Exception: Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is '65536'

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I looked at others posts, but I didn't find solution to my problem.

My service config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,Log4net"/>
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    ...
  </appSettings>
  <log4net>
    ...
  </log4net>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <protocolMapping>
      <add scheme="http" binding="wsDualHttpBinding"/>
    </protocolMapping>
    <services>
      <service name="Service1" behaviorConfiguration="Service1Behavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" contract="IService1" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost"/>
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="/mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
      </service>
      <service name="Service2" behaviorConfiguration="Service2Behavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="IService2" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <bindings>
      <wsHttpBinding>
        <binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService2" receiveTimeout="00:00:10"
          sendTimeout="00:00:10" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
          useDefaultWebProxy="false">
          <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
            maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </wsHttpBinding>
      <netTcpBinding>
        <binding name="NetTcpBinding_IService1" receiveTimeout="00:00:20"
          sendTimeout="00:00:20" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
            maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
          <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </netTcpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="Service1Behavior">
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="False"/>

          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True"/>
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="100"
                    maxConcurrentInstances="100"
                    maxConcurrentSessions="100" />
        </behavior>
        <behavior name="Service2Behavior">
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True"/>
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True"/>
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="100"
                    maxConcurrentInstances="100"
                    maxConcurrentSessions="100"  />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
  <connectionStrings>
    ...
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.diagnostics>
    <sources>
      <source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Error,ActivityTracing"
        propagateActivity="true">
        <listeners>
          ...
        </listeners>
      </source>
    </sources>
  </system.diagnostics>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/>
  </startup>
</configuration>

My client config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        ...
    </configSections>
    <system.serviceModel>
        <bindings>
            <netTcpBinding>
                <binding name="NetTcpBinding_IService1" closeTimeout="00:00:15"
                    openTimeout="00:00:15" receiveTimeout="00:00:40" sendTimeout="00:00:40"
                    transactionFlow="false" transferMode="Buffered" transactionProtocol="OleTransactions"
                    hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" listenBacklog="10"
                    maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxBufferSize="2147483647"
                    maxConnections="10" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
                    <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
                    <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
                        enabled="false" />
                    <security mode="None">
                        <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" protectionLevel="EncryptAndSign" />
                        <message clientCredentialType="Windows" />
                    </security>
                </binding>
            </netTcpBinding>
            <wsHttpBinding>
                <binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService2" closeTimeout="00:00:15"
                    openTimeout="00:00:15" receiveTimeout="00:00:25" sendTimeout="00:00:15"
                    bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
                    maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
                    messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="false">
                    <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
                    <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
                    <security mode="None">
                        <transport realm="" />
                        <message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true" />
                    </security>
                </binding>
            </wsHttpBinding>
        </bindings>
        <client>
            <endpoint address="http://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service2/"
                binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2"
                contract="Service2Reference.IService2"
                name="WSHttpBinding_IService2"  behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
                <identity>
                    <dns value="localhost" />
                </identity>
            </endpoint>
            <endpoint address="net.tcp://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service1/"
                binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
                contract="Service1Reference.IService1" name="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
                behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
                <identity>
                    <dns value="localhost" />
                </identity>
            </endpoint>
        </client>
      <behaviors>
        <endpointBehaviors>
          <behavior name="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
            <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          </behavior>
        </endpointBehaviors>
      </behaviors>
    </system.serviceModel>
    <userSettings>
        ...
    </userSettings>

</configuration>

Why I still get exception:

The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: 
There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http://tempuri.org/:GetData.
The InnerException message was 'Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is '65536'. 
Change the object graph or increase the MaxItemsInObjectGraph quota. '.

Is seems to ignore <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/> in both App.config files. Why?

@Cybermaxs-Betclic No, it's not duplicate. I'm using "Add Service Reference" in Visual Studio so my config file is correct — Saint, Jun 25 '13 at 10:29

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 08:48

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At the client, see the 3 lines marked ****:

    <client>
        <endpoint address="http://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service2/"
****        behaviorConfiguration="foo"
            binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2"
            contract="Service2Reference.IService2"
            name="WSHttpBinding_IService2">
            <identity>
                <dns value="localhost" />
            </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="net.tcp://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service1/"
****        behaviorConfiguration="foo"
            binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
            contract="Service1Reference.IService1" name="NetTcpBinding_IService1">
            <identity>
                <dns value="localhost" />
            </identity>
        </endpoint>
    </client>
  <behaviors>
    <endpointBehaviors>
****  <behavior name="foo">
        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
      </behavior>
    </endpointBehaviors>
  </behaviors>

answered Jun 25 '13 at 08:48

Marc Gravell

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Yes, I tried this also. Still not working – Saint Jun 25 '13 at 08:52
@Saint hmm, ok; right - to be clear: which end is serializing when this breaks? client? or server? – Marc Gravell Jun 25 '13 at 08:55
Server part semms to be ok. Client part is broken – Saint Jun 25 '13 at 08:57
@Saint hmmm... that's vexing; unless I'm going crazy, the above should have fixed it – Marc Gravell Jun 25 '13 at 08:58
@Saint yes, that is normal – Marc Gravell Jun 25 '13 at 11:58

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 09:01

Add to the config

<behaviors> 
    <endpointBehaviors> 
        <behavior name="Behaviors.EndpointBehavior"> 
            <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" /> 
        </behavior> 
    </endpointBehaviors> 
</behaviors

Then define your client with behavior

<client> 
    <endpoint address=http://localhost:9997/Services/MyService 
        behaviorConfiguration="Behaviors.EndpointBehavior" 
        binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHTTPBinding.Configuration.Client" 
        contract="IAppointments" name="Client.EndpointConfiguration" /> 
</client>

Or do it in code behind

foreach ( var operation in channelFactory.Endpoint.Contract.Operations )   
{   
    var behavior = operation.Behaviors.Find() as DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior;   
    if ( behavior != null )   
    {   
        behavior.MaxItemsInObjectGraph = 2147483647;       
    }   
}

(Source: http://devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker/archive/2010/05/04/setting-maxitemsinobjectgraph-for-wcf-there-has-to-be-a-better-way.aspx)

I think you have to decorate the server side definition and the client endpoint as well.

The code behind version worked for me; the accepted answer only works if you are using a duplex endpoint. — Winger, Feb 24 '15 at 21:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '13 at 10:27

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I solved this problem with adding behavior in C# code.

client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Remove(typeof(CallbackBehaviorAttribute));
client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(new CallbackBehaviorAttribute() { MaxItemsInObjectGraph = 2147483647 });

Problem probably is caused because of using ServiceClient constructor with InstanceContext, Binding and EndpointAddress so behavior from app.config is ignored.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 10:27

Saint

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Could you please explain where this code should go? Is it on instantiating the app? Or before each connection? Thanks. I don't fully understand the constructor issue you describe. – Chris Mar 23 '16 at 08:59

Exception: Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is '65536'

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