WebResponse Class
Provides a response from a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). This is an abstract class.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)
The WebResponse type exposes the following members.
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ContentLength | When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the content length of data being received. |
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ContentType | When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the content type of the data being received. |
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Headers | When overridden in a derived class, gets a collection of header name-value pairs associated with this request. |
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ResponseUri | When overridden in a derived class, gets the URI of the Internet resource that actually responded to the request. |
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SupportsHeaders | Gets a value that indicates whether the Headers property is supported by the descendant class for the WebResponse instance. |
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Close | When overridden by a descendant class, closes the response stream. |
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Dispose() | Releases the resources used by the current instance of the WebResponse class. |
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Dispose(Boolean) | Called by the Dispose() and Finalize() methods to release the managed and unmanaged resources used by the current instance of the WebResponse class. |
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetResponseStream | When overridden in a descendant class, returns the data stream from the Internet resource. |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The WebResponse class is the abstract base class from which protocol-specific response classes are derived. Applications can participate in request and response transactions in a protocol-agnostic manner using instances of the WebResponse class while protocol-specific classes derived from WebResponse carry out the details of the request.
Client applications do not create WebResponse objects directly; they are created by calling the BeginGetResponse method on a WebRequest instance.
Notes to Inheritors
When you inherit from WebResponse, you must override the following members: ContentLength, ContentType, Close, GetResponseStream, Headers, and ResponseUri.
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
