BasicHttpBinding.MaxBufferSize Property

public:
 property int MaxBufferSize { int get(); void set(int value); };

public int MaxBufferSize { get; set; }

member this.MaxBufferSize : int with get, set

Public Property MaxBufferSize As Integer

Property Value

The maximum size, in bytes, of a buffer that stores messages while they are processed for an endpoint configured with this binding. The default value is 65,536 bytes.

Examples

The following example sets MaxBufferSize to 1,000,000 bytes.

BasicHttpBinding binding = new BasicHttpBinding();

// set to one million
binding.MaxBufferSize = 1000000;

The value of this property can also be set in the configuration file.

Remarks

If there is not sufficient memory in the buffer to store the message while it is processed, more memory must be allocated from the CLR heap, which increases the garbage collection overhead. Extensive allocation from the CLR garbage heap is an indication that the message buffer size is too small and that performance can be improved with a larger allocation.

The value of the MaxBufferSize property and its significance is different depending on whether the messages are being buffered or streamed on the channel through which they are being received:

• For buffered transports (TransferMode set to TransferMode.Buffered), this value is always equal to that specified by the MaxReceivedMessageSize property.

• For streamed transports (TransferMode set to TransferMode.Streamed), only the SOAP headers must be buffered to generate the message. The body can be streamed in on-demand. In this case, MaxBufferSize is less than or equal to MaxReceivedMessageSize, where MaxReceivedMessageSize bounds the size of the overall message (headers and body) and MaxBufferSize bounds only the size of the SOAP headers.

The limitations on buffer size set here are for optimizing the performance of message exchanges. If a message exceeds the maximum value set for the buffer, it is not dropped. Instead, more memory is requested from the CLR heap and this incurs more garbage collection overhead than using the buffers.

Applies to