OperationContractAttribute.Name Property

public:
 property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Name { get; set; }

member this.Name : string with get, set

Public Property Name As String

Property Value

The name of the operation.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example uses the Name property to declare the name of the operation as exposed in metadata.

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

namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
{
  [ServiceContract(Namespace="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation")]
  public interface ISampleService{

    [OperationContract(
      Action="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation/OperationContractMethod",
      Name="OCAMethod",
      ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation/ResponseToOCAMethod"
    )]
    string SampleMethod(string msg);

    [OperationContractAttribute(Action = "*")]
    void UnrecognizedMessageHandler(Message msg);
  }

  class SampleService : ISampleService
  {
    public string  SampleMethod(string msg)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Called with: {0}", msg);
        return "The service greets you: " + msg;
    }

    public void UnrecognizedMessageHandler(Message msg)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Unrecognized message: " + msg.ToString());
    }
  }
}

Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports System.ServiceModel.Channels
Imports System.Text

Namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
  <ServiceContract(Namespace:="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation")> _
  Public Interface ISampleService

        <OperationContract(Action:="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation/OperationContractMethod", _
                           Name:="OCAMethod", ReplyAction:="http://Microsoft.WCF.Documentation/ResponseToOCAMethod")> _
        Function SampleMethod(ByVal msg As String) As String

    <OperationContractAttribute(Action := "*")> _
    Sub UnrecognizedMessageHandler(ByVal msg As Message)
  End Interface

  Friend Class SampleService
      Implements ISampleService
    Public Function SampleMethod(ByVal msg As String) As String Implements ISampleService.SampleMethod
      Console.WriteLine("Called with: {0}", msg)
         Return "The service greets you: " & msg
    End Function

    Public Sub UnrecognizedMessageHandler(ByVal msg As Message) Implements ISampleService.UnrecognizedMessageHandler
      Console.WriteLine("Unrecognized message: " & msg.ToString())
    End Sub
  End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

Use the Name property to override the <operation> element name in WSDL. The default operation name is the name of the implementing method.

Applies to