Chapter 1. Working with Contracts

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Defining a one-way Contract
  • Making DataContract forward-compatible
  • Generate DataContract from XML Schema
  • Using XMLSerializer to control message serialization
  • Using MessageContract to control the SOAP Message
  • Adding a custom SoapHeader via Contract
  • Returning custom exception data through FaultContract

Introduction

Contracts often occur in business affairs to restrict the operations between the operators that are working with each other. For distributed communication services, Contracts also play a very important role in making sure that the service consumers can co-operate with the service providers correctly. Looking around, we can see the term SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) being ...

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