DiscoveryReference Class

The base class for discoverable references using XML Web services discovery.

For a list of all members of this type, see DiscoveryReference Members.

System.Object
   System.Web.Services.Discovery.DiscoveryReference
      System.Web.Services.Discovery.ContractReference
      System.Web.Services.Discovery.DiscoveryDocumentReference
      System.Web.Services.Discovery.SchemaReference

[Visual Basic]
MustInherit Public Class DiscoveryReference
[C#]
public abstract class DiscoveryReference
[C++]
public __gc __abstract class DiscoveryReference
[JScript]
public abstract class DiscoveryReference

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

ContractReference, SchemaReference, and DiscoveryDocumentReference all inherit from DiscoveryReference, and represent the three types of documents discoverable through XML Web services discovery: Service Descriptions, XML Schema Definition (XSD) schemas, and discovery documents, respectively.

Example

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Web.Services.Discovery
Imports System.Net

Class MyDiscoveryDocumentClass
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Try
         Dim myDiscoveryDocument As DiscoveryDocument
         Dim myStreamReader As New StreamReader("c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\dataservice.disco")
         Dim myStream As New FileStream("c:\MyDiscovery.disco", FileMode.OpenOrCreate)
         Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating DiscoveryReference class.")

         ' Read the discovery file.
         myDiscoveryDocument = DiscoveryDocument.Read(myStreamReader)

         ' Create an instance of the DiscoveryReference class.
         Dim myDiscoveryReference As MyDiscoveryReferenceClass
         myDiscoveryReference = New MyDiscoveryReferenceClass()

         Dim myDiscoveryClientProtocol As New DiscoveryClientProtocol()
         myDiscoveryClientProtocol.Credentials = _
             CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

         ' Set the client protocol.
         myDiscoveryReference.ClientProtocol = myDiscoveryClientProtocol

         ' Read the default file name.
         Console.WriteLine("Default file name is: " _
             & myDiscoveryReference.DefaultFilename)

         ' Write the document.
         myDiscoveryReference.WriteDocument(myDiscoveryDocument, myStream)

         ' Read the document.
         myDiscoveryReference.ReadDocument(myStream)

         ' Set the URL.
         myDiscoveryReference.Url = "http://localhost/dataservice.disco"
         Console.WriteLine("Url is : " + myDiscoveryReference.Url)

         ' Resolve the URL.
         myDiscoveryReference.Resolve()

         myStreamReader.Close()
         myStream.Close()

      Catch e as Exception
         Console.WriteLine("Exception caught! - {0}", e.Message)
      End Try
   
   End Sub

End Class


' Class derived from DiscoveryReference class and overriding it members.
Class MyDiscoveryReferenceClass
   Inherits DiscoveryReference
   Private myDocumentUrl As String

   Public Overrides ReadOnly Property DefaultFilename() As String
      Get
         Return "dataservice.disco"
      End Get
   End Property

   Public Overrides Function _
      ReadDocument(ByVal stream As System.IO.Stream) As Object
      Return stream
   End Function

   Public Overloads Sub Resolve()
      Try
         Dim myDiscoveryRefDocument As DiscoveryDocument
         myDiscoveryRefDocument = MyBase.ClientProtocol.Discover(Url)
      Catch e As Exception
         Throw e
      End Try
   End Sub

   Protected Overloads Overrides Sub _
      Resolve(ByVal contentType As String, ByVal stream As Stream)
   End Sub

   Public Overrides Property Url() As String
      Get
         Return myDocumentUrl
      End Get

      Set(ByVal Value As String)
         myDocumentUrl = Value
      End Set
   End Property

   Public Overrides Sub WriteDocument _
      (ByVal document As Object, ByVal stream As System.IO.Stream)
      Dim myDiscoveryDocument As DiscoveryDocument = _
          CType(document, DiscoveryDocument)
      myDiscoveryDocument.Write(stream)
   End Sub
End Class

[C#] 
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Web.Services.Discovery;
using System.Net;

class MyDiscoveryDocumentClass
{
   static void Main()
   {
      try {
         DiscoveryDocument myDiscoveryDocument;
         StreamReader myStreamReader = 
             new StreamReader("c:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\dataservice.disco");
         FileStream myStream = new FileStream("c:\\MyDiscovery.disco",
             FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
         Console.WriteLine("Demonstrating DiscoveryReference class.");

         // Read discovery file.
         myDiscoveryDocument = DiscoveryDocument.Read(myStreamReader);

         // Create a new instance of the DiscoveryReference class.
         MyDiscoveryReferenceClass myDiscoveryReference;
         myDiscoveryReference =  new MyDiscoveryReferenceClass();

         DiscoveryClientProtocol myDiscoveryClientProtocol = 
             new DiscoveryClientProtocol();
         myDiscoveryClientProtocol.Credentials = 
             CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

         // Set the client protocol.
         myDiscoveryReference.ClientProtocol = myDiscoveryClientProtocol;
         
         // Read the default file name.
         Console.WriteLine("Default file name is: " 
             + myDiscoveryReference.DefaultFilename);

         // Write the document.
         myDiscoveryReference.WriteDocument(myDiscoveryDocument,myStream);

         // Read the document.
         myDiscoveryReference.ReadDocument(myStream);

         // Set the URL. 
         myDiscoveryReference.Url = "http://localhost/dataservice.disco";
         Console.WriteLine("Url is: " + myDiscoveryReference.Url);

         // Resolve the URL.
         myDiscoveryReference.Resolve();

         myStreamReader.Close();
         myStream.Close();
      }
      catch (Exception e) 
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Exception caught! - {0}", e.Message);
      }
   }
}

// Class derived from DiscoveryReference class and overriding it members.
class MyDiscoveryReferenceClass : DiscoveryReference
{
   private string myDocumentUrl;
   public override string DefaultFilename
   {
      get
      {
         return "dataservice.disco";
      }
   }

   public override object ReadDocument(Stream stream)
   {
      return stream;
   }

   public new void Resolve()
   {
      try
      {
         DiscoveryDocument myDiscoveryRefDocument;
         myDiscoveryRefDocument = base.ClientProtocol.Discover(Url);
      }
      catch (Exception e)
      {
         throw(e);
      }
   }

   protected override void Resolve(string contentType, Stream stream) {}

   public override string Url
   {
      get
      {
         return myDocumentUrl;
      }

      set
      {
         myDocumentUrl = value;
      }
   }

   public override void WriteDocument(object document, System.IO.Stream stream)
   {
      DiscoveryDocument myDiscoveryDocument = (DiscoveryDocument)document;
      myDiscoveryDocument.Write(stream);
   }
}

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Requirements

Namespace: System.Web.Services.Discovery

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

Assembly: System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)

DiscoveryReference Class

Thread Safety

Remarks

Example

Requirements

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