Message Class

 

Provides an abstract definition of data passed by an XML Web service. This class cannot be inherited.

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


<XmlFormatExtensionPointAttribute("Extensions")>
Public NotInheritable Class Message
	Inherits NamedItem

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodMessage()

Initializes a new instance of the Message class.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubpropertyDocumentation

Gets or sets the text documentation for the instance of the DocumentableItem.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyDocumentationElement

Gets or sets the documentation element for the DocumentableItem.(Inherited from DocumentableItem.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyExtensibleAttributes

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.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyExtensions

Gets the ServiceDescriptionFormatExtensionCollection associated with this Message.(Overrides DocumentableItem.Extensions.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyName

Gets or sets the name of the item.(Inherited from NamedItem.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyNamespaces

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.)

System_CAPS_pubpropertyParts

Gets the collection of the MessagePart objects contained in the Message.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyServiceDescription

Gets the ServiceDescription of which the current Message is a member.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodEquals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodFindPartByName(String)

Searches the MessagePartCollection returned by the Parts property, and returns the named MessagePart.

System_CAPS_pubmethodFindPartsByName(String())

Searches the MessagePartCollection returned by the Parts property and returns an array of type MessagePart that contains the named instances.

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodGetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)

System_CAPS_pubmethodToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.)

A Message can contain either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. Procedure-oriented messages contain parameters and return values, while document-oriented messages contain documents.

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

' Creates a Message with name = messageName having one MessagePart 
' with name = partName.
Public Shared Function CreateMessage(messageName As String, _
   partName As String, element As String, targetNamespace As String) _
   As Message
   Dim myMessage As New Message()
   myMessage.Name = messageName
   Dim myMessagePart As New MessagePart()
   myMessagePart.Name = partName
   myMessagePart.Element = New XmlQualifiedName(element, targetNamespace)
   myMessage.Parts.Add(myMessagePart)
   Return myMessage
End Function 'CreateMessage

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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