Is there a way to obtain the server binding parameters configuration from the client?

Question

So, here I am in Silverlight, I am creating my binding and I want to set my MaxReceivedMessageSize to the max set supported by the server.

How do I create a query to get the server to send me that information?

As a last resort, I'll create a dummy service that only reads the current WCF configuration and passes the parameter information, but I really don't want to do that.

There must be a better way.

What do you think?

TIA,
-Baron

Answer 1

Hi,

 Since Silverlight only supports WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 (plain SOAP 1.1 over HTTP w/o any support for WS-* standards) WS-Policy information is not
 embedded in the WSDL generated for the service. Because of this, you are not able to pull information about the server-side binding configuration.

 So, if you want to be able to dynamically adjust the configuration parameters, you would have to do it out-of-band (a separate configuration metadata service might be a feasible solution).

 --larsw

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Lars Wilhelmsen | Senior Consultant | Miles, Norway | Connected Systems MVP | http://larswilhelmsen.com/

Answer 2

Hey Lars,

Thanks a bunch. I thought that might be the case, but I wanted to be sure.

-Baron