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IClientMessageInspector Interface

Defines a message inspector object that can be added to the MessageInspectors collection to view or modify messages.

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

public interface class IClientMessageInspector

The IClientMessageInspector type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodAfterReceiveReplyEnables inspection or modification of a message after a reply message is received but prior to passing it back to the client application.
Public methodBeforeSendRequestEnables inspection or modification of a message before a request message is sent to a service.
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Implement the IClientMessageInspector interface and add it to the MessageInspectors collection to inspect or modify messages as they pass through a client object. For details, see ClientRuntime.

The following code example shows an implementation that writes strings to the console when the implementation is called.

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The following code example shows how to use an System.ServiceModel.Description::IEndpointBehavior to insert the client message inspector in the client endpoint.

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Finally, the following code example shows how to modify the client configuration file to use the endpoint behavior with a particular endpoint.

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  <client>
      <endpoint 
        address="http://localhost:8080/SampleService" 
        behaviorConfiguration="clientInspectorsAdded" 
        binding="wsHttpBinding"
        bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_ISampleService" 
        contract="ISampleService"
        name="WSHttpBinding_ISampleService"
      >
      </endpoint>
  </client>
<behaviors>
  <endpointBehaviors>
    <behavior name="clientInspectorsAdded">
      <clientInterceptors />
    </behavior>
  </endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<extensions>
  <behaviorExtensions>
    <add 
      name="clientInterceptors" 
      type="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation.InspectorInserter, HostApplication, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
  />
  </behaviorExtensions>
</extensions>


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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