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MessageHeader Class

Represents the content of a SOAP header.

System.Object
  System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageHeaderInfo
    System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageHeader

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel.Channels
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
public abstract class MessageHeader : MessageHeaderInfo

The MessageHeader type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library MessageHeader Initializes a new instance of the MessageHeader class.
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  Name Description
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library Actor Gets or sets the targeted recipient of the message header. (Overrides MessageHeaderInfo.Actor.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library IsReferenceParameter Gets a value that specifies whether this message header contains reference parameters of an endpoint reference. (Overrides MessageHeaderInfo.IsReferenceParameter.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library MustUnderstand Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the header must be understood, according to SOAP 1.1/1.2 specification. (Overrides MessageHeaderInfo.MustUnderstand.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library Name Gets the name of the message header. (Inherited from MessageHeaderInfo.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library Namespace Gets the namespace of the message header. (Inherited from MessageHeaderInfo.)
Public property Supported by Portable Class Library Relay Gets a value that indicates whether the header should be relayed. (Overrides MessageHeaderInfo.Relay.)
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  Name Description
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, Boolean) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, XmlObjectSerializer) Creates a header from an object to be serialized using the XmlFormatter.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, Boolean, String) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, XmlObjectSerializer, Boolean) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, Boolean, String, Boolean) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, XmlObjectSerializer, Boolean, String) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Static member Supported by Portable Class Library CreateHeader(String, String, Object, XmlObjectSerializer, Boolean, String, Boolean) Creates a new message header with the specified data.
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library 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 Supported by Portable Class Library GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library IsMessageVersionSupported Verifies whether the specified message version is supported.
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library OnWriteHeaderContents Called when the header content is serialized using the specified XML writer.
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library OnWriteStartHeader Called when the start header is serialized using the specified XML writer.
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library ToString Converts this message header to a string. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library WriteHeader(XmlDictionaryWriter, MessageVersion) Serializes the header using the specified XML writer.
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library WriteHeader(XmlWriter, MessageVersion) Serializes the header using the specified XML writer.
Protected method Supported by Portable Class Library WriteHeaderAttributes Serializes the header contents using the specified XML writer.
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library WriteHeaderContents Serializes the header contents using the specified XML writer.
Public method Supported by Portable Class Library WriteStartHeader Serializes the start header using the specified XML writer.
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A message header contains optional metadata that describe a message encapsulated by the Message class.

A Message can have zero or more headers that are used as an extension mechanism to pass information in messages that are application-specific. You can use Headers to add message headers to a message by calling the Add method.

provides a number of predefined message headers, as shown in the following table.

Header Name

Description

To

Contains the role that the message is targeting.

Action

Provides a description of how the message should be processed.

FaultTo

Contains the address of the node to which faults should be sent.

From

Contains the address of the node that sent the message.

Request

Indicates whether the message is a request.

MessageID

Contains the unique ID of the message.

RelatesTo

Contains the IDs of messages that are related to this message.

ReplyTo

Contains the address of the node to which a reply should be sent for a request.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

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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