DiscoveryClientProtocol.Discover Method
Discovers the supplied URL to determine if it is a discovery document.
[Visual Basic] Public Function Discover( _ ByVal url As String _ ) As DiscoveryDocument [C#] public DiscoveryDocument Discover( string url ); [C++] public: DiscoveryDocument* Discover( String* url ); [JScript] public function Discover( url : String ) : DiscoveryDocument;
Parameters
- url
- The URL where XML Web services discovery begins.
Return Value
A DiscoveryDocument containing the results of XML Web services discovery at the supplied URL.
Exceptions
| Exception Type | Condition |
|---|---|
| WebException | Accessing the supplied URL returned an HTTP status code other than OK. |
| InvalidOperationException | The url parameteris a valid URL, but does not point to a valid discovery document. |
Remarks
The Discover method expects that the supplied URL is a discovery document. If the URL refers to a service description or an XML schema an exception is thrown. To discover an XML schema or a service description invoke the DiscoverAny method.
If the supplied URL points to a valid discovery document, the discovery document at the supplied URL is added to the Documents and References collection. Additionally, references within the discovery document are added to the References collection, but not verified to point to valid discovery documents. To verify the references, point to valid discovery documents to invoke the ResolveAll or ResolveOneLevel methods.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#] The following code example is a Web Form that populates a DataGrid with the details about the documents in the Documents property together with the references found in each document during XML Web services discovery. The PopulateGrid method fills the DataGrid with the results from a Discover invocation followed by a call to ResolveAll.
[Visual Basic] Public Sub Discover_Click(Source As Object, e as EventArgs ) ' Specify the URL to discover. Dim sourceUrl as String = DiscoURL.Text ' Specify the URL to save discovery results to or read from. Dim outputDirectory As String = DiscoDir.Text Dim client as DiscoveryClientProtocol = new DiscoveryClientProtocol() ' Use default credentials to access the URL being discovered. client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials Try Dim doc As DiscoveryDocument ' Only discover discovery documents, which might contain references to other types of discoverable documents. doc = client.Discover(sourceUrl) ' Resolve all possible references from the supplied URL. client.ResolveAll() Catch e2 As Exception DiscoveryResultsGrid.Columns.Clear() Status.Text = e2.Message End Try ' If documents were discovered, display the results in a data grid. If (client.Documents.Count > 0) Then 'populate our Grid with the discovery results PopulateGrid(client) End If ' Save the discovery results to disk. Dim results As DiscoveryClientResultCollection results = client.WriteAll(outputDirectory, "results.discomap") Status.Text = "The following file holds the links to each of the discovery results: <b>" + _ Path.Combine(outputDirectory,"results.discomap") + "</b>" End Sub [C#] protected void Discover_Click(object Source, EventArgs e) { // Specify the URL to discover. string sourceUrl = DiscoURL.Text; // Specify the URL to save discovery results to or read from. string outputDirectory = DiscoDir.Text; DiscoveryClientProtocol client = new DiscoveryClientProtocol(); // Use default credentials to access the URL being discovered. client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; try { DiscoveryDocument doc; // Only discover discovery documents, which might contain references to other types of discoverable documents. doc = client.Discover(sourceUrl); // Resolve all possible references from the supplied URL. client.ResolveAll(); } catch ( Exception e2) { DiscoveryResultsGrid.Columns.Clear(); Status.Text = e2.Message; } // If documents were discovered, display the results in a data grid. if (client.Documents.Count > 0) PopulateGrid(client); // Save the discovery results to disk. DiscoveryClientResultCollection results = client.WriteAll(outputDirectory, "results.discomap"); Status.Text = "The following file holds the links to each of the discovery results: <b>" + Path.Combine(outputDirectory,"results.discomap") + "</b>"; }
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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
DiscoveryClientProtocol Class | DiscoveryClientProtocol Members | System.Web.Services.Discovery Namespace