Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public MustInherit Class HttpWebResponse _
    Inherits WebResponse

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpWebResponse

C#

public abstract class HttpWebResponse : WebResponse

This class contains support for HTTP-specific uses of the properties and methods of the WebResponse class. The HttpWebResponse class is used to build HTTP stand-alone client applications that send HTTP requests and receive HTTP responses.

You should never directly create an instance of the HttpWebResponse class. Instead, use the instance returned by a call to HttpWebRequest..::.BeginGetResponse.

You must call either the Close or Stream..::.Close method to close the response and release the connection for reuse. It is not necessary to call both the Close and the Stream..::.Close method, but doing so does not cause an error.

Common header information returned from the Internet resource is exposed as properties of the class. See the following table for a complete list. Headers for the request can be read from the Headers property as name/value pairs.

The following table shows the values that are available through properties of the HttpWebResponse class.

The contents of the response from the Internet resource are returned as a Stream by calling the GetResponseStream method.

System..::.Object
  System.Net..::.WebResponse
    System.Net..::.HttpWebResponse

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

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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