OperationDescription Class
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A contract that characterizes an operation in terms of the messages it exchanges.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.ServiceModel.Description.OperationDescription
Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Description
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Name={name}, IsInitiating={isInitiating}, IsTerminating={isTerminating}")> _
Public Class OperationDescription
[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("Name={name}, IsInitiating={isInitiating}, IsTerminating={isTerminating}")]
public class OperationDescription
The OperationDescription type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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OperationDescription | Initializes a new instance of the OperationDescription class with a specified name and contract description. |
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Properties
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BeginMethod | Gets or sets the begin method of the operation. |
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Behaviors | Gets or sets the operation behaviors associated with the operation. |
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DeclaringContract | Gets or sets the contract to which the operation belongs. |
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EndMethod | Gets or sets the end method of the operation. |
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Faults | Gets a collection of the descriptions of the faults associated with the operation description. |
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IsOneWay | Gets a value that indicates whether an operation returns a reply message. |
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KnownTypes | Gets the known types associated with the operation description. |
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Messages | Gets or sets the descriptions of the messages that make up the operation. |
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Name | Gets or sets the name of the operation description. |
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SyncMethod | Gets or sets the service synchronization method of the operation description. |
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Methods
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Remarks
A contract is a collection of operations that specifies what the endpoint communicates to the outside world. Each operation is a message exchange: for example, a request message and an associated reply message that form a request/reply message exchange.
A ContractDescription object is used to describe contracts and their operations. Within a ContractDescription, each contract operation has a corresponding OperationDescription that describes aspects of the operation, such as whether the operation is one-way or request/reply. Each OperationDescription also describes the messages that make up the operation using a collection of MessageDescription objects. ContractDescription contains a reference to an interface that defines the contract using the programming model. This interface is marked with ServiceContractAttribute, and its methods that correspond to endpoint operations are marked with OperationContractAttribute.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.