What is EndPoint in WCF ?

Question

User139442114 posted

Hi,

I am new to WCF. can you please tell what is Endpoint and How it would be and where should configure  in WCF ?

can you please share your idea based on your work experience ?

i appreciate your help if you give some example also as i am in bottom of the step.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

User-183374066 posted

All communication with a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service occurs through the endpoints of the service. Endpoints provide clients access to the functionality offered by a WCF service.

Each endpoint consists of four properties:

• An address that indicates where the endpoint can be found.
  
  
• A binding that specifies how a client can communicate with the endpoint.
  
  
• A contract that identifies the operations available.
  
  
• A set of behaviors that specify local implementation details of the endpoint.

You have to define end point in web.config like e.g.

<system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IPairArihmeticService"/>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
      <endpoint address="http://localhost:1062/WcfTestWebSite/PairArihmeticService.svc" 
          binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IPairArihmeticService" 
          contract="PairServiceReference.IPairArihmeticService" 
          name="BasicHttpBinding_IPairArihmeticService"/>
    </client>
</system.serviceModel>

Some tutorials that will clear your understanding

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733107.aspx See left menu for address, binding, contract and more...
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/406096/A-beginners-tutorial-for-understanding-Windows
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb756928.aspx
• http://wcftutorial.net/

Answer 2

User139442114 posted

Thanks Naseer...

I read one article .they mentioned that one WCF service can have multiple endpoint ...

How is it possible one service can have multiple ?

can you please explain in technical point of view ?

Thanks

Answer 3

User-183374066 posted

How is it possible one service can have multiple ?

This is possible.

Dear we need multiple end points for one service because we from service to

• Expose more than one type of binding
• Exponse more than one contract on the same binding
• Expose same binding and contract on different addresses.

There is plenty of help available on msdn

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751515.aspx see left menu for more readings
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa395210.aspx
• http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/dhananjaycoder/configuring-multiple-end-points-for-wcf-service/

Regards