HttpMethodConstraint.Match Method (HttpRequestMessage, IHttpRoute, String, IDictionary<String, Object>, HttpRouteDirection)

Determines whether the request was made with an HTTP verb that is one of the allowed verbs for the route.

Namespace:   System.Web.Http.Routing
Assembly:  System.Web.Http (in System.Web.Http.dll)

Syntax

protected virtual bool Match(
    HttpRequestMessage request,
    IHttpRoute route,
    string parameterName,
    IDictionary<string, object> values,
    HttpRouteDirection routeDirection
)

protected:
virtual bool Match(
    HttpRequestMessage^ request,
    IHttpRoute^ route,
    String^ parameterName,
    IDictionary<String^, Object^>^ values,
    HttpRouteDirection routeDirection
)

abstract Match : 
        request:HttpRequestMessage *
        route:IHttpRoute *
        parameterName:string *
        values:IDictionary<string, Object> *
        routeDirection:HttpRouteDirection -> bool
override Match : 
        request:HttpRequestMessage *
        route:IHttpRoute *
        parameterName:string *
        values:IDictionary<string, Object> *
        routeDirection:HttpRouteDirection -> bool

Protected Overridable Function Match (
    request As HttpRequestMessage,
    route As IHttpRoute,
    parameterName As String,
    values As IDictionary(Of String, Object),
    routeDirection As HttpRouteDirection
) As Boolean

Parameters

• request
  Type: System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage

  The request that is being checked to determine whether it matches the URL.

• route
  Type: System.Web.Http.Routing.IHttpRoute

  The object that is being checked to determine whether it matches the URL.

• parameterName
  Type: System.String

  The name of the parameter that is being checked.

• values
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<String, Object>

  An object that contains the parameters for a route.

• routeDirection
  Type: System.Web.Http.Routing.HttpRouteDirection

  An object that indicates whether the constraint check is being performed when an incoming request is processed or when a URL is generated.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean

When ASP.NET routing is processing a request, true if the request was made by using an allowed HTTP verb; otherwise, false. When ASP.NET routing is constructing a URL, true if the supplied values contain an HTTP verb that matches one of the allowed HTTP verbs; otherwise, false. The default is true.

See Also

HttpMethodConstraint Class
System.Web.Http.Routing Namespace

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