QueueRequest.GetMessages Method

Storage Client Library NET API

[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See Storage Client Library for the latest version.]

Constructs a web request to retrieve a specified number of messages.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Protocol
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim uri As Uri
Dim timeout As Integer
Dim numberOfMessages As Nullable(Of Integer)
Dim visibilityTimeout As Nullable(Of Integer)
Dim returnValue As HttpWebRequest

returnValue = QueueRequest.GetMessages(uri, timeout, numberOfMessages, visibilityTimeout)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Shared Function GetMessages ( _
	uri As Uri, _
	timeout As Integer, _
	numberOfMessages As Nullable(Of Integer), _
	visibilityTimeout As Nullable(Of Integer) _
) As HttpWebRequest
C#
public static HttpWebRequest GetMessages (
	Uri uri,
	int timeout,
	Nullable<int> numberOfMessages,
	Nullable<int> visibilityTimeout
)
C++
public:
static HttpWebRequest^ GetMessages (
	Uri^ uri, 
	int timeout, 
	Nullable<int> numberOfMessages, 
	Nullable<int> visibilityTimeout
)
J#
JScript

Parameters

uri

Type: System.Uri

The absolute URI to the queue.

timeout

Type: System.Int32

The server timeout interval.

numberOfMessages

Type: System.Nullable

The number of messages to retrieve.

visibilityTimeout

Type: System.Nullable

The visibility timeout for the message or messages.

Return Value

Type: System.Net.HttpWebRequest

A web request for the specified operation.

Remarks

For more details about this API, see the topics on the equivalent REST APIs in See Also > Other Resources.


Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

See Also