Using the <i class="emphasis">WebService</i> Class

Using the WebService Class

The WebService class is the base class for Web services. Here is the inheritance hierarchy of this class:

Object
   MarshalByRefObject
      Component
         WebService

You can find the more notable public properties of objects of the WebService class in Table 25.13. (This class has no non-inherited methods or events.)

Table 25.13: Noteworthy public properties of *WebService* objects.
Property	Means
Application	Gets the HTTP application object for the current request.
Context	Gets the HttpContext object for the current request.
Server	Gets the HttpServerUtility object for the current request.
Session	Gets the HttpSessionState object for the current request.
User	Gets the current ASP.NET server user object.