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Class HttpListenerResponse

Namespace
System.Net
Assembly
System.Net.Http.dll

Represents a response to a request being handled by an HttpListener object.

public sealed class HttpListenerResponse : IDisposable
Inheritance
HttpListenerResponse
Implements
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Properties

ContentEncoding

Gets or sets the encoding for this response's OutputStream.

public Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }

Property Value

Encoding

An Encoding object suitable for use with the data in the OutputStream property, or null reference if no encoding is specified.

Remarks

Only UTF8 encoding is supported.

ContentLength64

Gets or sets the number of bytes in the body data included in the response.

public long ContentLength64 { get; set; }

Property Value

long

The value of the response's Content-Length header.

ContentType

Gets or sets the MIME type of the returned content.

public string ContentType { get; set; }

Property Value

string

A String instance that contains the text of the response's Content-Type header.

Headers

Gets or sets the collection of header name/value pairs that is returned by the server.

public WebHeaderCollection Headers { get; set; }

Property Value

WebHeaderCollection

A WebHeaderCollection instance that contains all the explicitly set HTTP headers to be included in the response.

KeepAlive

Gets or sets whether the server requests a persistent connection.

public bool KeepAlive { get; set; }

Property Value

bool

true if the server requests a persistent connection; otherwise, false. The default is true.

OutputStream

Gets a Stream object to which a response can be written.

public Stream OutputStream { get; }

Property Value

Stream

A Stream object to which a response can be written.

Remarks

The first write to the output stream sends a response to the client.

ProtocolVersion

Gets or sets the HTTP version that is used for the response.

public Version ProtocolVersion { get; set; }

Property Value

Version

A Version object indicating the version of HTTP used when responding to the client. This property is obsolete.

RedirectLocation

Gets or sets the value of the HTTP Location header in this response.

public string RedirectLocation { get; set; }

Property Value

string

A String that contains the absolute URL to be sent to the client in the Location header.

SendChunked

Gets or sets whether the response uses chunked transfer encoding.

public bool SendChunked { get; set; }

Property Value

bool

true if the response is set to use chunked transfer encoding; otherwise, false. The default is false.

StatusCode

Gets or sets the HTTP status code to be returned to the client.

public int StatusCode { get; set; }

Property Value

int

An Int32 value that specifies the HttpStatusCode for the requested resource. The default is OK, indicating that the server successfully processed the client's request and included the requested resource in the response body.

StatusDescription

Gets or sets a text description of the HTTP status code that is returned to the client.

public string StatusDescription { get; set; }

Property Value

string

The text description of the HTTP status code returned to the client.

Methods

Close()

Sends the response to the client and releases the resources held by this HttpListenerResponse instance.

public void Close()

Remarks

This method flushes data to the client and closes the network connection.

Detach() 

public void Detach()

Finalize()

Called to close the socket if necessary.

protected override void Finalize()