Question

This is a “How it is done behind the scenes” question :

Im posting data from jQuery ajax to an asp.net page method. ( the method name is Show1)

Fiddler shows :

POST http://localhost:54517/WebSite8/Default.aspx/Show1 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:54517
 ...

{aaa:"value"}

Is just like posting to asmx.

the iis gets a request to /Show1 but he doesn’t have a page like this.

so how does he knows that he should run Default.aspx and search a Show1 method inside it ?

Also , If this method is declared as :

    [WebMethod]
    public static string Show1(string aaa)
    {}

Is it legitimic question to ask for its WSDL alike information ?

Answer 1

Default.aspx/Show1 is the natural URL structure for static web methods in a page, so the framework handles the request and routes it correctly.

As far as WSDL, I’m not sure since it’s not a pure web service how the WSDL comes into play.