Windows® Phone 8 Unleashed

Using URL Rerouting with a WCF Service

The Web Application project uses URL rerouting to allow the BackgroundTransferRequest to pass the user ID and filename to the service via the URL.

The routing system on the server is initialized in the RegisterRoutes method of the Global class in the Web Application project. The URL routing APIs reside in the System.Web.Routing namespace. A new ServiceRoute is added to the RouteTable, so that when a request for the URL BackupService arrives, the built-in WebServiceHostFactory creates an instance of the BackupService class to service the request. See the following excerpt:

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public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication{    protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs ...