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KeepAlive Property

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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server requests a persistent connection.

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System.Http (in System.Http.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property KeepAlive As Boolean
public bool KeepAlive { get; set; }
public:
property bool KeepAlive {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
member KeepAlive : bool with get, set
function get KeepAlive () : boolean
function set KeepAlive (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if the server requests a persistent connection; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Remarks

If an HTTP client and server expect to exchange data multiple times in a short period, a persistent connection speeds up their communications by allowing them to avoid the overhead required to open and close a TCP connection for each message. Persistent connections are in widespread use in communications between modern Web browsers and Web servers.

Persistent connections are described in detail in the HTTP/1.1 protocol specification (RFC 2616) available at the RTF Editor Web site (http://www.rfc-editor.org).

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

HttpListenerResponse Class

System.Net Namespace