what the difference between webrequest and httpwebrequest

Question

It seems that HttpWebRequest has more control like ReadWriteTimeout. I am wondering whether I should stick with HttpWebRequest, rather than WebRequest

Answer 1

WebRequest is the base/parent class for HttpWebRequest and some other requests as listed here.

For now, they are:

  System.IO.Packaging.PackWebRequest
  System.Net.FileWebRequest
  System.Net.FtpWebRequest
  System.Net.HttpWebRequest

Answer 2

A WebRequest can be a HttpWebRequest/FtpWebRequest/FileWebRequest (or more in the future...)