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Lora
Lora

Reputation: 95

WCF Security Question

given this configuration :

<service name="WCFWSHttps.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="WCFWSHttps.Service1Behavior">
  <endpoint address="https://localhost/WCFWSHttps/Service1.svc" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="TransportSecurity" contract="WCFWSHttps.IService1"/>
  <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>

what is <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/> used for?

and how can i implement this enpoint in code behind. ie i have 

 WSHttpBinding binding;
 ServiceHost svh

how can i add the mex thingi in code behind?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 292

Answers (2)

scatman
scatman

Reputation: 14555

this shows how to AddServiceEndpoint to your ServiceHost in code behind.

Upvotes: 1

Suhumar
Suhumar

Reputation: 405

Imetadataexchange interface exposes methods to return the metadata information about the service like the method definition, data types of the return type etc. Basically metadata will be Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and helps the client to consume the service which you have exposed.

So there is no need to implement them and they are inbuilt in WCF.

You can find more info about the interfacte in here IMetadataExchange

Upvotes: 2

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