No endpoints found when adding a Custom ServiceHostFactory - wcf

Question

I created a wcf application. I didn't change anything. Used the Service1.GetData(int). It works fine. I can hit the wsdl in a browser and everything. Then I created a custom service host factory that simply returns a new service host and the service never comes up. I can no longer get to the wsdl in a browser. I tried adding a Custom ServiceHost so I could do a little debugging and it appears that there are no endpoints being found (even when explicitly calling AddDefaultEndpoints(). This is true even when I explicitly add the endpoint to the web.config.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what the issue could be?
If anyone cares to take a look I put the code on github: https://github.com/devlife/Sandbox/tree/master/WcfService1

Answer 1

Why are you using ServiceHostFactory?
are you going to use AppFabric/IIS? or self hosted services?
I think you need to add a MEX endpoint.
<endpoint address="mex"
binding="mexHttpBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange" />

Answer 2

Here is how I have defined a CustomHost in a project I am working on,
<%# ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" Service="Servicename.Servicename" CodeBehind="Service1.svc.cs" Factory="WcfService1.CustomServiceHostFactory"%>
And this,
public class CustomServiceHostFactory : ServiceHostFactory
{
public CustomServiceHostFactory()
{
}
protected override ServiceHost CreateServiceHost(Type serviceType, Uri[] baseAddresses)
{
return new CustomServiceHost(serviceType, baseAddresses);
}
}
public class CustomServiceHost : ServiceHost
{
public CustomServiceHost()
{
}
public CustomServiceHost(Type serviceType, params Uri[] baseAddresses)
: base(serviceType, baseAddresses)
{
}
protected override void OnOpening()
{
base.OnOpening();
}
protected override void OnClosing()
{
base.OnClosing();
}
protected override void ApplyConfiguration()
{
base.ApplyConfiguration();
}
}
Note that the CustomServiceHost looks bare, but that is because my solution has a lot of logging and configuration in this CustomServiceHost that I removed and is not appropriate.
The other difference I can see also is that my CustomServiceHost does not add the endpoint. The endpoint is defined in the config file like this,
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<services>
<service name="Servicename.Servicename" behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior">
<endpoint address="http://*******.svc" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="Namespace.IContract" bindingConfiguration="BindingConfig">
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="BindingConfig" maxReceivedMessageSize="9291456">
<security mode="None">
</security>
<readerQuotas maxArrayLength="6291456" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>