Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation 4.0 Cookbook for Developing SOA Applications

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Working with Contracts
  • Introduction
  • Defining a one-way Contract
  • Make DataContract forward-compatible
  • Generate DataContract from an XML Schema
  • Using XMLSerializer to control message serialization
  • Using MessageContract to control the SOAP message
  • Adding a custom SoapHeader via Contract
  • Return custom exception data through FaultContract

• Chapter 2: Endpoint, Binding, and Behavior
  • Introduction
  • Configuring Default Endpoints
  • Setting up two-way communication over MSMQ
  • Building a Publish-Subscribe service with dual binding
  • Creating a multiple-endpoint service
  • Implementing a POX HTTP service
  • Defining a CustomBinding without a timestamp header
  • Suppressing mustUnderstand validation on unknown SoapHeaders
  • Sharing a physical address between multiple endpoints

• Chapter 3: Hosting and Configuration
  • Introduction
  • Hosting a service in a console application
  • Hosting a service in Windows Service
  • Hosting a HTTP service with ASP.NET-compatible context
  • Hosting a non-HTTP service in IIS 7
  • Customizing IIS ServiceHost via ServiceHostFactory
  • Specifying a dedicated service instance for a singleton service
  • Hosting a service in WSS 3.0

• Chapter 4: Service Discovery and Proxy Generation
  • Introduction
  • Creating a typed service client
  • Choosing a specific type for representing a collection parameter
  • Reusing types between service and client
  • Customizing an auto-generated service proxy class in Visual Studio
  • Building an ad-hoc auto-discoverable service
  • Using managed ServiceDiscovery
  • Generating a service proxy in code
  • Customizing auto-generated service metadata

• Chapter 5: Channel and Messaging
  • Introduction
  • Using ChannelFactory to consume a WCF service
  • Invoking async operation via ChannelFactory
  • Creating a service via ChannelListener
  • Getting the IP address of a client consumer of a WCF service
  • Adding a dynamic SoapHeader into a message

• Chapter 6: Dealing with Data in Service
  • Introduction
  • Binding a WPF element with data from a WCF service
  • Returning ReadOnlyCollection data
  • Using raw XML as an operation parameter
  • Returning a DataTable/DataSet in a service operation
  • Transferring binary data with MTOM encoding
  • Specifying ServiceKnownType information in a programmatic way
  • Using XmlSerializer for custom data serialization

• Chapter 7: Security
  • Introduction
  • Setting up ad hoc Windows authentication over plain HTTP
  • Getting an authenticated client identity in a service operation
  • Using username authentication with an ASP.NET membership provider
  • Sending a clear text username token over unsecured HTTP transport
  • Using transport and message security at the same time
  • Authorizing through declarative role-based access control
  • Impersonating with a client caller identity
  • Adding multiple tokens in a service request (supportingToken)
  • Supplying dedicated credentials for firewall or proxy authentication
  • Securing a dynamic SoapHeader

• Chapter 8: Concurrency
  • Introduction
  • Hosting a singleton instance service
  • Invoking a WCF service without blocking the front UI
  • Using throttling to control service concurrency
  • Ensuring termination of a client session
  • Tuning WCF concurrency performance via Visual Studio testing tools

• Chapter 9: Extending WCF Runtime
  • Introduction
  • Using a custom ServiceHost
  • Intercepting operation parameters in a strong-type manner
  • Filtering operation requests based on message
  • Generic operation error handling with OperationInvoker
  • Altering operation messages via MessageInspector
  • Building a custom MessageEncoder
  • Centralizing authorization through a custom ServiceAuthorizationManager

• Chapter 10: RESTful and AJAX-enabled WCF Services
  • Introduction
  • Building a self-hosted REST service
  • Using an auto-generated Help page
  • Mapping URL suffix to operation parameters
  • Applying OutputCache in a REST service
  • Implementing file download via REST endpoint
  • Consuming a WCF service from an ASP.NET AJAX client
  • Accessing a remote REST service in an AJAX client

• Chapter 11: Interoperability
  • Introduction
  • Building a WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 compatible service
  • Consuming an ASMX Web Service from a WCF client
  • Accessing a WCF service via the WebRequest component
  • Consuming a WCF service with a raw MSMQ program
  • Using a WCF Service in Microsoft Office

• Chapter 12: Diagnostics
  • Introduction
  • Using the WCF Test Client tool to test a service
  • Capturing WCF request/response messages via Fiddler tool
  • Using built-in tracing and message logging
  • Debugging in a Windows service host
  • Creating a custom Visual Studio Debugger Visualizer for WCF debugging
  • Using PerformanceCounters for WCF service monitoring

• Chapter 13: Miscellaneous WCF Development Tips
  • Introduction
  • Creating test X.509 certificates for WCF Service
  • Managing X.509 certificates installed on service machine
  • Building an RSS feed service
  • Building a routing service
  • Registering WCF components manually in IIS server

• Index

Steven Cheng

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