Class WebResponse

Provides a response from a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). This is an abstract class.

Inheritance
object
MarshalByRefObject
WebResponse
HttpWebResponse
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net.Http.dll
Syntax
public abstract class WebResponse : MarshalByRefObject, IDisposable
Remarks

This is the abstract base class for all WebResponse objects.

Constructors

WebResponse()

Initializes a new instance of the WebResponse class.

Declaration
protected WebResponse()

Properties

ContentLength

When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the content length of data being received.

Declaration
public virtual long ContentLength { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
long

The number of bytes returned from the Internet resource.

ContentType

When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the content type of the data being received.

Declaration
public virtual string ContentType { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
string

A string that contains the content type of the response.

Headers

When overridden in a derived class, gets a collection of header name-value pairs associated with this request.

Declaration
public virtual WebHeaderCollection Headers { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
WebHeaderCollection

An instance of the WebHeaderCollection class that contains header values associated with this response.

ResponseUri

When overridden in a derived class, gets the URI of the Internet resource that actually responded to the request.

Declaration
public virtual Uri ResponseUri { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
Uri

An instance of the Uri class that contains the URI of the Internet resource that actually responded to the request.
Remarks

This property gets the final Response URI, that includes any changes that may have transpired from the orginal request.

Methods

Close()

When overridden by a descendant class, closes the response stream.

Declaration
public virtual void Close()

Dispose()

Declaration
public void Dispose()

Dispose(bool)

Declaration
protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
Parameters
Type Name Description
bool disposing

Finalize()

Declaration
protected override void Finalize()

GetResponseStream()

When overridden in a descendant class, returns the data stream from the Internet resource.

Declaration
public virtual Stream GetResponseStream()
Returns
Type Description
Stream

An instance of the Stream class for reading data from the Internet resource.

Implements

Extension Methods