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ContractReference.Ref Property

Gets or sets the URL to the referenced service description.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property Ref As String
[C#]
public string Ref {get; set;}
[C++]
public: __property String* get_Ref();
public: __property void set_Ref(String*);
[JScript]
public function get Ref() : String;
public function set Ref(String);

Property Value

The URL to the referenced service description.

Remarks

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.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following code example sets the Ref property of a ContractReference.

[Visual Basic] 
' Call the Constructor of ContractReference.
Dim myContractReference As New ContractReference()
Dim myXmlDocument As New XmlDocument()

' Read the discovery document for the 'contractRef' tag.
myXmlDocument.Load("http://localhost/Discoverydoc.disco")

Dim myXmlRoot As XmlNode = myXmlDocument.FirstChild
Dim myXmlNode As XmlNode = myXmlRoot("scl:contractRef")
Dim myAttributeCollection As XmlAttributeCollection = myXmlNode.Attributes

myContractReference.Ref = myAttributeCollection(0).Value
Console.WriteLine("The URL to the referenced service description is : {0}", myContractReference.Ref)

[C#] 
// Call the Constructor of ContractReference.
ContractReference myContractReference = new ContractReference();
XmlDocument myXmlDocument = new 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);

[C++] 
// Call the Constructor of ContractReference.
ContractReference* myContractReference = new ContractReference();
XmlDocument* myXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();

// Read the discovery document for the 'contractRef' tag.
myXmlDocument -> Load(S"http://localhost/Discoverydoc.disco");

XmlNode * myXmlRoot = myXmlDocument -> FirstChild;
XmlNode * myXmlNode = myXmlRoot->Item[S"scl:contractRef"]; 
XmlAttributeCollection * myAttributeCollection = myXmlNode -> Attributes;

myContractReference->Ref = myAttributeCollection->ItemOf[0]->Value; 
Console::WriteLine(S"The URL to the referenced service description is : {0}", myContractReference -> Ref);

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button Language Filter in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

See Also

ContractReference Class | ContractReference Members | System.Web.Services.Discovery Namespace | DocRef

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