MetadataSection.Metadata Property

Definition

Gets or sets the contained metadata object.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Metadata { System::Object ^ get(); void set(System::Object ^ value); };
public object Metadata { get; set; }
member this.Metadata : obj with get, set
Public Property Metadata As Object

Property Value

The metadata contents for this MetadataSection.

Remarks

Use the Metadata property to access or modify the metadata content contained in the MetadataSection. The metadata object can be MetadataReference or a MetadataLocation as a reference to the metadata content. When a MetadataSection is deserialized, the type of the metadata object is determined from the XML content. The following table describes the possible return values.

Type of XML metadata Returned type
WSDL document System.Web.Services.Description.ServiceDescription
XML Schema System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema
Metadata reference System.ServiceModel.Description.MetadataReference
Metadata location System.ServiceModel.Description.MetadataLocation
Policy, and all other XML content System.Xml.XmlElement

Applies to