.NET Framework Class Library
WorkflowServiceHost Class
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Provides a host for workflows. Supports features like messaging activities, multi-instancing, and configuration.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject
System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase
System.ServiceModel.Activities.WorkflowServiceHost
Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Activities
Assembly: System.ServiceModel.Activities (in System.ServiceModel.Activities.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Class WorkflowServiceHost _ Inherits ServiceHostBase
C#
public class WorkflowServiceHost : ServiceHostBase
Visual C++
public ref class WorkflowServiceHost : public ServiceHostBase
F#
type WorkflowServiceHost = class inherit ServiceHostBase end
The WorkflowServiceHost type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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WorkflowServiceHost() | Initializes a new instance of the WorkflowServiceHost class. |
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WorkflowServiceHost(Activity, Uri[]) | Initializes a new instance of the WorkflowServiceHost class using the specified activity and base addresses. |
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WorkflowServiceHost(Object, Uri[]) | Initializes a new instance of the WorkflowServiceHost class using the specified service object and base addresses. |
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WorkflowServiceHost(WorkflowService, Uri[]) | Initializes a new instance of the WorkflowServiceHost class using the specified service definition and collection of base addresses. |
Properties
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Activity | Gets the root activity of the hosted workflow service. |
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Authentication | Gets the service authentication behavior. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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Authorization | Gets the authorization behavior for the service hosted. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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BaseAddresses | Gets the base addresses used by the hosted service. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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ChannelDispatchers | Gets the collection of channel dispatchers used by the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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CloseTimeout | Gets or sets the interval of time allowed for the service host to close. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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Credentials | Gets the credential for the service hosted. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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DefaultCloseTimeout | Gets the default interval of time allowed for the service host to close. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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DefaultOpenTimeout | Gets the default interval of time allowed for the service host to open. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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Description | Gets the description of the service hosted. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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DurableInstancingOptions | Gets the DurableInstancingOptions associated with the workflow service host. |
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Extensions | Gets the extensions for the current specified service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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ImplementedContracts | Retrieves the contracts implemented by the service hosted. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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IsDisposed | Gets a value that indicates whether the communication object has been disposed. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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ManualFlowControlLimit | Gets or sets the flow control limit for messages received by the service hosted. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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OpenTimeout | Gets or sets the interval of time allowed for the service host to open. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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State | Gets a value that indicates the current state of the communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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SupportedVersions | Gets a list of workflow versions that are supported by this workflow service host. |
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ThisLock | Gets the mutually exclusive lock that protects the class instance during a state transition. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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WorkflowExtensions | Gets a WorkflowInstanceExtensionManager object to add or remove extensions to the workflow service instance. |
Methods
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Abort | Causes a communication object to transition immediately from its current state into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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AddBaseAddress | Adds a base address to the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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AddDefaultEndpoints | Adds service endpoints for all base addresses in each contract found in the service host with the default binding. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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AddServiceEndpoint(ServiceEndpoint) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.AddServiceEndpoint(ServiceEndpoint).) |
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AddServiceEndpoint(String, Binding, String) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified contract, binding, and address. |
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AddServiceEndpoint(String, Binding, Uri) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified contract, binding, and address. |
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AddServiceEndpoint(String, Binding, String, Uri) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified contract, binding, endpoint address, and listen URI. |
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AddServiceEndpoint(String, Binding, Uri, Uri) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified contract, binding, endpoint address, and listen URI. |
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AddServiceEndpoint(XName, Binding, String, Uri, String) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified contract, binding, endpoint address, listen URI, and behavior configuration name. |
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AddServiceEndpoint(XName, Binding, Uri, Uri, String) | Adds a service endpoint to the workflow service host using the specified implemented contract, binding, endpoint address, listen URI, and a behavior configuration name. |
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ApplyConfiguration | Loads the service description information from the configuration file and applies it to the runtime being constructed. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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BeginClose(AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to close a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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BeginClose(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to close a communication object with a specified timeout. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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BeginOpen(AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to open a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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BeginOpen(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to open a communication object within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Close() | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the closed state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Close(TimeSpan) | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the closed state within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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CreateDescription | Creates a service description of the hosted workflow service using the specified key/value pair collection of address, binding, contract and behavior service endpoint information. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.CreateDescription(IDictionary<String, ContractDescription>).) |
