Maintaining State with Conversations

Some web services need to communicate with a client multiple times in connection with a single task. Conversations ensure that the communications are kept straight amid the many requests that make up the communication. When a particular task requires conversations with multiple parties, especially in an asynchronous manner, conversations provide a way to store and remember intermediate results until the task has been completed.

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The following sample web services use conversations:

For more information about samples, see Samples.

Related Topics

Using Asynchrony to Enable Long-Running Operations