WCF hosting

1. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Windows Communication Foundation
Hosting & Endpoints
Winter 2006

2. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
WCF Hosting & Endpoints
 Agenda
 Address, Binding, Contract & Hosting
 WCF Endpoints
 Architecture
 Hosting Options
 basicHttpBinding Demo
 netTcpBinding & netMsmqBinding Demo

3. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
About Me
 Microsoft Certified Professional .NET, MCAD, .NET
 7+ years professional experience developing Microsoft solutions for the
retail, financial services and environmental, health & safety industries.
 Primary focus on Enterprise Application Integration architectures:
 .NET Framework
 BizTalk Server
 Host Integration Server

4. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Address, Binding, Contract & Hosting
n Address uniquely identifies a service.
rovides the transport protocol, name of target
machine (host) and port if applicable.
xpressed as an explicit path or URI:
ransport]://[machine][:optional port]
ttp://localhost
ttp://localhost:8081
ttp://localhost:8081/Service
et.tcp://localhost:8082/Service
et.pipe://localhost/Pipe
All services expose a Contract.
WCF uses 3 types of contracts:
Service Contract – Exposes the service.
Operation Contract- Exposes the service members.
Data Contract – Describes service parameters.
Fault Contracts – Defines error handling semantics.
Bindings provide “canned” policies that implement
the WCF features required to support the design
goals of the service.
Some common bindings include:
basicHttpBinding
netTcpBinding
wsHttpBinding
netMsqmqBinding
WCF services must be hosted by a Windows
Process (host process).
Hosting options include:
IIS 5 & 6
IIS 7 & Windows Activation Service (WAS)
SmartClient, Console or Windows Service (also
called “Self-Hosting”)
 The ABCs of Windows Communication Foundation:

5. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
WCF Endpoints
 WCF Services are deployed, discovered and consumed as endpoints.

6. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Architecture

7. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Hosting Options

8. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Demos
 IIS Hosting with basicHttpBinding
 Self Hosting with multiple endpoints

9. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Questions?
 References
 IDesign WCF Master Class, Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, San Jose, CA.
June 2006.
 IDesign WCF Standard
 Programming WCF Services, Juval Lowy, 2007 O’Reilly Press.

10. Introducing the ABCs of
Windows Communication
Questions?
 References
 IDesign WCF Master Class, Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, San Jose, CA.
June 2006.
 IDesign WCF Standard
 Programming WCF Services, Juval Lowy, 2007 O’Reilly Press.