What is ServiceModel?

ServiceContractAttribute Class (System.ServiceModel) Indicates that an interface or a class defines a service contract in a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application.

What is ServiceContractAttribute?

Use the ServiceContractAttribute properties to modify the service contract. The ConfigurationName property specifies the name of the service element in the configuration file to use. The CallbackContract property specifies the return contract in a two-way (duplex) conversation.

What is controlled by message contract?

A message contract is used to control the structure of a message body and serialization process. It is used to send/access the information in the soap header. By use of a Message Contract we can customize the parameters sent using a SOAP message between the client and the server.

What is difference between message contract and Datacontract in WCF?

What is different between Message Contract and Data Contract in WCF? Data contracts only provide access to SOAP body(limited to changing the Names and Order of contracts) where as MessageContract provides full access to SOAP XML(both request and response).

Where is ServiceProcess?

NET tab, and double click on System. ServiceProcess. dll. This assembly is probably in the folder C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.

What is ServiceModel in web config?

It identifies the service behavior used by a service. The behavior specified by this attribute must link to a service behavior defined in the scope of the same configuration file (i.e. the same file or a parent file).

What is ServiceModel OperationContractAttribute?

The OperationContractAttribute attribute declares that a method is an operation in a service contract. The IsOneWay property indicates that a method does not return any value at all, including an empty underlying response message.

What is duplex service in WCF?

A duplex contract allows clients and servers to communicate with each other independently so that either can initiate calls to the other. The duplex contract is one of three message patterns available to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services. The other two message patterns are one-way and request-reply.

Why DataContract is used in WCF?

A data contract is a formal agreement between a service and a client that abstractly describes the data to be exchanged. That is, to communicate, the client and the service do not have to share the same types, only the same data contracts.

What is SOAP message in WCF?

SOAP stands for simple object access protocol. In WCF the main thing is that the communication between the server and client. The communication takes place by messages with some transport layer. The main need of calling a service is to do the data transfer between the server and client.