OperationDescription Class

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A contract that characterizes an operation in terms of the messages it exchanges.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.ServiceModel.Description.OperationDescription

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Name={name}, IsInitiating={isInitiating}, IsTerminating={isTerminating}")> _
Public Class OperationDescription
[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Name={name}, IsInitiating={isInitiating}, IsTerminating={isTerminating}")]
public class OperationDescription

The OperationDescription type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone OperationDescription Initializes a new instance of the OperationDescription class with a specified name and contract description.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone BeginMethod Gets or sets the begin method of the operation.
Public property Behaviors Gets or sets the operation behaviors associated with the operation.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone DeclaringContract Gets or sets the contract to which the operation belongs.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone EndMethod Gets or sets the end method of the operation.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Faults Gets a collection of the descriptions of the faults associated with the operation description.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone IsOneWay Gets a value that indicates whether an operation returns a reply message.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone KnownTypes Gets the known types associated with the operation description.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Messages Gets or sets the descriptions of the messages that make up the operation.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Name Gets or sets the name of the operation description.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone SyncMethod Gets or sets the service synchronization method of the operation description.

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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

A contract is a collection of operations that specifies what the endpoint communicates to the outside world. Each operation is a message exchange: for example, a request message and an associated reply message that form a request/reply message exchange.

A ContractDescription object is used to describe contracts and their operations. Within a ContractDescription, each contract operation has a corresponding OperationDescription that describes aspects of the operation, such as whether the operation is one-way or request/reply. Each OperationDescription also describes the messages that make up the operation using a collection of MessageDescription objects. ContractDescription contains a reference to an interface that defines the contract using the programming model. This interface is marked with ServiceContractAttribute, and its methods that correspond to endpoint operations are marked with OperationContractAttribute.

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.