MessageBodyMemberAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll

Package:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives v8.1.1

Source:

MessageBodyMemberAttribute.cs

Specifies that a member is serialized as an element inside the SOAP body.

C#

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Field | System.AttributeTargets.Property, Inherited=false)]
public class MessageBodyMemberAttribute : System.ServiceModel.MessageContractMemberAttribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

MessageContractMemberAttribute

MessageBodyMemberAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the MessageContractAttribute to control the SOAP envelope structure for both the request message and the response message, and the use of both the MessageHeaderAttribute (to create a SOAP header for the response message) and the MessageBodyMemberAttribute (to specify the bodies of both the request and response message). The code example contains an example of each message when sent.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;

namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
{
  [ServiceContract(Namespace = "Microsoft.WCF.Documentation")]
  interface IMessagingHello
  {
    [OperationContract(
     Action = "http://GreetingMessage/Action",
     ReplyAction = "http://HelloResponseMessage/Action"
    )]
    HelloResponseMessage Hello(HelloGreetingMessage msg);
  }

  [MessageContract]
  public class HelloResponseMessage
  {
    private string localResponse = String.Empty;
    private string extra = String.Empty;

    [MessageBodyMember(
      Name = "ResponseToGreeting",
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com")]
    public string Response
    {
      get { return localResponse; }
      set { localResponse = value; }
    }

    [MessageHeader(
      Name = "OutOfBandData",
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com",
      MustUnderstand=true
    )]
    public string ExtraValues
    {
      get { return extra; }
      set { this.extra = value; }
   }

   /*
    The following is the response message, edited for clarity.

    <s:Envelope>
      <s:Header>
        <a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1">http://HelloResponseMessage/Action</a:Action>
        <h:OutOfBandData s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:h="http://www.examples.com">Served by object 13804354.</h:OutOfBandData>
      </s:Header>
      <s:Body>
        <HelloResponseMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
          <ResponseToGreeting xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Service received: Hello.</ResponseToGreeting>
        </HelloResponseMessage>
      </s:Body>
    </s:Envelope>
    */
 }
  [MessageContract]
  public class HelloGreetingMessage
  {
    private string localGreeting;

    [MessageBodyMember(
      Name = "Salutations",
      Namespace = "http://www.examples.com"
    )]
    public string Greeting
    {
      get { return localGreeting; }
      set { localGreeting = value; }
    }
  }

  /*
   The following is the request message, edited for clarity.

    <s:Envelope>
      <s:Header>
        <!-- Note: Some header content has been removed for clarity.
        <a:Action>http://GreetingMessage/Action</a:Action>
        <a:To s:mustUnderstand="1"></a:To>
      </s:Header>
      <s:Body u:Id="_0" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
        <HelloGreetingMessage xmlns="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation">
          <Salutations xmlns="http://www.examples.com">Hello.</Salutations>
        </HelloGreetingMessage>
      </s:Body>
   </s:Envelope>
   */

  class MessagingHello : IMessagingHello
  {
    public HelloResponseMessage Hello(HelloGreetingMessage msg)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Caller sent: " + msg.Greeting);
      HelloResponseMessage responseMsg = new HelloResponseMessage();
      responseMsg.Response = "Service received: " + msg.Greeting;
      responseMsg.ExtraValues = String.Format("Served by object {0}.", this.GetHashCode().ToString());
      Console.WriteLine("Returned response message.");
      return responseMsg;
    }
  }
}

Remarks

Use the MessageBodyMemberAttribute attribute to specify that a data member is serialized into the SOAP body and to control some serialization items.

The Order property is used to specify the order of body parts in cases where the default alphabetical order is not appropriate.

The other properties are inherited from the base class, System.ServiceModel.MessageContractMemberAttribute.

For more information about controlling the serialization of the contents of a SOAP body without modifying the default SOAP envelope itself, see System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute, Specifying Data Transfer in Service Contracts, and Using Data Contracts.

For more information, see Using Message Contracts.

Constructors

MessageBodyMemberAttribute()

Initializes a new instance of the MessageBodyMemberAttribute class.

Properties

Name	Specifies the name of the element that corresponds to this member. (Inherited from MessageContractMemberAttribute)
Namespace	Specifies the namespace of the element that corresponds to this member. (Inherited from MessageContractMemberAttribute)
Order	Gets or sets a value that indicates the position in which the member is serialized into the SOAP body.

Applies to