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ContractReference::Ref Property

Gets or sets the URL to the referenced service description.

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

public:
property String^ Ref {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String
The URL to the referenced service description.

Within a discovery document, a reference to a service description is contained within a contractRef XML element. The contractRef XML element has two attributes described in the following table.

Attribute

Description

ref

The URL for the service description.The Ref property represents the value of the ref attribute.

docRef

The URL for a XML Web service implementing the service description specified by the ref attribute. The DocRef property represents the value of the docRef attribute.

The following code example sets the Ref property of a ContractReference.


// Call the Constructor of ContractReference.
ContractReference^ myContractReference = gcnew ContractReference;
XmlDocument^ myXmlDocument = gcnew XmlDocument;

// Read the discovery document for the 'contractRef' tag.
myXmlDocument->Load( "http://localhost/Discoverydoc.disco" );
XmlNode^ myXmlRoot = myXmlDocument->FirstChild;
XmlNode^ myXmlNode = myXmlRoot[ "scl:contractRef" ];
XmlAttributeCollection^ myAttributeCollection = myXmlNode->Attributes;
myContractReference->Ref = myAttributeCollection[ 0 ]->Value;
Console::WriteLine( "The URL to the referenced service description is : {0}", myContractReference->Ref );


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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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