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WebMethodAttribute::BufferResponse Property

Gets or sets whether the response for this request is buffered.

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

public:
property bool BufferResponse {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the response for this request is buffered; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Setting BufferResponse to true, serializes the response of the XML Web service method into a memory buffer until either the response is completely serialized or the buffer is full. Once the response is buffered, it is returned to the XML Web service client over the network. When BufferResponse is false, the response to the XML Web service method is sent back to the client as it is serialized. In general, you only want to set BufferResponse to false, if it is known that an XML Web service method returns large amounts of data to the client. For smaller amounts of data, XML Web service performance is better with BufferResponse to true.

When BufferResponse is false, SOAP extensions are disabled for the XML Web service method.

The following code example sets the BufferResponse property to false and handles the streaming of a text file back to the client. The code example demonstrates how to stream a large piece of data back to the client using a class that implements the IEnumerable interface.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.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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