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EndClose | Completes an asynchronous operation to close a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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EndOpen | Completes an asynchronous operation to open a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Fault | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the faulted state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetCommunicationObjectType | Gets the type of communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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IncrementManualFlowControlLimit | Increases the limit on the flow rate of messages to the hosted service by a specified increment. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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InitializeDescription | Creates and initializes the service host with the contract and service descriptions. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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InitializeRuntime | Initializes the runtime for the workflow service host. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.InitializeRuntime().) |
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LoadConfigurationSection | Loads the service element from the configuration file of the hosted service. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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OnAbort | Called when the workflow service host is aborted. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.OnAbort().) |
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OnBeginClose | Begins an asynchronous operation invoked when the workflow service host is closed. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.OnBeginClose(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object).) |
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OnBeginOpen |
Begins an asynchronous operation invoked on the opening of the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) In .NET Framework Client Profile, this member is overridden by OnBeginOpen(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object). |
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OnClose | Closes down the hosted service, including the channel dispatchers and associated instance contexts and listeners. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.OnClose(TimeSpan).) |
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OnClosed | Releases resources used by the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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OnClosing | Invoked during the transition of a communication object into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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OnEndClose | Completes an asynchronous operation invoked when the workflow service host is closed. (Overrides ServiceHostBase.OnEndClose(IAsyncResult).) |
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OnEndOpen |
Completes an asynchronous operation invoked on the opening of the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) In .NET Framework Client Profile, this member is overridden by OnEndOpen(IAsyncResult). |
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OnFaulted | Inserts processing on a communication object after it transitions to the faulted state due to the invocation of a synchronous fault operation. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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OnOpen |
Opens the channel dispatchers. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) In .NET Framework Client Profile, this member is overridden by OnOpen(TimeSpan). |
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OnOpened | Gets the service credentials,service authentication and authorization behavior for the hosted service. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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OnOpening | Invoked during the transition of a communication object into the opening state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Open() | Causes a communication object to transition from the created state into the opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Open(TimeSpan) | Causes a communication object to transition from the created state into the opened state within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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ReleasePerformanceCounters | Releases the service and channel dispatcher performance counters for the hosted service. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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SetEndpointAddress | Sets the endpoint address of the specified endpoint to the specified address. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
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ThrowIfDisposed | Throws an exception if the communication object is disposed. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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ThrowIfDisposedOrImmutable | Throws an exception if the communication object the State property is not set to the Created state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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ThrowIfDisposedOrNotOpen | Throws an exception if the communication object is not in the Opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Events
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Closed | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the closed state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Closing | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Faulted | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the faulted state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Opened | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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Opening | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the opening state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
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UnknownMessageReceived | Occurs when an unknown message is received. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
Explicit Interface Implementations
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IDisposable.Dispose | Closes the service host. (Inherited from ServiceHostBase.) |
Examples
The following example shows how to use the WorkflowServiceHost class.
C#
Console.WriteLine("Starting up..."); WorkflowService service = CreateService(); Uri address = new Uri(Constants.ServiceBaseAddress); WorkflowServiceHost host = new WorkflowServiceHost(service, address); try { Console.WriteLine("Opening service..."); host.Open(); Console.WriteLine("Service is listening on {0}...", address); Console.WriteLine("To terminate press ENTER"); Console.ReadLine(); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("Service terminated with exception {0}", ex.ToString()); } finally { host.Close(); }
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4.5, 4.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4Platforms
Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, 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.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.See Also