ProviderHost Class
Represents a generic host environment for providers.
Assembly: ProviderFramework (in ProviderFramework.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ProviderHost(Object^, String^) | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract object and identifier. |
![]() | ProviderHost(Object^, String^, IList<Type^>^) | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract object, provider identifier, and optional list of contract objects. |
![]() | ProviderHost(Type^, String^) | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract type and provider identifier. |
![]() | ProviderHost(Type^, String^, IList<Type^>^) | Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract type, provider identifier, and optional list of contract objects. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ProviderId | Gets the identifier for the provider. |
![]() | ProviderInfo | Gets the ProviderInfo objects that represent where this service is reachable. |
![]() | ProviderType | Gets the type of the provider. |
![]() | SingletonInstance | Gets the singleton instance of the hosted service. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Abort() | Causes a ProviderHost object to transition immediately from its current state into the closing state. |
![]() | Disconnect() | Disconnect the host. |
![]() | Disconnect(TimeSpan) | Disconnect the host within the specified time period. |
![]() | Dispose() | Releases all of the resources that are used by the ProviderHost object. |
![]() | Equals(Object^) | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Open() | Opens the hosted provider, which makes it available to client applications, and registers the provider with the Provider Registry Service. |
![]() | Open(TimeSpan) | Opens the hosted provider with the specified timeout value, which makes it available to client applications, and registers the provider with the Provider Registry Service. |
![]() | ToString() | (Inherited from Object.) |
If your provider is running in a Windows service it is recommended that you use the ProviderServiceBase class to host instances of ProviderHost.
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

