Visual Basic® 2010 Unleashed

Address, Binding, Contract: The ABC of WCF

When a client application attempts to reach a service, it needs to know some information for finding the service and for data exchange. The service exposes such information via the ABC, which represents the Address, Binding and Contract properties in the service. The Address is the physical URI where the service is running. For example, on the local machine the Address could be http://localhost/MyService.svc or http://www.something.com/MyService.svc if the service is running on the Internet. The Binding property is a complex object and basically is responsible for

• Establishing how service and clients communicate (with a Behavior object)

• Establishing what protocol and credentials must be used within ...