HttpMethodAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Services.Protocols

Assembly:

System.Web.Services.dll

Applying this attribute to an XML Web service client using HTTP-GET or HTTP-POST, sets the types that serialize the parameters sent to an XML Web service method and read the response from the XML Web service method. This class cannot be inherited.

public ref class HttpMethodAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Method)]
public sealed class HttpMethodAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Method)>]
type HttpMethodAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class HttpMethodAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

HttpMethodAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following example is a proxy class generated by the Wsdl.exe utility for calling an XML Web service utility using HTTP-POST. The Wsdl.exe automatically supplies the correct types for ReturnFormatter and ParameterFormatter, along with specifying that the proxy class inherits from HttpPostClientProtocol.

[System::Xml::Serialization::XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="http://tempuri.org/",IsNullable=true)]
public ref class UserName
{
public:
   String^ Name;
   String^ Domain;
};

public ref class MyUser: public System::Web::Services::Protocols::HttpPostClientProtocol
{
public:
   MyUser()
   {
      this->Url = "http://www.contoso.com/username.asmx";
   }

   [System::Web::Services::Protocols::HttpMethodAttribute(System::Web::Services::Protocols::XmlReturnReader::typeid,System::Web::Services::Protocols::HtmlFormParameterWriter::typeid)]
   UserName^ GetUserName()
   {
      return (dynamic_cast<UserName^>(this->Invoke( "GetUserName", (String::Concat( this->Url, "/GetUserName" )), gcnew array<Object^>(0) )));
   }

   System::IAsyncResult^ BeginGetUserName( System::AsyncCallback^ callback, Object^ asyncState )
   {
      return this->BeginInvoke( "GetUserName", (String::Concat( this->Url, "/GetUserName" )), gcnew array<Object^>(0), callback, asyncState );
   }

   UserName^ EndGetUserName( System::IAsyncResult^ asyncResult )
   {
      return (dynamic_cast<UserName^>(this->EndInvoke( asyncResult )));
   }
};

public class MyUser : System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpPostClientProtocol
{
    public MyUser()
    {
        this.Url = "http://www.contoso.com/username.asmx";
    }

    [System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpMethodAttribute(typeof(System.Web.Services.Protocols.XmlReturnReader), typeof(System.Web.Services.Protocols.HtmlFormParameterWriter))]
    public UserName GetUserName()
    {
        return ((UserName)(this.Invoke("GetUserName", (this.Url + "/GetUserName"), new object[0])));
    }

    public System.IAsyncResult BeginGetUserName(System.AsyncCallback callback, object asyncState)
    {
        return this.BeginInvoke("GetUserName", (this.Url + "/GetUserName"), new object[0], callback, asyncState);
    }

    public UserName EndGetUserName(System.IAsyncResult asyncResult)
    {
        return ((UserName)(this.EndInvoke(asyncResult)));
    }
}

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", IsNullable=true)]
public class UserName
{
    public string Name;
    public string Domain;
}

Public Class MyUser
    Inherits System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpPostClientProtocol
    
    
    Public Sub New()
        Me.Url = "http://www.contoso.com/username.asmx"
    End Sub
    
    <HttpMethodAttribute(GetType(XmlReturnReader), GetType(HtmlFormParameterWriter))> _
    Public Function GetUserName() As UserName
        Return CType(Me.Invoke("GetUserName", Me.Url + "/GetUserName", New Object(0) {}), UserName)
    End Function 'GetUserName
    
    
    Public Function BeginGetUserName(callback As System.AsyncCallback, asyncState As Object) As System.IAsyncResult
        Return Me.BeginInvoke("GetUserName", Me.Url + "/GetUserName", New Object(0) {}, callback, asyncState)
    End Function 'BeginGetUserName
    
    
    Public Function EndGetUserName(asyncResult As System.IAsyncResult) As UserName
        Return CType(Me.EndInvoke(asyncResult), UserName)
    End Function 'EndGetUserName
End Class

<XmlRootAttribute(Namespace := "http://tempuri.org/", IsNullable := True)> _
Public Class UserName
    Public Name As String
    Public Domain As String

End Class

Remarks

If an XML Web service client calls an XML Web service method using HTTP-GET, ReturnFormatter must be set to XmlReturnReader and ParameterFormatter set to UrlParameterWriter. XML Web service clients invoking a XML Web service using HTTP-POST must set ReturnFormatter to XmlReturnReader and ParameterFormatter to HtmlFormParameterWriter.

Constructors

HttpMethodAttribute()	Initializes a new instance of the HttpMethodAttribute class.
HttpMethodAttribute(Type, Type)	Initializes a new instance of the HttpMethodAttribute.

Properties

ParameterFormatter	Gets or sets a Type that serializes parameters sent from an XML Web service client to the XML Web service method.
ReturnFormatter	Gets or sets a Type that deserializes the response from an XML Web service method.
TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Explicit Interface Implementations

_Attribute.GetIDsOfNames(Guid, IntPtr, UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute)
_Attribute.GetTypeInfo(UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute)
_Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount(UInt32)	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute)
_Attribute.Invoke(UInt32, Guid, UInt32, Int16, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr)	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute)

See also

• SoapDocumentMethodAttribute
• SoapRpcMethodAttribute