the use of both the MessageHeaderAttribute (to create a SOAP header for the response message) and the MessageBodyMemberAttribute (to specify the bodies of both the request and response message). The code example contains an example of each message when sent.

Visual Basic

Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports System.ServiceModel.Channels

Namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
  <ServiceContract(Namespace := "Microsoft.WCF.Documentation")> _
  Friend Interface IMessagingHello
	<OperationContract(Action := "http://GreetingMessage/Action", ReplyAction := "http://HelloResponseMessage/Action")> _
	Function Hello(ByVal msg As HelloGreetingMessage) As HelloResponseMessage
  End Interface

  <MessageContract> _
  Public Class HelloResponseMessage
	Private localResponse As String = String.Empty
	Private extra As String = String.Empty

	<MessageBodyMember(Name := "ResponseToGreeting", Namespace := "http://www.examples.com")> _
	Public Property Response() As String
	  Get
		  Return localResponse
	  End Get
	  Set(ByVal value As String)
		  localResponse = value
	  End Set
	End Property

	<MessageHeader(Name := "OutOfBandData", Namespace := "http://www.examples.com", MustUnderstand:=True)> _
	Public Property ExtraValues() As String
	  Get
		  Return extra
	  End Get
	  Set(ByVal value As String)
		  Me.extra = value
	  End Set
	End Property

'   
'    The following is the response message, edited for clarity.
'    
'    <s:Envelope>
'      <s:Header>
'        <a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1">http://HelloResponseMessage/Action</a:Action>
'        <h:OutOfBandData s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:h="http://www.examples.com">Served by object 13804354.</h:OutOfBandData>
'      </s:Header>
'      <s:Body>
'        <HelloResponseMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
'          <ResponseToGreeting xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Service received: Hello.</ResponseToGreeting>
'        </HelloResponseMessage>
'      </s:Body>    
'    </s:Envelope>
'    
  End Class
  <MessageContract> _
  Public Class HelloGreetingMessage
	Private localGreeting As String

	<MessageBodyMember(Name := "Salutations", Namespace := "http://www.examples.com")> _
	Public Property Greeting() As String
	  Get
		  Return localGreeting
	  End Get
	  Set(ByVal value As String)
		  localGreeting = value
	  End Set
	End Property
  End Class

'  
'   The following is the request message, edited for clarity.
'    
'    <s:Envelope>
'      <s:Header>
'        <!-- Note: Some header content has been removed for clarity.
'        <a:Action>http://GreetingMessage/Action</a:Action> 
'        <a:To s:mustUnderstand="1"></a:To>
'      </s:Header>
'      <s:Body u:Id="_0" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
'        <HelloGreetingMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
'          <Salutations xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Hello.</Salutations>
'        </HelloGreetingMessage>
'      </s:Body>
'   </s:Envelope>
'   

  Friend Class MessagingHello
	  Implements IMessagingHello
	Public Function Hello(ByVal msg As HelloGreetingMessage) As HelloResponseMessage Implements IMessagingHello.Hello
	  Console.WriteLine("Caller sent: " & msg.Greeting)
	  Dim responseMsg As New HelloResponseMessage()
	  responseMsg.Response = "Service received: " & msg.Greeting
	  responseMsg.ExtraValues = String.Format("Served by object {0}.", Me.GetHashCode().ToString())
	  Console.WriteLine("Returned response message.")
	  Return responseMsg
	End Function
  End Class
End Namespace


C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;

namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
{
  [ServiceContract(Namespace = "Microsoft.WCF.Documentation")]
  interface IMessagingHello
  {
    [OperationContract(
     Action = "http://GreetingMessage/Action",
     ReplyAction = "http://HelloResponseMessage/Action"
    )]
    HelloResponseMessage Hello(HelloGreetingMessage msg);
  }

  [MessageContract]
  public class HelloResponseMessage
  {
    private string localResponse = String.Empty;
    private string extra = String.Empty;

    [MessageBodyMember(
      Name = "ResponseToGreeting",
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com")]
    public string Response
    {
      get { return localResponse; }
      set { localResponse = value; }
    }

    [MessageHeader(
      Name = "OutOfBandData",
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com",
      MustUnderstand=true
    )]
    public string ExtraValues
    {
      get { return extra; }
      set { this.extra = value; }
   }

   /*
    The following is the response message, edited for clarity.

    <s:Envelope>
      <s:Header>
        <a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1">http://HelloResponseMessage/Action</a:Action>
        <h:OutOfBandData s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:h="http://www.examples.com">Served by object 13804354.</h:OutOfBandData>
      </s:Header>
      <s:Body>
        <HelloResponseMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
          <ResponseToGreeting xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Service received: Hello.</ResponseToGreeting>
        </HelloResponseMessage>
      </s:Body>    
    </s:Envelope>
    */
 }
  [MessageContract]
  public class HelloGreetingMessage
  {
    private string localGreeting;

    [MessageBodyMember(
      Name = "Salutations", 
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com"
    )]
    public string Greeting
    {
      get { return localGreeting; }
      set { localGreeting = value; }
    }
  }

  /*
   The following is the request message, edited for clarity.

    <s:Envelope>
      <s:Header>
        <!-- Note: Some header content has been removed for clarity.
        <a:Action>http://GreetingMessage/Action</a:Action> 
        <a:To s:mustUnderstand="1"></a:To>
      </s:Header>
      <s:Body u:Id="_0" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
        <HelloGreetingMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
          <Salutations xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Hello.</Salutations>
        </HelloGreetingMessage>
      </s:Body>
   </s:Envelope>
   */

  class MessagingHello : IMessagingHello
  {
    public HelloResponseMessage Hello(HelloGreetingMessage msg)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Caller sent: " + msg.Greeting);
      HelloResponseMessage responseMsg = new HelloResponseMessage();
      responseMsg.Response = "Service received: " + msg.Greeting;
      responseMsg.ExtraValues = String.Format("Served by object {0}.", this.GetHashCode().ToString());
      Console.WriteLine("Returned response message.");
      return responseMsg;
    }
  }
}


Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also

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