<soapExtensionImporterTypes> Element

Specifies, for Web service clients only, SOAP extension importer classes, which extend the client proxy generation process.

<soapExtensionImporterTypes> 
   <add type="soap extension class" 
        priority="number"
        group="0|1"/>
</soapExtensionImporterTypes>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Child Element	Description
<add>	Adds a specified SOAP extension importer class, which extends the client proxy generation process.
<remove>	Removes a specified SOAP extension importer class from within the scope of the configuration file.
<clear>	Removes all SOAP extension importers from a Web service's list of supported extensions.

Parent Elements

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Element	Description
configuration	The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.
webServices	Controls the settings of Web services deployed using ASP.NET and of Web service clients running on the .NET Framework.

Remarks

The <soapExtensionImporterTypes> element specifies classes derived from the SoapExtensionImporter class. When a proxy class that uses a service description format extension (SDFE) is being generated, the ImportMethod method of each importer class is called once for each Web method within a Web service class.

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Customizing the Generation of Service Descriptions and Proxy Classes

Reference

<webServices> Element
SoapExtensionImporter Class
<serviceDescriptionFormatExtensionTypes> Element
ServiceDescriptionFormatExtension Class

Concepts

SOAP Message Modification Using SOAP Extensions

Other Resources

ASP.NET Configuration Settings
XML Web Services Created Using ASP.NET and XML Web Service Clients
ASP.NET Configuration