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HttpWebRequest::IfModifiedSince Property

 

Gets or sets the value of the If-Modified-Since HTTP header.

Namespace:   System.Net
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
property DateTime IfModifiedSince {
	DateTime get();
	void set(DateTime value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::DateTime

A DateTime that contains the contents of the If-Modified-Since HTTP header. The default value is the current date and time.

The IfModifiedSince property is a standard System::DateTime object and can contain a System::DateTimeKind field of DateTimeKind::Local, DateTimeKind::Utc, or DateTimeKind::Unspecified. Any kind of time can be set when using the IfModifiedSince property. If DateTimeKind::Unspecified is set or retrieved, the IfModifiedSince property is assumed to be DateTimeKind::Local (local time).

The classes in the System.Net namespace always write it out the IfModifiedSince property on the wire during transmission in standard form using GMT (Utc) format.

If the IfModifiedSince property is set to DateTime::MinValue, then the If-Modified-Since HTTP header is removed from the Headers property and the WebHeaderCollection.

If the IfModifiedSince property is DateTime::MinValue, this indicates that the If-Modified-Since HTTP header is not included in the Headers property and the WebHeaderCollection.

System_CAPS_noteNote

The value for this property is stored in WebHeaderCollection. If WebHeaderCollection is set, the property value is lost.

The following code example checks the IfModifiedSince property.

// Create a new 'Uri' object with the mentioned string.
Uri^ myUri = gcnew Uri( "http://www.contoso.com" );

// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object with the above 'Uri' object.
HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( myUri ));

// Create a new 'DateTime' object.
DateTime targetDate = DateTime::Now;
// Set a target date of a week ago
targetDate.AddDays(-7.0);
myHttpWebRequest->IfModifiedSince = targetDate;

try
{

  // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
  HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse());
  Console::WriteLine( "Response headers \n {0}\n", myHttpWebResponse->Headers );
  Stream^ streamResponse = myHttpWebResponse->GetResponseStream();
  StreamReader^ streamRead = gcnew StreamReader( streamResponse );
  array<Char>^readBuff = gcnew array<Char>(256);
  int count = streamRead->Read( readBuff, 0, 256 );
  Console::WriteLine( "\nThe contents of Html Page are :  \n" );
  while ( count > 0 )
  {
    String^ outputData = gcnew String( readBuff,0,count );
    Console::Write( outputData );
    count = streamRead->Read( readBuff, 0, 256 );
  }
  streamResponse->Close();
  streamRead->Close();

  // Release the HttpWebResponse Resource.
  myHttpWebResponse->Close();
  Console::WriteLine( "\nPress 'Enter' key to continue................." );
  Console::Read();
}
catch ( WebException^ e )
{
  if (e->Response)
  {
    if ( ((HttpWebResponse ^)e->Response)->StatusCode == HttpStatusCode::NotModified)
      Console::WriteLine("\nThe page has not been modified since {0}", targetDate);
    else
      Console::WriteLine("\nUnexpected status code = {0}", ((HttpWebResponse ^)e->Response)->StatusCode);  
  }
  else
    Console::WriteLine("\nUnexpected Web Exception {0}" + e->Message); 
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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