HttpTransportBindingElement.AuthenticationScheme Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Channels

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.Http.dll

Package:

System.ServiceModel.Http v8.0.0

Gets or sets the authentication scheme used to authenticate client requests being processed by an HTTP listener.

public:
 property System::Net::AuthenticationSchemes AuthenticationScheme { System::Net::AuthenticationSchemes get(); void set(System::Net::AuthenticationSchemes value); };

public System.Net.AuthenticationSchemes AuthenticationScheme { get; set; }

member this.AuthenticationScheme : System.Net.AuthenticationSchemes with get, set

Public Property AuthenticationScheme As AuthenticationSchemes

Property Value

AuthenticationSchemes

One of the enumeration values of the AuthenticationSchemes enumeration that specifies the protocols used for client authentication. The default is Anonymous.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The value for the AuthenticationSchemes was already set.

Examples

The following example sets this property to use when authenticating client requests.

[ServiceContract]  
interface ICalculator  
{  
     [OperationContract]  
            Int Add(int a, int b);  
}  

HttpTransportBindingElement httpBinding = new HttpTransportBindingElement();  
httpBinding.AuthenticationScheme = AuthenticationSchemes.Digest;  
CustomBinding binding = new CustomBinding(new TextMessageEncodingBindingElement(), httpBinding);  

EndpointAddress endpoint = new EndpointAddress(address);  
ChannelFactory<ICalculator> proxy = new ChannelFactory<ICalculator>(binding, endpoint);  

proxy.Credentials.Windows.ClientCredential = new NetworkCredential("user", "password", "domain");  
proxy.Credentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel = System.Security.Principal.TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation;  
proxy.Open();  

ICalculator calc = proxy.CreateChannel();  

int odd=calc.Add(5,4);  

Remarks

The authentication scheme can only be set once.