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11/18/2011

IContractBehavior.Validate Method

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Implement to confirm that the contract and endpoint can support the contract behavior.

Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Description
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Validate ( _
    contractDescription As ContractDescription, _
    endpoint As ServiceEndpoint _
)

void Validate(
    ContractDescription contractDescription,
    ServiceEndpoint endpoint
)

Parameters

contractDescription
Type: System.ServiceModel.Description.ContractDescription
The contract to validate.

endpoint
Type: System.ServiceModel.Description.ServiceEndpoint
The endpoint to validate.

Remarks

Implement the Validate method to confirm that the contract description is sufficient to support the custom contract behavior. Implementations can inspect the description and either throw or return no value.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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