SoapExtension Class
The base class for SOAP extensions for XML Web services created using ASP.NET.
Assembly: System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | SoapExtension() | Initializes a new instance of the SoapExtension class. |
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | ChainStream(Stream) | When overridden in a derived class, allows a SOAP extension access to the memory buffer containing the SOAP request or response. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetInitializer(LogicalMethodInfo, SoapExtensionAttribute) | When overridden in a derived class, allows a SOAP extension to initialize data specific to an XML Web service method using an attribute applied to the XML Web service method at a one time performance cost. |
![]() | GetInitializer(Type) | When overridden in a derived class, allows a SOAP extension to initialize data specific to a class implementing an XML Web service at a one time performance cost. |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | Initialize(Object) | When overridden in a derived class, allows a SOAP extension to initialize itself using the data cached in the GetInitializer method. |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ProcessMessage(SoapMessage) | When overridden in a derived class, allows a SOAP extension to receive a SoapMessage to process at each SoapMessageStage. |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
ASP.NET allows a SOAP-related infrastructure to be built by means of an extensibility mechanism. The ASP.NET SOAP extension architecture revolves around an extension that can inspect or modify a message at specific stages in message processing on either the client or the server.
ASP.NET SOAP extensions derive from the SoapExtension class. The GetInitializer and Initialize methods provide alternative mechanisms for initializing the SOAP extension to enhance performance. ProcessMessage is the heart of most SOAP extensions, as the method is called at each stage defined in SoapMessageStage, allowing the SOAP extension to perform the desired behavior of that specific SOAP extension. For SOAP extensions that need to modify the SOAP request or SOAP response, ChainStream provides an opportunity to receive the proposed data to be sent across the wire.
The following TraceExtension SOAP extension outputs the SOAP request and SOAP response to a specified file when applied to an XML Web service method. If the following SOAP extension is installed to run with an XML Web service, the ASPNET user account must have permission to write to the directory in which the log file is written.
Imports System Imports System.Web.Services Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols Imports System.IO ' Define a SOAP Extension that traces the SOAP request and SOAP response ' for the XML Web service method the SOAP extension is applied to. Public Class TraceExtension Inherits SoapExtension Private oldStream As Stream Private newStream As Stream Private m_filename As String ' Save the Stream representing the SOAP request or SOAP response into ' a local memory buffer. Public Overrides Function ChainStream(ByVal stream As Stream) As Stream oldStream = stream newStream = New MemoryStream() Return newStream End Function ' When the SOAP extension is accessed for the first time, the XML Web ' service method it is applied to is accessed to store the file ' name passed in, using the corresponding SoapExtensionAttribute. Public Overloads Overrides Function GetInitializer(ByVal methodInfo As _ LogicalMethodInfo, _ ByVal attribute As SoapExtensionAttribute) As Object Return CType(attribute, TraceExtensionAttribute).Filename End Function ' The SOAP extension was configured to run using a configuration file ' instead of an attribute applied to a specific XML Web service ' method. Return a file name based on the class implementing the Web ' Service's type. Public Overloads Overrides Function GetInitializer(ByVal WebServiceType As _ Type) As Object ' Return a file name to log the trace information to, based on the ' type. Return "C:\" + WebServiceType.FullName + ".log" End Function ' Receive the file name stored by GetInitializer and store it in a ' member variable for this specific instance. Public Overrides Sub Initialize(ByVal initializer As Object) m_filename = CStr(initializer) End Sub ' If the SoapMessageStage is such that the SoapRequest or SoapResponse ' is still in the SOAP format to be sent or received over the network, ' save it out to file. Public Overrides Sub ProcessMessage(ByVal message As SoapMessage) Select Case message.Stage Case SoapMessageStage.BeforeSerialize Case SoapMessageStage.AfterSerialize WriteOutput(message) Case SoapMessageStage.BeforeDeserialize WriteInput(message) Case SoapMessageStage.AfterDeserialize End Select End Sub ' Write the SOAP message out to a file. Public Sub WriteOutput(ByVal message As SoapMessage) newStream.Position = 0 Dim fs As New FileStream(m_filename, FileMode.Append, _ FileAccess.Write) Dim w As New StreamWriter(fs) w.WriteLine("-----Response at " + DateTime.Now.ToString()) w.Flush() Copy(newStream, fs) w.Close() newStream.Position = 0 Copy(newStream, oldStream) End Sub ' Write the SOAP message out to a file. Public Sub WriteInput(ByVal message As SoapMessage) Copy(oldStream, newStream) Dim fs As New FileStream(m_filename, FileMode.Append, _ FileAccess.Write) Dim w As New StreamWriter(fs) w.WriteLine("----- Request at " + DateTime.Now.ToString()) w.Flush() newStream.Position = 0 Copy(newStream, fs) w.Close() newStream.Position = 0 End Sub Sub Copy(ByVal fromStream As Stream, ByVal toStream As Stream) Dim reader As New StreamReader(fromStream) Dim writer As New StreamWriter(toStream) writer.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd()) writer.Flush() End Sub End Class ' Create a SoapExtensionAttribute for our SOAP Extension that can be ' applied to an XML Web service method. <AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method)> _ Public Class TraceExtensionAttribute Inherits SoapExtensionAttribute Private m_filename As String = "c:\log.txt" Private m_priority As Integer Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ExtensionType() As Type Get Return GetType(TraceExtension) End Get End Property Public Overrides Property Priority() As Integer Get Return m_priority End Get Set(ByVal Value As Integer) m_priority = value End Set End Property Public Property Filename() As String Get Return m_filename End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) m_filename = value End Set End Property End Class
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.

