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ISession Interface

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Defines the interface to establish a shared context among parties that exchange messages by providing an ID for the communication session.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface ISession

public interface ISession

The ISession type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Id Gets the ID that uniquely identifies the session.

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Remarks

The ISession interface is the base interface for all sessions. It contains an ID() property for identifying the session.

A session is a shared context among all participants in a communication exchange. This shared context can be characterized as follows:

  • Session establishment - A process for establishing shared context among all participants.

  • Message correlation - A method for correlating a group of messages to an instance of shared context.

  • The ISession interface is not informed as to the number of participants in a session or the lifetime of a session.

These session properties are provided by associating an ID with a session.

ISession is inherited by:

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.