Binding Class

.NET Framework (current version)

Specifies the concrete data format and protocols used in the XML Web service. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace: System.Web.Services.Description
Assembly: System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Web.Services.Description.DocumentableItem
System.Web.Services.Description.NamedItem
System.Web.Services.Description.Binding

Syntax

C++

[XmlFormatExtensionPointAttribute("Extensions")]
public sealed class Binding : NamedItem

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Binding()	Initializes a new instance of the Binding class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Documentation	Gets or sets the text documentation for the instance of the DocumentableItem.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)
	DocumentationElement	Gets or sets the documentation element for the DocumentableItem.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)
	ExtensibleAttributes	Gets or sets an array of type XmlAttribute that represents attribute extensions of WSDL to comply with Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) Basic Profile 1.1.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)
	Extensions	Gets the collection of extensibility elements used in the XML Web service.(Overrides DocumentableItem.Extensions.)
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the item.(Inherited from NamedItem.)
	Namespaces	Gets or sets the dictionary of namespace prefixes and namespaces used to preserve namespace prefixes and namespaces when a ServiceDescription object is constructed.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)
	Operations	Gets the collection of specifications for data formats and message protocols used in the action supported by the XML Web service.
	ServiceDescription	Gets the ServiceDescription of which the Binding is a member.
	Type	Gets or sets a value representing the namespace-qualified name of the PortType with which the Binding is associated.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

The Binding class corresponds to the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) <binding> element enclosed by the root <definitions> element. For more information about WSDL, see the specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl/.

Examples

The following example demonstrates a typical use of the Binding class.

C++

// Get Binding Name = "MathServiceSoap".
myBinding = myServiceDescription.Bindings["MathServiceHttpGet"];
if (myBinding != null)
{
   Console.WriteLine("\n\nName : " + myBinding.Name);
   Console.WriteLine("Type : " + myBinding.Type);
}

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1

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.