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SoapUnknownHeader Class

Represents the data received from a SOAP header that was not understood by the recipient XML Web service or XML Web service client. This class cannot be inherited.

For a list of all members of this type, see SoapUnknownHeader Members.

System.Object
   System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeader
      System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapUnknownHeader

[Visual Basic]
NotInheritable Public Class SoapUnknownHeader
   Inherits SoapHeader
[C#]
public sealed class SoapUnknownHeader : SoapHeader
[C++]
public __gc __sealed class SoapUnknownHeader : public SoapHeader
[JScript]
public class SoapUnknownHeader extends SoapHeader

Thread Safety

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

Remarks

A SOAP client might invoke an XML Web service with additional data beyond the required parameters in the form of a SOAP header. An XML Web service created using ASP.NET or an XML Web service client can view any SOAP headers it did not know about at the time the XML Web service was written by applying a SoapHeaderAttribute with a MemberName property of either an array of SoapHeader, SoapHeader, SoapUnknownHeader or an array of SoapUnknownHeader to the XML Web service method. Specifying a Type of SoapUnknownHeader, allows the XML Web service to view the contents of the SOAP header in the form of an XmlElement.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#] The MyWebService XML Web service accepts and processes the MyHeader SOAP header sent with any calls to the MyWebMethod XML Web service method. Additionally, MyWebMethod receives any SOAP headers other than the MyHeader SOAP header.

[Visual Basic] 
<%@ WebService Language="VB" Class="MyWebService"%>
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols
Imports System.Xml
Imports System

' Define a SOAP header by deriving from the SoapHeader base class.
Public Class MyHeader
    Inherits SoapHeader
    Public MyValue As String
End Class

Public Class MyWebService
    
    Public myHeader As MyHeader
    
    ' Receive all SOAP headers besides the MyHeader SOAP header.
    Public unknownHeaders() As SoapUnknownHeader    

    'Receive any SOAP headers other than MyHeader.
    <WebMethod, _
    SoapHeader("myHeader", Direction := SoapHeaderDirection.InOut), _
    SoapHeader("unknownHeaders")> _
    Public Function MyWebMethod() As String
        Dim unknownHeaderAttributes As String = String.Empty
        
        ' Set myHeader.MyValue to some value.
        Dim header As SoapUnknownHeader
        For Each header In  unknownHeaders
            ' Perform some processing on the header.
            Dim attribute As XmlAttribute
            For Each attribute In header.Element.Attributes
                unknownHeaderAttributes &= attribute.Name & ":" & _
                    attribute.Value & ";"
            Next attribute
            ' For those headers that cannot be 
            ' processed, set the DidUnderstand property to false.
            header.DidUnderstand = False
        Next header
        
        Return unknownHeaderAttributes
        
    End Function
End Class


[C#] 
<%@ WebService Language="C#" Class="MyWebService"%>
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using System.Xml;
using System;

// Define a SOAP header by deriving from the SoapHeader base class.

public class MyHeader : SoapHeader {
    public string MyValue;
}

public class MyWebService {

    public MyHeader myHeader;
    // Receive all SOAP headers besides the MyHeader SOAP header.
    public SoapUnknownHeader[] unknownHeaders;
 
    [WebMethod]
    [SoapHeader("myHeader", Direction=SoapHeaderDirection.InOut)]

    //Receive any SOAP headers other than MyHeader.
    [SoapHeader("unknownHeaders")]

    public string MyWebMethod() {

    string unknownHeaderAttributes = String.Empty;

        // Set myHeader.MyValue to some value.
         
       foreach (SoapUnknownHeader header in unknownHeaders) {
           // Perform some processing on the header.
           foreach (XmlAttribute attribute in header.Element.Attributes) {
              unknownHeaderAttributes = unknownHeaderAttributes + attribute.Name + ":" + attribute.Value + ";";            
           }
           // For those headers that cannot be 
           // processed, set the DidUnderstand property to false.
           header.DidUnderstand = false;
       }
       return unknownHeaderAttributes;
    }
}

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Requirements

Namespace: System.Web.Services.Protocols

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

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

See Also

SoapUnknownHeader Members | System.Web.Services.Protocols Namespace | SoapHeaderAttribute | SoapHeader

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