WebRequest.CreatorInstance Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
When overridden in a descendant class, gets the factory object derived from the IWebRequestCreate class used to create the WebRequest instantiated for making the request to the specified URI.
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Net.IWebRequestCreateThe derived WebRequest type returned by the Create method.
This property allows an application to determine which IWebRequestCreate derived factory object was used to create the request. This object may be a custom instance derived from IWebRequestCreate. This allows an application to determine whether some custom object handles HTTP requests and responses for the WebRequest instance. The RegisterPrefix method allows an application to configure which derived WebRequest type will be instantiated when making a request to a specific URI. WebRequest creators are typically registered to handle a specific protocol, such HTTP or HTTPS, but can be registered to handle a request to a specific server or path on a server. This is useful when more than one derived WebRequest type can process requests for the same protocol. Windows Phone supports multiple HTTP handlers each having different capabilities. For example, a web service that uses Representational State Transfer (REST) might require the WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp handler.
' Change this Uri to an accessible server Dim uri As System.Uri = New Uri("http://www.contoso.com") ' Create a 'WebRequest' object. Dim webRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(uri) ' Get the 'CreatorInstance' property and print the current value outputBlock.Text &= "WebRequest.CreatorInstance: " IF webRequest.CreatorInstance Is WebRequestCreator.BrowserHttp THEN outputBlock.Text &= "BrowserHttp" outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf ELSEIF webRequest.CreatorInstance Is WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp THEN outputBlock.Text &= "ClientHttp" outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf ELSE outputBlock.Text &= "Custom" outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf END IF