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user995099
user995099

Reputation: 129

Is WCF DataContract work in java or non .net clients?

I am developing a wcf service (basicHttpBinding) that will be consumed by non .net clients (e.g. Java clients). But now I wonder, is DataContract will support in jave and other non .net clients? If not what shuold be my return type. Basically my service will be consumed by non .net clients and I don’t know whether DataContract supports in non .net clients.

Below is my contract and service contract code.

[DataContract]
public class DataResponse
    {
        string customerId;
        string version;
        string email;
        string firstName;

    [DataMember]
 public string CustomerId
        {
            get { return customerId; }
            set { customerId = value; }
        }

    [DataMember]
        public string Version
        {
            get { return version; }
            set { version = value; }
        }

[DataMember]
        public string Email
        {
            get { return email; }
            set { email = value; }
        }

    [DataMember]
        public string FirstName
        {
            get { return firstName; }
            set { firstName = value; }
        }
}

[ServiceContract]
    public interface ICustomerProfile
    {
        [OperationContract]
        DataResponse GetCustomerProfile(string requestObj);
    }

Please do the needful.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2991

Answers (3)

Mutant
Mutant

Reputation: 3821

YES, it will work.

here is the example - http://adventuresinsoftware.com/blog/?p=481

you can follow the steps given in example and try yours.

Upvotes: 1

MADMap
MADMap

Reputation: 3192

Depends on the Bindings you define, not on the contract. Worst case would be, that you have to define another binding for SOAP, JSON or any other compatible technology. Ie. WS-HTTP won't work.

Upvotes: 0

marc_s
marc_s

Reputation: 755073

YES !

WCF serializes everything into an XML message, defined by a XML schema (XSD) file.

So as long as your client on the other end can understand and interpret XSD and WSDL files (for SOAP-based WCF services), then YES - that client will be able to read your data.

That's the whole point of WCF - it's the most interoperable web services standard around and any halfway decent client can talk to it...

Upvotes: 0

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