HttpContent Class

A base class representing an HTTP entity body and content headers.

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

public ref class HttpContent abstract : IDisposable

The HttpContent type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	HttpContent	Initializes a new instance of the HttpContent class.

	Name	Description
	Headers	Gets the HTTP content headers as defined in RFC 2616.

	Name	Description
	CopyToAsync(Stream)	Write the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
	CopyToAsync(Stream, TransportContext)	Write the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
	CreateContentReadStreamAsync
	Dispose()	Releases the unmanaged resources and disposes of the managed resources used by the HttpContent.
	Dispose(Boolean)	Releases the unmanaged resources used by the HttpContent and optionally disposes of the managed resources.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	LoadIntoBufferAsync()	Serialize the HTTP content to a memory buffer as an asynchronous operation.
	LoadIntoBufferAsync(Int64)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ReadAsByteArrayAsync
	ReadAsStreamAsync
	ReadAsStringAsync
	SerializeToStreamAsync	Serialize the HTTP content to a stream as an asynchronous operation.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	TryComputeLength	Determines whether the HTTP content has a valid length in bytes.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.