ServiceHost.CreateDescription Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.dll

Creates a description of the service hosted.

protected:
 override System::ServiceModel::Description::ServiceDescription ^ CreateDescription([Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Collections::Generic::IDictionary<System::String ^, System::ServiceModel::Description::ContractDescription ^> ^ % implementedContracts);

protected override System.ServiceModel.Description.ServiceDescription CreateDescription (out System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string,System.ServiceModel.Description.ContractDescription> implementedContracts);

override this.CreateDescription : IDictionary -> System.ServiceModel.Description.ServiceDescription

Protected Overrides Function CreateDescription (ByRef implementedContracts As IDictionary(Of String, ContractDescription)) As ServiceDescription

Parameters

implementedContracts

IDictionary<String,ContractDescription>

The IDictionary<TKey,TValue> with key pairs of type (String, ContractDescription) that contains the keyed-contracts of the hosted service that have been implemented.

Returns

ServiceDescription

A ServiceDescription of the hosted service.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The type of service hosted is null.

Remarks

This method is used to construct contract descriptions from customized programming models. Override the corresponding base class method, CreateDescription(IDictionary<String,ContractDescription>), to implement the customized model.