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HttpMethodConstraint::Match Method

Determines whether the request was made with an HTTP verb that is one of the allowed verbs for the route.

Namespace:  System.Web.Routing
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

protected:
virtual bool Match(
	HttpContextBase^ httpContext, 
	Route^ route, 
	String^ parameterName, 
	RouteValueDictionary^ values, 
	RouteDirection routeDirection
)

Parameters

httpContext
Type: System.Web::HttpContextBase
An object that encapsulates information about the HTTP request.
route
Type: System.Web.Routing::Route
The object that is being checked to determine whether it matches the URL.
parameterName
Type: System::String
The name of the parameter that is being checked.
values
Type: System.Web.Routing::RouteValueDictionary
An object that contains the parameters for a route.
routeDirection
Type: System.Web.Routing::RouteDirection
An object that indicates whether the constraint check is being performed when an incoming request is processed or when a URL is generated.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
When ASP.NET routing is processing a request, true if the request was made by using an allowed HTTP verb; otherwise, false. When ASP.NET routing is constructing a URL, true if the supplied values contain an HTTP verb that matches one of the allowed HTTP verbs; otherwise, false. The default is true.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

One or more of the following parameters is nullptr: httpContext, route, parameterName, or values.

.NET Framework

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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