Message Class
Provides an abstract definition of data passed by an XML Web service. This class cannot be inherited.
System.Web.Services.Description.DocumentableItem
System.Web.Services.Description.NamedItem
System.Web.Services.Description.Message
Namespace: System.Web.Services.Description
Assembly: System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)
The Message type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Documentation | Gets or sets the text documentation for the instance of the DocumentableItem. (Inherited from DocumentableItem.) |
| DocumentationElement | Gets or sets the documentation element for the DocumentableItem. (Inherited from DocumentableItem.) |
| ExtensibleAttributes | Gets or sets an array of type XmlAttribute that represents attribute extensions of WSDL to comply with Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) Basic Profile 1.1. (Inherited from DocumentableItem.) |
| Extensions | Gets the ServiceDescriptionFormatExtensionCollection associated with this Message. (Overrides DocumentableItem.Extensions.) |
| Name | Gets or sets the name of the item. (Inherited from NamedItem.) |
| Namespaces | Gets or sets the dictionary of namespace prefixes and namespaces used to preserve namespace prefixes and namespaces when a ServiceDescription object is constructed. (Inherited from DocumentableItem.) |
| Parts | Gets the collection of the MessagePart objects contained in the Message. |
| ServiceDescription | Gets the ServiceDescription of which the current Message is a member. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| FindPartByName | Searches the MessagePartCollection returned by the Parts property, and returns the named MessagePart. |
| FindPartsByName | Searches the MessagePartCollection returned by the Parts property and returns an array of type MessagePart that contains the named instances. |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
A Message can contain either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. Procedure-oriented messages contain parameters and return values, while document-oriented messages contain documents.
The Message class corresponds to a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) message element enclosed by the definitions root element. For more information about WSDL, see the specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl/.
// Creates a Message with name = messageName having one MessagePart // with name = partName. public static Message CreateMessage(string messageName,string partName, string element,string targetNamespace) { Message myMessage = new Message(); myMessage.Name = messageName; // <Snippet11> MessagePart myMessagePart = new MessagePart(); myMessagePart.Name = partName; myMessagePart.Element = new XmlQualifiedName(element,targetNamespace); myMessage.Parts.Add(myMessagePart); // </Snippet6> return myMessage; }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), 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.
