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WebRequest.Headers Property

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When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the collection of header name/value pairs associated with the request.

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)

Syntax

public abstract WebHeaderCollection Headers { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Net.WebHeaderCollection
A WebHeaderCollection containing the header name/value pairs associated with this request.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
NotImplementedException	Any attempt is made to get or set the property, when the property is not overridden in a descendant class.

Remarks

The Headers property contains a WebHeaderCollection instance containing the header information to send to the Internet resource.

Note:
The WebRequest class is an abstract class. The actual behavior of a WebRequest instance at run time is determined by the descendant class returned by the WebRequest.Create method. For more information about default values and exceptions, see the documentation for the descendant classes, such as HttpWebRequest.