Message.Headers Property

public:
 abstract property System::ServiceModel::Channels::MessageHeaders ^ Headers { System::ServiceModel::Channels::MessageHeaders ^ get(); };

public abstract System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageHeaders Headers { get; }

member this.Headers : System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageHeaders

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Headers As MessageHeaders

Property Value

A MessageHeaders object that represents the headers of the message.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example shows a client that uses the channel factory to send a message and read the reply.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class client
    {

        static void RunClient()
        {
            //Step1: create a binding with just HTTP
            CustomBinding binding = new CustomBinding();
            binding.Elements.Add(new HttpTransportBindingElement());
            //Step2: use the binding to build the channel factory
            IChannelFactory<IRequestChannel> factory =
            binding.BuildChannelFactory<IRequestChannel>(
                             new BindingParameterCollection());
            //open the channel factory
            factory.Open();
            //Step3: use the channel factory to create a channel
            IRequestChannel channel = factory.CreateChannel(
               new EndpointAddress("http://localhost:8080/channelapp"));
            channel.Open();
            //Step4: create a message
            Message requestmessage = Message.CreateMessage(
                MessageVersion.Soap12WSAddressing10,
                "http://contoso.com/someaction",
                 "This is the body data");
            //send message
            Message replymessage = channel.Request(requestmessage);
            Console.WriteLine("Reply message received");
            Console.WriteLine("Reply action: {0}",
                                  replymessage.Headers.Action);
            string data = replymessage.GetBody<string>();
            Console.WriteLine("Reply content: {0}", data);
            //Step5: don't forget to close the message
            requestmessage.Close();
            replymessage.Close();
            //don't forget to close the channel
            channel.Close();
            //don't forget to close the factory
            factory.Close();
        }
        public static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Press [ENTER] when service is ready");
            Console.ReadLine();
            RunClient();
            Console.WriteLine("Press [ENTER] to exit");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports System.ServiceModel.Channels
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization

Namespace ConsoleApplication1
    Friend Class client


        Private Shared Sub RunClient()
            'Step1: create a binding with just HTTP
            Dim binding As New CustomBinding()
            binding.Elements.Add(New HttpTransportBindingElement())
            'Step2: use the binding to build the channel factory
            Dim factory As IChannelFactory(Of IRequestChannel) = binding.BuildChannelFactory(Of IRequestChannel)(New BindingParameterCollection())
            'open the channel factory
            factory.Open()
            'Step3: use the channel factory to create a channel
            Dim channel As IRequestChannel = factory.CreateChannel(New EndpointAddress("http://localhost:8080/channelapp"))
            channel.Open()
            'Step4: create a message
            Dim requestmessage As Message = Message.CreateMessage(MessageVersion.Soap12WSAddressing10, "http://contoso.com/someaction", "This is the body data")
            'send message
            Dim replymessage As Message = channel.Request(requestmessage)
            Console.WriteLine("Reply message received")
            Console.WriteLine("Reply action: {0}", replymessage.Headers.Action)
            Dim data = replymessage.GetBody(Of String)()
            Console.WriteLine("Reply content: {0}", data)
            'Step5: don't forget to close the message
            requestmessage.Close()
            replymessage.Close()
            'don't forget to close the channel
            channel.Close()
            'don't forget to close the factory
            factory.Close()
        End Sub
        Public Shared Sub Main()
            Console.WriteLine("Press [ENTER] when service is ready")
            Console.ReadLine()
            RunClient()
            Console.WriteLine("Press [ENTER] to exit")
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

A Message can have zero or more headers that are used as an extension mechanism to pass information in messages that is application-specific. You can use Headers to add message headers to a message by calling the Add method.

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a number of predefined message headers, as shown in the following table.

Notes to Implementers

When overridden in a derived class, this method returns a MessageHeaders object for the headers of the message.