Using Tracing and Message Logging Capabilities

Implementing tracing and implementing message logging capabilities are similar tasks in WCF. Therefore, we will cover them together. We'll first clarify what circumstances dictate message logging and then cover where you use tracing.

Message Logging

You can use message logging to monitor the activity of incoming and outgoing messages from a service. This will enable you to view and evaluate the message content that is received by the services. This is valuable in tracking malformed messages for system administrators and developers. The business users will also be interested in the content that describes the user's input requests that are derived through the message log. Several options are available ...

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