HttpMessageContent Class

Derived HttpContent class which can encapsulate an HttpResponseMessage or an HttpRequestMessage as an entity with media type "application/http".

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  HttpContent
    System.Net.Http.HttpMessageContent

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class HttpMessageContent _
    Inherits HttpContent
'Usage
Dim instance As HttpMessageContent
public class HttpMessageContent : HttpContent
public ref class HttpMessageContent : public HttpContent
type HttpMessageContent =  
    class
        inherit HttpContent
    end
public class HttpMessageContent extends HttpContent

The HttpMessageContent type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method HttpMessageContent(HttpRequestMessage) Initializes a new instance of the HttpMessageContent class encapsulating an HttpRequestMessage.
Public method HttpMessageContent(HttpResponseMessage) Initializes a new instance of the HttpMessageContent class encapsulating an HttpResponseMessage.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property Headers (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public property HttpRequestMessage Gets the HTTP request message.
Public property HttpResponseMessage Gets the HTTP response message.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method CopyToAsync(Stream) (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public method CopyToAsync(Stream, TransportContext) (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Protected method CreateContentReadStreamAsync (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public method Dispose() (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases unmanaged and - optionally - managed resources (Overrides HttpContentDispose(Boolean).)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method LoadIntoBufferAsync() (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public method LoadIntoBufferAsync(Int64) (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ReadAsByteArrayAsync (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public method ReadAsStreamAsync (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Public method ReadAsStringAsync (Inherited from HttpContent.)
Protected method SerializeToStreamAsync Asynchronously serializes the object's content to the given stream. (Overrides HttpContentSerializeToStreamAsync(Stream, TransportContext).)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method TryComputeLength Computes the length of the stream if possible. (Overrides HttpContentTryComputeLength(Int64%).)

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Extension Methods

  Name Description
Public Extension Method IsFormData Determines whether the specified content is HTML form URL-encoded data. (Defined by HttpContentFormDataExtensions.)
Public Extension Method IsHttpRequestMessageContent Determines whether the specified content is HTTP request message content. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method IsHttpResponseMessageContent Determines whether the specified content is HTTP response message content. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method IsMimeMultipartContent() Overloaded. Determines whether the specified content is MIME multipart content. (Defined by HttpContentMultipartExtensions.)
Public Extension Method IsMimeMultipartContent(String) Overloaded. Determines whether the specified content is MIME multipart content with the specified subtype. (Defined by HttpContentMultipartExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync(Type) Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type from the content instance. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync(Type, IEnumerable<MediaTypeFormatter>) Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type from the content instance using one of the provided formatters to deserialize the content. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync(Type, IEnumerable<MediaTypeFormatter>, IFormatterLogger) Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type from the content instance using one of the provided formatters to deserialize the content. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync<T>() Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type <typeparamref name="T" /> from the content instance. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync<T>(IEnumerable<MediaTypeFormatter>) Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type <typeparamref name="T" /> from the content instance. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsAsync<T>(IEnumerable<MediaTypeFormatter>, IFormatterLogger) Overloaded. Returns a Task that will yield an object of the specified type <typeparamref name="T" /> from the content instance. (Defined by HttpContentExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsFormDataAsync Asynchronously reads HTML form URL-encoded from an HttpContent instance and stores the results in a NameValueCollection object. (Defined by HttpContentFormDataExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpRequestMessageAsync() Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpRequestMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpRequestMessageAsync(String) Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpRequestMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpRequestMessageAsync(String, Int32) Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpRequestMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpRequestMessageAsync(String, Int32, Int32) Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpRequestMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpResponseMessageAsync() Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpResponseMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpResponseMessageAsync(Int32) Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpResponseMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsHttpResponseMessageAsync(Int32, Int32) Overloaded. Reads the HttpContent as an HttpResponseMessage. (Defined by HttpContentMessageExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsMultipartAsync() Overloaded. Reads all body parts within a MIME multipart message and produces a set of HttpContent instances as a result. (Defined by HttpContentMultipartExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsMultipartAsync<T>(T) Overloaded. Reads all body parts within a MIME multipart message and produces a set of HttpContent instances as a result using the streamProvider instance to determine where the contents of each body part is written. (Defined by HttpContentMultipartExtensions.)
Public Extension Method ReadAsMultipartAsync<T>(T, Int32) Overloaded. Reads all body parts within a MIME multipart message and produces a set of HttpContent instances as a result using the streamProvider instance to determine where the contents of each body part is written and bufferSize as read buffer size. (Defined by HttpContentMultipartExtensions.)

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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

Reference

System.Net.Http Namespace