You can use a message formatter to change the serializer used to deal with JSON. The post at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/carlosfigueira/wcf-extensibility-message-formatters shows an example on how to change the default serializer (DataContractJsonSerializer) to another one (JSON.NET).
It makes sense that there is no Proxy property on the WCF proxy, because not all WCF proxies use HTTP for communication. After further review, I found that it is possible to set the proxy in WCF programmatically, if the WCF proxy uses an HTTP binding. I am documenting it here in case someone else … Read more
This answer is based on an article that no longer exists: Summary of article: “Basically, WCF is a service layer that allows you to build applications that can communicate using a variety of communication mechanisms. With it, you can communicate using Peer to Peer, Named Pipes, Web Services and so on. You can’t compare them … Read more
Are you referring to the server side or the client side? For a client, you would want to adjust the sendTimeout attribute of a binding element. For a service, you would want to adjust the receiveTimeout attribute of a binding elemnent. <system.serviceModel> <bindings> <netTcpBinding> <binding name=”longTimeoutBinding” receiveTimeout=”00:10:00″ sendTimeout=”00:10:00″> <security mode=”None”/> </binding> </netTcpBinding> </bindings> <services> <service … Read more
You need to implement both services (interfaces) in the same class. servicehost = new ServiceHost(typeof(WcfEntryPoint)); servicehost.Open(); public class WcfEntryPoint : IMyService1, IMyService2 { #region IMyService1 #endregion #region IMyService2 #endregion } FYI: I frequently use partial classes to make my host class code easier to read: // WcfEntryPoint.IMyService1.cs public partial class WcfEntryPoint : IMyService1 { // … Read more
There are 3 basic ways to create a WCF client: Let Visual Studio generate your proxy. This auto generates code that connects to the service by reading the WSDL. If the service changes for any reason you have to regenerate it. The big advantage of this is that it is easy to set up – … Read more
The best way is to use Stream like Raw HTTP POST with WCF or what you are saying. The reason is because WCF abstracts all the communication-level physical layout stuff out from the service code. Ideally, you would want to make a service that could turn into SOAP or REST just by flipping the switch. … Read more
I want to know if using Self Tacking Entities (in Entity Framework) is recommended with WCF services? It depends who you ask. If you ask MS they will tell you Yes because they simply don’t have anything better to offer. STEs were response to this very old MS Connect suggestion. The problem is that EF … Read more
The best thing I’ve found for diagnosing things like this is the service trace viewer. It’s pretty simple to set up (assuming you can edit the configs): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms732023.aspx Hope this helps.
I know this post is a bit old now, but if you happen to be using .NET 4, you should look at using URL Routing (introduced in MVC, but brought into core ASP.NET). In your app start (global.asax), just have the following route configuration line to setup the default route: RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute(“mysvc”, new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(MyServiceClass))); … Read more