WsdlExporter Class

Definition

public ref class WsdlExporter : System::ServiceModel::Description::MetadataExporter

public class WsdlExporter : System.ServiceModel.Description.MetadataExporter

type WsdlExporter = class
    inherit MetadataExporter

Public Class WsdlExporter
Inherits MetadataExporter

Inheritance

Object

MetadataExporter

WsdlExporter

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the ExportEndpoint method to generate a set of MetadataSection objects from the endpoints in a collection of ServiceEndpoint objects called myServiceEndpoints.

using System;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Description;

namespace WsdlExporterSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WsdlExporter exporter = new WsdlExporter();
            exporter.PolicyVersion = PolicyVersion.Policy15;

            ServiceEndpoint [] myServiceEndpoints = new ServiceEndpoint[2];
            ContractDescription myDescription = new ContractDescription ("myContract");
            myServiceEndpoints[0] = new ServiceEndpoint(myDescription,new BasicHttpBinding(),new EndpointAddress("http://localhost/myservice"));
            myServiceEndpoints[1] = new ServiceEndpoint(myDescription,new BasicHttpBinding(),new EndpointAddress("http://localhost/myservice"));

            // Export all endpoints for each endpoint in collection.
            foreach (ServiceEndpoint endpoint in myServiceEndpoints)
            {
                exporter.ExportEndpoint(endpoint);
            }
            // If there are no errors, get the documents.
            MetadataSet metadataDocs = null;
            if (exporter.Errors.Count != 0)
            {
                metadataDocs = exporter.GetGeneratedMetadata();
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports System.ServiceModel.Description

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim exporter As New WsdlExporter()
        exporter.PolicyVersion = PolicyVersion.Policy15

        Dim myServiceEndpoints() As ServiceEndpoint = New ServiceEndpoint(1) {}
        Dim myDescription As New ContractDescription("myContract")
        myServiceEndpoints(0) = New ServiceEndpoint(myDescription, New BasicHttpBinding(), New EndpointAddress("http://localhost/myservice"))
        myServiceEndpoints(1) = New ServiceEndpoint(myDescription, New BasicHttpBinding(), New EndpointAddress("http://localhost/myservice"))

        'Export all endpoints for each endpoint in collection.
        For Each endpoint As ServiceEndpoint In myServiceEndpoints
            exporter.ExportEndpoint(endpoint)
        Next

        'If there are no errors, get the documents.
        Dim metadataDocs As MetadataSet
        metadataDocs = Nothing

        If (exporter.Errors.Count = 0) Then
            metadataDocs = exporter.GetGeneratedMetadata()
        End If
    End Sub

End Module

Remarks

Use the WsdlExporter class to transform ContractDescription or ServiceEndpoint objects into metadata represented by MetadataSection objects.

The WsdlExporter is used in a three-step process.

1. Call the ExportContract, ExportEndpoint, or ExportEndpoints method, passing the appropriate parameters.

2. Determine whether there are any export errors by checking the base Errors property.

3. If there are no errors, use the GetGeneratedMetadata to get a collection of MetadataSection objects or get more specific versions of the metadata using the GeneratedWsdlDocuments or GeneratedXmlSchemas properties.

You can support exporting custom WSDL extensions by implementing the IWsdlExportExtension interface and custom policy assertions by implementing the IPolicyExportExtension interface. For details, see the documentation for those interfaces.