ProviderHost Class

Represents a generic host environment for providers.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework
Assembly: ProviderFramework (in ProviderFramework.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.ProviderHost

public sealed class ProviderHost : IDisposable

public ref class ProviderHost sealed : IDisposable

Public NotInheritable Class ProviderHost
    Implements IDisposable

	Name	Description
	ProviderHost(Object, String)	Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract object and identifier.
	ProviderHost(Object, String, IList<Type>)	Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract object, provider identifier, and optional list of contract objects.
	ProviderHost(Type, String)	Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract type and provider identifier.
	ProviderHost(Type, String, IList<Type>)	Initializes a new instance of the ProviderHost class with the specified contract type, provider identifier, and optional list of contract objects.

	Name	Description
	ProviderId	Gets the identifier for the provider.
	ProviderInfo	Gets the ProviderInfo objects that represent where this service is reachable.
	ProviderType	Gets the type of the provider.
	SingletonInstance	Gets the singleton instance of the hosted service.

	Name	Description
	Abort()	Causes a ProviderHost object to transition immediately from its current state into the closing state.
	Disconnect()	Disconnect the host.
	Disconnect(TimeSpan)	Disconnect the host within the specified time period.
	Dispose()	Releases all of the resources that are used by the ProviderHost object.
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	Open()	Opens the hosted provider, which makes it available to client applications, and registers the provider with the Provider Registry Service.
	Open(TimeSpan)	Opens the hosted provider with the specified timeout value, which makes it available to client applications, and registers the provider with the Provider Registry Service.
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

If your provider is running in a Windows service it is recommended that you use the ProviderServiceBase class to host instances of ProviderHost.

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