Uri.OriginalString Property
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Gets the original URI string that was passed to the Uri constructor.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringA String containing the exact URI specified when this instance was constructed; otherwise, Empty.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidOperationException | This instance represents a relative URI, and this property is valid only for absolute URIs. |
If the URI specified to the constructor contained leading or trailing spaces, these spaces are preserved.
The value returned by this property differs from ToString and AbsoluteUri. ToString returns the canonically unescaped form of the URI. AbsoluteUri returns the canonically escaped form of the URI.
When a Uri object is serialized, the OriginalString is not preserved. The serialization process uses the fully escaped and canonicalized AbsoluteUri property when serializing.
The OriginalString property trims any leading space before the scheme in the URL. The following example creates a new Uri instance from a string. It illustrates the difference between the value returned from OriginalString, which returns the string that was passed to the constructor, and from a call to ToString, which returns the canonical form of the string.
' Create a new Uri from a string address. Dim uriAddress As Uri = New Uri("HTTP://www.ConToso.com:80//thick%20and%20thin.htm") ' Write the new Uri to the console and note the difference in the two values. ' ToString() gives the canonical version. OriginalString gives the orginal ' string that was passed to the constructor. ' The following outputs "http://www.contoso.com/thick and thin.htm". outputBlock.Text &= uriAddress.ToString() outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf ' The following outputs "HTTP://www.ConToso.com:80//thick%20and%20thin.htm". outputBlock.Text &= uriAddress.OriginalString outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf