SoapHeader.MustUnderstand Property

public:
 property bool MustUnderstand { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool MustUnderstand { get; set; }

member this.MustUnderstand : bool with get, set

Public Property MustUnderstand As Boolean

true if the XML Web service must properly interpret and process the SoapHeader; otherwise, false. The default is false.

The following XML Web service client defines a custom SOAP header of type MyHeader, sets the MustUnderstand property to true, and invokes the MyWebMethod XML Web service method. If the XML Web service method does not set the DidUnderstand property of the MyHeader SOAP header to true, a SoapHeaderException is thrown.

int main()
{
   MyWebService^ ws = gcnew MyWebService;
   try
   {
      MyHeader^ customHeader = gcnew MyHeader;
      customHeader->MyValue = "Header Value for MyValue";
      customHeader->MustUnderstand = true;
      ws->myHeader = customHeader;
      int results = ws->MyWebMethod( 3, 5 );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Exception: {0}", e );
   }

}

using System;

public class Sample {

    public static void Main() {
        MyWebService ws = new MyWebService();

        try {
            MyHeader customHeader = new MyHeader();
            customHeader.MyValue = "Header Value for MyValue";
            customHeader.MustUnderstand = true;
            ws.myHeader = customHeader;

        int results = ws.MyWebMethod(3,5);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine ("Exception: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim ws As New MyWebService()

        Try
            Dim customHeader As New MyHeader1()

            customHeader.MyValue = "Header Value for MyValue"
            customHeader.MustUnderstand = True

            ws.myHeader = customHeader

        Dim results As Integer

            results = ws.MyWebMethod(3,5)
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

When an XML Web service client adds a SOAP header to an XML Web service method call with the MustUnderstand property set to true, the XML Web service method must set the DidUnderstand property to true; otherwise, a SoapHeaderException is thrown back to the XML Web service client by ASP.NET.

Although both the EncodedMustUnderstand and MustUnderstand properties can be used to set the value of the mustUnderstand attribute within the SOAP header, the MustUnderstand property allows you to set the attribute using a Boolean value.

For details on adding SOAP headers to clients, see Using SOAP Headers.

• DidUnderstand
• SoapHeaderException