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HttpContent Class

.NET Framework 4.5

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A base class representing an HTTP entity body and content headers.

System.Object
  System.Net.Http.HttpContent
    System.Net.Http.ByteArrayContent
    System.Net.Http.MultipartContent
    System.Net.Http.StreamContent

Namespace:  System.Net.Http
Assembly:  System.Net.Http (in System.Net.Http.dll)
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public abstract class HttpContent : IDisposable

The HttpContent type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method HttpContent Initializes a new instance of the HttpContent class.
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  Name Description
Public property Headers Gets the HTTP content headers as defined in RFC 2616.
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  Name Description
Public method CopyToAsync(Stream) Write the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
Public method CopyToAsync(Stream, TransportContext) Write the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
Protected method CreateContentReadStreamAsync Write the HTTP content to a memory stream as an asynchronous operation.
Public method Dispose() Releases the unmanaged resources and disposes of the managed resources used by the HttpContent.
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the HttpContent and optionally disposes of the managed resources.
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.)
Public method LoadIntoBufferAsync() Serialize the HTTP content to a memory buffer as an asynchronous operation.
Public method LoadIntoBufferAsync(Int64)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ReadAsByteArrayAsync Write the HTTP content to a byte array as an asynchronous operation.
Public method ReadAsStreamAsync Write the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
Public method ReadAsStringAsync Write the HTTP content to a string as an asynchronous operation.
Protected method SerializeToStreamAsync Serialize the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method TryComputeLength Determines whether the HTTP content has a valid length in bytes.
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.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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