WCF – Configure the entire self host service via the app.config only

WCF – Configure the entire self host service via the app.config only

Most the self host samples that your find on the web,  it shows you how to configure the service programmatically.

App.config:

  - The metadata can be access via the http://localhost:8080/DataAccessService/Mex.
  - The service can be access via the net.tcp://localhost:8081/DataAccessService

  <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <bindings>
      
      <netTcpBinding>
        <binding   name="IosService_netTcpBinding"  maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" receiveTimeout="23:10:00">
          <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </netTcpBinding>
      
      <wsHttpBinding>
        <binding name="IosService_wsHttpBinding"  maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" receiveTimeout="23:10:00">
          <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </wsHttpBinding>   
      
    </bindings>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
    <services>
      <service name="com_cae.Miss.ProductAdapter.CdbAdapter.DataAccess.DataAccessService">
        <endpoint address ="" binding="netTcpBinding"  
                  bindingConfiguration="IosService_netTcpBinding" 
                  name="Endpoint"
                  listenUriMode="Explicit"
                  contract="com_cae.Miss.ProductAdapter.CdbAdapter.ClientServer.IDataAccessService" />
 
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding"  name="MexEndpoint" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
        <host>
          <baseAddresses>
            <!-- For the metadata -->
            <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8080/DataAccessService/" />
            <!--- For service -->
            <add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8081/DataAccessService/" />
          </baseAddresses>
        </host>
      </service>
    </services>
  </system.serviceModel>

Main Code :

      try
      {
        ServiceHost wIosServiceHost = wFactory.CreateServiceHostWithType(typeof(DataAccessService));
        wIosServiceHost.Open();
        Console.WriteLine("running on endpoints:");
        foreach (var wServiceEndpoint in wIosServiceHost.Description.Endpoints)
        {
          Console.WriteLine(wServiceEndpoint.Address.ToString());
          Console.WriteLine("running");
        }
      }
 
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
         ...

       }