Questions tagged [wcf-proxy]
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Silverlight 4.0 and WCF client proxy - how to create and how to close instances
Topic of Silverlight WCF service proxy lifecycle is not very clear to me. I have read various materials, resources, answers here, but still I don't completely understand the supposed best way to use them.
I am using custom binary binding in…

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How to prevent 'Specified' properties being generated in WCF clients?
I have two .NET 3.5 WCF services build with VS2008.
I have two WCF clients in Silverlight to consume these services. The clients are generated with the 'Add Service Reference'. I am using Silverlight 4.
ONE of the proxies is generated with…

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Unity to dispose of object
Is there a way to make Unity dispose property-injected objects as part of the Teardown?
The background is that I am working on an application that uses ASP.NET MVC 2, Unity and WCF. We have written our own MVC controller factory that uses unity to…

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Why does WCF generated proxy wrap contract interface methods with new methods with different signatures?
I'm subcsribing to the SQL Server 2008 SSRS web service ( .../reportserver/ReportService2005.asmx?wsdl) using WCF, with default WCF config options as far as I can tell.
It does something weird when it generates the local proxy classes though.
I'll…

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What is the proper life-cycle of a WCF service client proxy in Silverlight 3?
I'm finding mixed answers to my question out in the web. To elaborate on the question:
Should I instantiate a service client proxy once per asynchronous invocation, or once per Silverlight app?
Should I close the service client proxy explicitly…

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WCF Proxy fails following call to external API
I have a Web API controller method that calls an external REST API service using the HttpClient. The results of the external REST call are then passed to a WCF Service via a call to its proxy.
If I call the WCF proxy first and then call the external…

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What are the Pitfalls of using a shared static WCF Proxy Client?
I am considering using a Shared (read static) WCF proxy client for a high throughput application. I believe there is a performance gain in doing this, but I have not benchmarked this as yet.
Are there some serious pitfalls to this idea?
From my…

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Handling WCF Proxy null return issue
I have a WCF Client Proxy connected to a third party webservice.
The proxy works fine with nearly everything except on function.
This function works just fine with a ASMX proxy.
I have added service trace logging and can see the response from the…

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How do I get WCF to generate a list of proxies?
How do I get WCF to generate a list or IEnumerable of proxies to the actual object? I'm doing this in a self-hosted application.
Here's what I have:
public interface IRemoteControlGroup {
List GetInstances();
}
public class…

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Invoking WCF service methods without having a proxy
Is there anyway I can invoke a WCF service without adding service reference or even having a proxy at all.

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WCF - Can I generate one proxy from two separate interfaces
I have two separate interfaces and two separate endpoints (.svc files) defined in a single WCF project. These interfaces share common objects in the project. Is there a way to create a single proxy that combines both interfaces and all the objects,…

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Unable to trap custom exception in WCF client
I know this question has been asked on a number of occassions (believe me I know I have went through almost every one of the posts). However, I still can't get it to work...
I have the following simple service:
[ServiceContract]
public interface…

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migrating webclient to WCF; WCF client serializes parametername of method
I'm struggling with migrating from webservice/webclient architecture to WCF architecture. The object are very complex, with lots of nested xsd's and different namespaces. Proxy classes are generated by adding a Web Reference to an original wsdl with…

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Speed up WCF client instantiation?
Suppose my WCF client interface is called ISDK, and the client object itself is called ISDKClient, as generated by svcutil.
When I instantiate a WCF client like this:
Dim myClient As New ISDKClient
it takes around 1.5sec to create the first client,…

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WCF Async methods not generated in proxy interface
I want to use the Asnyc methods rather than the Begin/End on my WCF service client proxy because I'm updating WPF controls and need to make sure they're being updated from the UI thread. I could use the Dispatcher…

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