7.4. Router Service
WCF4 has great new routing capabilities that save you from writing your own message-routing solution. A routing solution can be very useful for many scenarios, such as
Crossing network boundaries
Redundancy—providing alternative endpoints in case of failure
Load balancing
Bridging of different protocols
Versioning
Providing an additional layer of security
WCF4's routing capabilities support all of these scenarios and allow you to listen for incoming WCF communications and route them, depending on customizable criteria. Let's create a simple routing example now to route messages from one endpoint to another.
7.4.1. Routing Example
We will create a very simple routing service that will listen for all calls to the endpoint http://localhost:1000/Router ...
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