MessageDescription Class

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Represents the description of a message.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.ServiceModel.Description.MessageDescription

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel.Description
Assembly:  System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Action={action}, Direction={direction}, MessageType={messageType}")> _
Public Class MessageDescription
[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Action={action}, Direction={direction}, MessageType={messageType}")]
public class MessageDescription

The MessageDescription type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MessageDescription Initializes a new instance of the MessageDescription class with a specified action and direction.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Action Gets the action parameter of the SOAP message that identifies the intent of the message.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Body Gets the body of the SOAP message.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Direction Gets the direction that indicates whether the message is incoming or outgoing.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MessageType Gets or sets a type that identifies the type of message contract.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The MessageDescription contains the Body property to provide access to the body of the message. Whether the message is incoming or outgoing is indicated by the Direction property. It also provides an Action property where the URI that indicates the intention of the message can be specified.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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.