WCF MessageHeaders in OperationContext.Current
- by Nate Bross
If I use code like this [just below] to add Message Headers to my OperationContext, will all future out-going messages contain that data on any new ClientProxy defined from the same "run" of my application?
The objective, is to pass a parameter or two to each OpeartionContract w/out messing with the signature of the OperationContract, since the parameters being passed will be consistant for all requests for a given run of my client application.
public void DoSomeStuff()
{
var proxy = new MyServiceClient();
Guid myToken = Guid.NewGuid();
MessageHeader<Guid> mhg = new MessageHeader<Guid>(myToken);
MessageHeader untyped = mhg.GetUntypedHeader("token", "ns");
OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(untyped);
proxy.DoOperation(...);
}
public void DoSomeOTHERStuff()
{
var proxy = new MyServiceClient();
Guid myToken = Guid.NewGuid();
MessageHeader<Guid> mhg = new MessageHeader<Guid>(myToken);
MessageHeader untyped = mhg.GetUntypedHeader("token", "ns");
OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(untyped);
proxy.DoOtherOperation(...);
}
In other words, is it safe to refactor the above code like this?
bool isSetup = false;
public void SetupMessageHeader()
{
if(isSetup) { return; }
Guid myToken = Guid.NewGuid();
MessageHeader<Guid> mhg = new MessageHeader<Guid>(myToken);
MessageHeader untyped = mhg.GetUntypedHeader("token", "ns");
OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(untyped);
isSetup = true;
}
public void DoSomeStuff()
{
var proxy = new MyServiceClient();
SetupMessageHeader();
proxy.DoOperation(...);
}
public void DoSomeOTHERStuff()
{
var proxy = new MyServiceClient();
SetupMessageHeader();
proxy.DoOtherOperation(...);
}
Since I don't really understand what's happening there, I don't want to cargo cult it and just change it and let it fly if it works, I'd like to hear your thoughts on if it is OK or not.
