Pro WCF 4, 2nd Edition

Part I: Introducing Windows Communication Foundation .......................................... 1
■Chapter 1: WCF and SOA Basics .............................................................................. 3
Understanding SOA ............................................................................................................ 3
What Is a Service? ............................................................................................................. 5
Tenet 1: Boundaries Are Explicit ............................................................................................................... 6
Tenet 2: Services Are Autonomous ........................................................................................................... 6
Tenet 3: Services Share the Schema and Contract, Not the Class ........................................................... 7
Tenet 4: Service Compatibility Is Based on Policy .................................................................................... 7
A Brief History of the Microsoft Distributed Stack ............................................................. 8
Why Are Web Services the Preferred Option? .................................................................. 10
What Does WCF Solve? .................................................................................................... 11
Unification of Existing Technologies ................................................................................ 12
Interoperability Across Platforms ..................................................................................... 13
WCF As a Service-Oriented Development Tool ................................................................ 15
Exploring Features in WCF ............................................................................................... 18
Developer Productivity ..................................................................................................... 18
Attribute-Based Development .......................................................................................... 18

Coexisting with Existing Technology ................................................................................ 19
Hosting Services .............................................................................................................. 19
Migration/Integration with Existing Technology ............................................................... 20
One Service, Multiple Endpoints ...................................................................................... 21
Integration Technologies .................................................................................................. 22
How Do You Unify All These Technologies? ..................................................................... 22
Summary .......................................................................................................................... 24
■Chapter 2: What’s New in WCF 4 ........................................................................... 25
Introducing the ABCs of WCF ........................................................................................... 25
Standard Endpoints .......................................................................................................... 27
Simplified Configuration ................................................................................................... 31
Default Endpoints ............................................................................................................. 32
Default Bindings ............................................................................................................... 34
Default Behavior ............................................................................................................... 36
Fileless Activation ............................................................................................................ 37
Service Discovery ............................................................................................................. 37
Support of Visual Studio ................................................................................................... 41
Routing Service ................................................................................................................ 42
Improved REST Support ................................................................................................... 48
Workflow Services ........................................................................................................... 51
Summary .......................................................................................................................... 53
■Chapter 3: Exploring the WCF Programming Model .............................................. 55
Introducing the Technical Architecture ............................................................................ 56
Introducing the Programming Approach .......................................................................... 56
WCF Programming Model ................................................................................................ 57
Addresses ............................................................................................................................................... 58
Bindings .................................................................................................................................................. 60
Contracts ................................................................................................................................................. 62