File: System\ServiceModel\Channels\BindingElement.cs
Project: ndp\cdf\src\WCF\ServiceModel\System.ServiceModel.csproj (System.ServiceModel)
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
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namespace System.ServiceModel.Channels
{
    using System.Runtime;
    using System.ServiceModel;
 
    public abstract class BindingElement
    {
        protected BindingElement()
        {
        }
 
        protected BindingElement(BindingElement elementToBeCloned)
        {
        }
 
        public abstract BindingElement Clone();
 
        public virtual IChannelFactory<TChannel> BuildChannelFactory<TChannel>(BindingContext context)
        {
            if (context == null)
                throw DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.ThrowHelperArgumentNull("context");
 
            return context.BuildInnerChannelFactory<TChannel>();
        }
 
        public virtual IChannelListener<TChannel> BuildChannelListener<TChannel>(BindingContext context) where TChannel : class, IChannel
        {
            if (context == null)
                throw DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.ThrowHelperArgumentNull("context");
 
            return context.BuildInnerChannelListener<TChannel>();
        }
 
        public virtual bool CanBuildChannelFactory<TChannel>(BindingContext context)
        {
            if (context == null)
                throw DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.ThrowHelperArgumentNull("context");
 
            return context.CanBuildInnerChannelFactory<TChannel>();
        }
 
        public virtual bool CanBuildChannelListener<TChannel>(BindingContext context) where TChannel : class, IChannel
        {
            if (context == null)
                throw DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.ThrowHelperArgumentNull("context");
 
            return context.CanBuildInnerChannelListener<TChannel>();
        }
 
        public abstract T GetProperty<T>(BindingContext context) where T : class;
 
        internal T GetIndividualProperty<T>() where T : class
        {
            return this.GetProperty<T>(new BindingContext(new CustomBinding(), new BindingParameterCollection()));
        }
 
        internal virtual bool IsMatch(BindingElement b)
        {
            Fx.Assert(true, "Should not be called unless this binding element is used in one of the standard bindings. In which case, please re-implement the IsMatch() method.");
            return false;
        }
    }
}