Cs_WCF_Demos Repository

Code illustrates building several types of WCF channels

Quick Status

Code functions correctly

no known defects

Demonstration code

yes

Documentation

yes - needs more

Test cases

Static library

Build requires

C# 7.0

Note

Requires Administrator mode
for execution

Planned design changes

Add more demonstration code

1.0 Contents

This repository provides a set of demostrations for building Windows Communication Foundation channels. Note that the Visual Studio wizard for WCF is limited to a very simple channel hosted in IIS. These demos show you how to build self-hosted channels. You will find it much easier to start with one of these examples instead of using the Visual Studio wizard.

Note that you must run Visual Studio as Administrator for these to work. That is due to the Microsoft design decision that only System Administrators should be able to install services, including WCF services.

HandCraftedBasicHttpServices
Examples of Declarative and Programmatic definition of WCF channel properties. These are very simple services, designed to help you get started by modifying and adding to these demos.
HandCraftedWsHttpServices
Same as above, except uses the WsHttp protocol, e.g., can be secured, supports session, etc.
SelfHosted_StringsService
Channel supporting the transmission of strings by value and reference.
FileService-SelfHost
Self-hosted service for transmitting files by blocks.
FileStreaming
Self-hosted service for transmitting files via streams.
Peer-Comm-SelfHosted
Chat like facility for communicating messages between two WPF clients.
WCF_MessagePassingComm
Demonstrates a service that supports several different protocols, e.g., BasicHttp, WsHttp, NetTCP.

2.0 Build

All code was built with Visual Studio, Community Edition - 2019, and tested on Windows 10.

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