DocumentableItem.Documentation Property

 

Gets or sets the text documentation for the instance of the DocumentableItem.

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

Public Property Documentation As String

Property Value

Type: System.String

A string that represents the documentation for the DocumentableItem.

In a derived class, this property represents the text comments added to an element of the XML Web service. The default implementation is an empty string ("").

The following code example demonstrates a typical usage of the Documentation property.

Imports System
Imports System.Web.Services.Description
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Class DocumentableItemSample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim myServiceDescription As ServiceDescription = _
                           ServiceDescription.Read("MathService_vb.wsdl")
      Console.WriteLine("Documentation Element for type is ")
      PrintDocumentation(myServiceDescription.Types)
      Dim myPortType As PortType
      For Each myPortType In  myServiceDescription.PortTypes
         Console.WriteLine("Documentation Element for Port Type {0} is ", myPortType.Name)
         PrintDocumentation(myPortType)
      Next myPortType
      Dim myBinding As Binding
      For Each myBinding In  myServiceDescription.Bindings
         Console.WriteLine("Documentation Element for Port Type {0} is ", myBinding.Name)
         PrintDocumentation(myBinding)
      Next myBinding
   End Sub 'Main

   ' Prints documentation associated with a wsdl element.
   Public Shared Sub PrintDocumentation(myItem As DocumentableItem)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + myItem.Documentation)
   End Sub 'PrintDocumentation
End Class 'DocumentableItemSample

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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