Asp.net web Api源码分析-HttpRequestMessage的创建

紧接着前文Asp.net web Api源码分析-如何获取IHttpHandler 我们已经得到了HttpControllerHandler实例，它是一个IHttpAsyncHandler类型，我们来看看它的BeginProcessRequest方法是如何实现：

  protected virtual IAsyncResult BeginProcessRequest(HttpContextBase httpContextBase, AsyncCallback callback, object state)
        {
            HttpRequestMessage request = httpContextBase.GetHttpRequestMessage() ?? ConvertRequest(httpContextBase);
            request.Properties[HttpPropertyKeys.HttpRouteDataKey] = _routeData;
            Task responseBodyTask = _server.Value.SendAsync(request, CancellationToken.None)
                .Then(response => ConvertResponse(httpContextBase, response, request));

            TaskWrapperAsyncResult result = new TaskWrapperAsyncResult(responseBodyTask, state);
            if (callback != null)
            {
                if (result.IsCompleted)
                {
                    result.CompletedSynchronously = true;
                    callback(result);
                }
                else
                {
                    result.CompletedSynchronously = false;
                    responseBodyTask.ContinueWith(_ =>
                    {
                        callback(result);
                    });
                }
            }

            return result;
        }

我想这个方法的大致逻辑大家一看也就明白了，这里我们只关心  HttpRequestMessage request = httpContextBase.GetHttpRequestMessage() ?? ConvertRequest(httpContextBase);这句，创建HttpRequestMessage实例，有关HttpRequestMessage的一些介绍大家可以参考 MVC4 WebAPI(二)——Web API工作方式
其中GetHttpRequestMessage方法的实现非常简单：

internal static readonly string HttpRequestMessageKey = "MS_HttpRequestMessage";
public static HttpRequestMessage GetHttpRequestMessage(this HttpContextBase context)
{
     return context.Items[HttpRequestMessageKey] as HttpRequestMessage;
}

public static void SetHttpRequestMessage(this HttpContextBase context, HttpRequestMessage request)
{
    context.Items.Add(HttpRequestMessageKey, request);
}

所以这里的GetHttpRequestMessage并没有真正创建HttpRequestMessage，ConvertRequest方法才是真正创建HttpRequestMessage的地方。

  internal static HttpRequestMessage ConvertRequest(HttpContextBase httpContextBase)
        {
            Contract.Assert(httpContextBase != null);

            HttpRequestBase requestBase = httpContextBase.Request;
            HttpMethod method = HttpMethodHelper.GetHttpMethod(requestBase.HttpMethod);
            Uri uri = requestBase.Url;
            HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, uri);

            IHostBufferPolicySelector policySelector = _bufferPolicySelector.Value;
            bool isInputBuffered = policySelector == null ? true : policySelector.UseBufferedInputStream(httpContextBase);
            Stream inputStream = isInputBuffered
                                    ? requestBase.InputStream
                                    : httpContextBase.ApplicationInstance.Request.GetBufferlessInputStream();

            request.Content = new StreamContent(inputStream);
            foreach (string headerName in requestBase.Headers)
            {
                string[] values = requestBase.Headers.GetValues(headerName);
                AddHeaderToHttpRequestMessage(request, headerName, values);
            }
            request.Properties.Add(HttpContextBaseKey, httpContextBase);
            request.Properties.Add(HttpPropertyKeys.RetrieveClientCertificateDelegateKey, _retrieveClientCertificate);
            request.Properties.Add(HttpPropertyKeys.