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DelegatingHandler Class

.NET Framework 4.5

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A base type for HTTP handlers that delegate the processing of HTTP response messages to another handler, called the inner handler.

Namespace:  System.Net.Http
Assembly:  System.Net.Http (in System.Net.Http.dll)

public abstract class DelegatingHandler : HttpMessageHandler

The DelegatingHandler type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method DelegatingHandler() Creates a new instance of the DelegatingHandler class.
Protected method DelegatingHandler(HttpMessageHandler) Creates a new instance of the DelegatingHandler class with a specific inner handler.
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  Name Description
Public property InnerHandler Gets or sets the inner handler which processes the HTTP response messages.
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  Name Description
Public method Dispose() Releases the unmanaged resources and disposes of the managed resources used by the HttpMessageHandler. (Inherited from HttpMessageHandler.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the DelegatingHandler, and optionally disposes of the managed resources. (Overrides HttpMessageHandler.Dispose(Boolean).)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method 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 GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method SendAsync Sends an HTTP request to the inner handler to send to the server as an asynchronous operation. (Overrides HttpMessageHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage, CancellationToken).)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Note that InnerHandler property may be a delegating handler too. This approach allows the creation of handler stacks to process the HTTP response messages.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5

Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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