1. Hosting the service in a managed application

We can create a .NET managed application and host a WCF service inside the

application. The hosting application can be a command-line application, a Windows

Forms application, or a web application. This hosting method gives you full control

over the lifetime of the WCF service. It is very easy to debug and deploy, and

supports all bindings and transports. The drawback of this hosting method is that

you have to start the hosting application manually and it has only limited support

for high availability, easy manageability, robustness, recoverability, versioning, and

deployment scenarios.

 

 2. Using Console as the Host App

the code for app.config:

<?

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"

?>

<

configuration

>

    

<

system.serviceModel

>

        

<

bindings

>

            

<

wsHttpBinding

>

                

<

binding 

name

="WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService"

 closeTimeout

="00:01:00"

                    openTimeout

="00:01:00"

 receiveTimeout

="00:10:00"

 sendTimeout

="00:01:00"

                    bypassProxyOnLocal

="false"

 transactionFlow

="false"

 hostNameComparisonMode

="StrongWildcard"

                    maxBufferPoolSize

="524288"

 maxReceivedMessageSize

="65536"

                    messageEncoding

="Text"

 textEncoding

="utf-8"

 useDefaultWebProxy

="true"

                    allowCookies

="false"

>

                    

<

readerQuotas 

maxDepth

="32"

 maxStringContentLength

="8192"

 maxArrayLength

="16384"

                        maxBytesPerRead

="4096"

 maxNameTableCharCount

="16384"

 

/>

                    

<

reliableSession 

ordered

="true"

 inactivityTimeout

="00:10:00"

                        enabled

="false"

 

/>

                    

<

security 

mode

="Message"

>

                        

<

transport 

clientCredentialType

="Windows"

 proxyCredentialType

="None"

                            realm

=""

 

/>

                        

<

message 

clientCredentialType

="Windows"

 negotiateServiceCredential

="true"

                            algorithmSuite

="Default"

 establishSecurityContext

="true"

 

/>

                    

</

security

>

                

</

binding

>

            

</

wsHttpBinding

>

        

</

bindings

>

        

<

client

>

            

<!--

<endpoint address="http://localhost:8080/HostDevServer/HelloWorldService.svc"

-->

            

<

endpoint 

address

="http://localhost:8080/HostCmdLineApp/HelloWorldService/"

 

                binding

="wsHttpBinding"

 bindingConfiguration

="WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService"

                contract

="IHelloWorldService"

 name

="WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService"

>

                

<

identity

>

                    

<

userPrincipalName 

value

="IT14\Administrator"

 

/>

                

</

identity

>

            

</

endpoint

>

        

</

client

>

    

</

system.serviceModel

>

</

configuration

>

 

Your console service host code:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.ServiceModel;

using System.Configuration;

namespace HostCmdLineApp

{

    

class Program

    {

        

static 

void Main(

string[] args)

        {

            Type serviceType = 

typeof(HelloWCF.Service.HelloWorldService);

            

string httpBaseAddress = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[

"

HTTPBaseAddress

"];

            Uri[] baseAddress = 

new Uri[] { 

new Uri(httpBaseAddress) };

            ServiceHost host = 

new ServiceHost(serviceType, baseAddress);

            host.Open();

            Console.WriteLine(

"

HelloWorldService is now running. 

");

            Console.WriteLine(

"

Press any key to stop it ...

");

            Console.ReadKey();

            host.Close();

        }

    }

}

 

Need to modify the app.config in your client app:

<?xml version=

"

1.0

" encoding=

"

utf-8

"?>

<configuration>

    <system.serviceModel>

        <bindings>

            <wsHttpBinding>

                <binding name=

"

WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService

" closeTimeout=

"

00:01:00

"

                    openTimeout=

"

00:01:00

" receiveTimeout=

"

00:10:00

" sendTimeout=

"

00:01:00

"

                    bypassProxyOnLocal=

"

false

" transactionFlow=

"

false

" hostNameComparisonMode=

"

StrongWildcard

"

                    maxBufferPoolSize=

"

524288

" maxReceivedMessageSize=

"

65536

"

                    messageEncoding=

"

Text

" textEncoding=

"

utf-8

" useDefaultWebProxy=

"

true

"

                    allowCookies=

"

false

">

                    <readerQuotas maxDepth=

"

32

" maxStringContentLength=

"

8192

" maxArrayLength=

"

16384

"

                        maxBytesPerRead=

"

4096

" maxNameTableCharCount=

"

16384

" />

                    <reliableSession ordered=

"

true

" inactivityTimeout=

"

00:10:00

"

                        enabled=

"

false

" />

                    <security mode=

"

Message

">

                        <transport clientCredentialType=

"

Windows

" proxyCredentialType=

"

None

"

                            realm=

"" />

                        <message clientCredentialType=

"

Windows

" negotiateServiceCredential=

"

true

"

                            algorithmSuite=

"

Default

" establishSecurityContext=

"

true

" />

                    </security>

                </binding>

            </wsHttpBinding>

        </bindings>

        <client>

            <!--<endpoint address=

"

http://localhost:8080/HostDevServer/HelloWorldService.svc

"-->

            <endpoint address=

"

http://localhost:8080/HostCmdLineApp/HelloWorldService/

" 

                binding=

"

wsHttpBinding

" bindingConfiguration=

"

WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService

"

                contract=

"

IHelloWorldService

" name=

"

WSHttpBinding_IHelloWorldService

">

                <identity>

                    <userPrincipalName value=

"

IT14\Administrator

" />

                </identity>

            </endpoint>

        </client>

    </system.serviceModel>

</configuration>

 

As you can see, I modified the address of the endpoint to the new address we have just declared in the app.config of the host

 

 

Now run the host(Ctrl + F5), and then run the client(Ctrl + F5)

Result:

How are you doing David Gu!

 

BTW, you can also host the service in a windows service

The steps to create such a hosting application are very similar to what we did to

host a WCF service in a command-line application, except that you have to create an

installer to install the Windows service in the Service Control Manager (or you can

use the .NET Framework Installutil.exe utility)