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CorrelationScope Class

Provides implicit CorrelationHandle management for child messaging activities.

System.Object
  System.Activities.Activity
    System.Activities.NativeActivity
      System.ServiceModel.Activities.CorrelationScope

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel.Activities
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel.Activities (in System.ServiceModel.Activities.dll)
public class CorrelationScope : NativeActivity

The CorrelationScope type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method CorrelationScope Initializes a new instance of the CorrelationScope class.
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  Name Description
Public property Body Gets or sets the activity’s execution logic.
Protected property CacheId Gets the identifier of the cache that is unique within the scope of the workflow definition. (Inherited from Activity.)
Protected property CanInduceIdle Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the activity can cause the workflow to become idle. (Inherited from NativeActivity.)
Protected property Constraints Gets a collection of Constraint activities that can be configured to provide validation for the Activity. (Inherited from Activity.)
Public property CorrelatesWith Gets or sets the CorrelationHandle used by the child messaging activities.
Public property DisplayName Gets or sets an optional friendly name that is used for debugging, validation, exception handling, and tracking. (Inherited from Activity.)
Public property Id Gets an identifier that is unique in the scope of the workflow definition. (Inherited from Activity.)
Protected property Implementation The execution logic of the activity. (Inherited from NativeActivity.)
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  Name Description
Protected method Abort When implemented in a derived class, takes actions in response to the activity being aborted. (Inherited from NativeActivity.)
Protected method CacheMetadata(ActivityMetadata) Not implemented. Use the CacheMetadata(NativeActivityMetadata) method instead. (Inherited from NativeActivity.)
Protected method CacheMetadata(NativeActivityMetadata) Builds and validates a description of the activity’s arguments, variables, child activities, and activity delegates. (Overrides NativeActivity.CacheMetadata(NativeActivityMetadata).)
Protected method Cancel When implemented in a derived class, runs logic to cause graceful early completion of the activity. (Inherited from NativeActivity.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Execute Called by the workflow runtime to execute the CorrelationScope activity. (Overrides NativeActivity.Execute(NativeActivityContext).)
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.)
Public method ShouldSerializeCorrelatesWith Indicates whether the CorrelatesWith property should be serialized.
Public method ShouldSerializeDisplayName Indicates whether the DisplayName property should be serialized. (Inherited from Activity.)
Public method ToString Returns a String that contains the Id and DisplayName of the Activity. (Inherited from Activity.)
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The CorrelationScope activity maintains an implicit CorrelationHandle that is only visible to child activities. When the CorrelatesWith property is set by the user, it will be used as the CorrelationScope implicit handle. In the case of nested CorrelationScope, children of the inner scope cannot access implicit handle of the outer scope.

The following example shows how to create a CorrelationScope. This example creates a Sequence and adds a CorrelationScope (among other activites). The CorrelationScope contains a Sequence that is composed of a Send and ReceiveReply activity.


return new Sequence
{
    Variables = { po, customer },
    Activities =
    {                    
        new Assign<PurchaseOrder> 
        {
            To = po,
            Value = new InArgument<PurchaseOrder>( (e) => new PurchaseOrder() { PartName = "Widget", Quantity = 150 } )
        },
        new Assign<Customer>
        {
            To = customer,
            Value = new InArgument<Customer>( (e) => new Customer() { Id = 12345678, Name = "John Smith" } )
        },
        new WriteLine { Text = new InArgument<string>( (e) => string.Format("Submitting new PurchaseOrder for {0} {1}s", po.Get(e).Quantity, po.Get(e).PartName) ) },
        new CorrelationScope
        {
            Body = new Sequence
            { 
                Activities = 
                {
                    submitPO,
                    new ReceiveReply
                    {
                        Request = submitPO,
                        Content = ReceiveContent.Create(new OutArgument<int>( (e) => po.Get(e).Id ))
                    }
                }
            }
        },                    
        new WriteLine { Text = new InArgument<string>( (e) => string.Format("Received ID for new PO: {0}", po.Get(e).Id) ) },
        new Assign<int> { To = new OutArgument<int>( (e) => po.Get(e).Quantity ), Value = 250 },
        new WriteLine { Text = "Updated PO with new quantity: 250.  Resubmitting updated PurchaseOrder based on POId." },
        new Send
        {
            Endpoint = clientEndpoint,
            ServiceContractName = Constants.POContractName,
            OperationName = Constants.UpdatePOName,
            Content = SendContent.Create(new InArgument<PurchaseOrder>(po))
        },           
        new Assign<int> 
        { 
            To = new OutArgument<int>( (e) => po.Get(e).CustomerId ), 
            Value = new InArgument<int>( (e) => customer.Get(e).Id )
        },
        new WriteLine { Text = "Updating customer data based on CustomerId." },
        new Send
        {
            Endpoint = clientEndpoint,
            ServiceContractName = Constants.POContractName,
            OperationName = Constants.AddCustomerInfoName,
            Content = SendContent.Create(new InArgument<PurchaseOrder>(po))
        },                    
        new Send
        {
            Endpoint = clientEndpoint,
            ServiceContractName = Constants.POContractName,
            OperationName = Constants.UpdateCustomerName,
            Content = SendContent.Create(new InArgument<Customer>(customer))
        },
        new WriteLine { Text = "Client completed." }
    }
};


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

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.
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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