Gets the scheme name for this URI.
Syntax
Value
A string containing the URI scheme.
Remarks
The Uri.Scheme property returns the scheme used to initialize the Uri instance. This property does not indicate that the scheme used to initialize the Uri instance was recognized.
The following table shows examples of some possible values returned by the Uri.Scheme property.
| file |
The resource is a file on the local computer. |
| ftp |
The resource is accessed through FTP. |
| gopher |
The resource is accessed through the Gopher protocol. |
| http |
The resource is accessed through HTTP. |
| https |
The resource is accessed through SSL-encrypted HTTP. |
| ldap |
The resource is accessed through the LDAP protocol. |
| mailto |
The resource is an e-mail address and accessed through the SMTP protocol. |
| net.pipe |
The resource is accessed through a named pipe. |
| net.tcp |
The resource is accessed from TCP endpoint. |
| news |
The resource is accessed through the NNTP protocol. |
| nntp |
The resource is accessed through the NNTP protocol. |
| telnet |
The resource is accessed through the TELNET protocol. |
| uuid |
The resource is accessed through a unique UUID endpoint name for communicating with a service. |
Requirements
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0