WCF 405 webmethod not found issue - wcf

Question

I have a requirement of creating a webservice where the client and the service will talk in Simple Soap (that request and response will be soap), I tried all to find a sample example on net where this thing is already done or some code sample so that I can get started but I think I am bad in searching google, that is why can't find any one so far, Some one suggested to use WCF so get an article
http://csharping.com/wcf/building-a-soap-response-envelope-manually-with-the-message-class/
But again my problem is not solved, I tried to create an application with this sample (with so many issues :( )
Created a console application and the Program.cs is
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.ServiceModel.Description;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace ServiceConsole
{
public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ServiceHost serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(ServiceClient), new Uri("http://localhost:2000/")))
{
ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = new ServiceEndpoint(
ContractDescription.GetContract(typeof(IService)));
ServiceEndpoint metadataEndpoint = new ServiceEndpoint(
ContractDescription.GetContract(typeof(IMetadataExchange)));
ServiceMetadataBehavior metadataBehavior = serviceHost.Description.Behaviors.Find<ServiceMetadataBehavior>();
if (metadataBehavior == null)
{
metadataBehavior = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();
metadataBehavior.HttpGetEnabled = true;
serviceHost.Description.Behaviors.Add(metadataBehavior);
}
serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IService), new BasicHttpBinding(), "http://localhost:2000/");
serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMetadataExchange), MetadataExchangeBindings.CreateMexHttpBinding(), "http://localhost:2000/WCFService/mex");
serviceHost.Open();
string requestData = "<s:Envelope xmlns:s=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><s:Header><h:HeaderItem xmlns:h=\"http://tempuri.org/\">a header item</h:HeaderItem><ActivityId CorrelationId=\"090c553b-bfcc-4e4f-94cd-1b4333fe82a9\" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/09/ServiceModel/Diagnostics\">377a454b-b543-4c6f-b4ac-3981029b60e6</ActivityId></s:Header><s:Body><string xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/\">a body item</string></s:Body></s:Envelope>";
byte[] requestDataBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestData);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://localhost/WCFService/");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "text/xml; charset=utf-8";
request.Headers.Add("SOAPAction", "http://tempuri.org/IWebService/GetMessage");
request.ContentLength = requestDataBytes.Length;
StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream());
streamWriter.Write(requestData);
streamWriter.Flush();
streamWriter.Close();
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string responseBody = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
Console.WriteLine("Service returned the following response...");
Console.WriteLine("");
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
Console.ReadKey();
serviceHost.Close();
}
}
}
}
the app.config which I generated using svcutil.exe is like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="65536" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="None">
<transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:2000/WebService/Service.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IService"
contract="IService" name="BasicHttpBinding_IService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
My webservioce is like (it is a WCF website in which the port is provided by me and is 2000
Service contract is
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService
{
[OperationContract]
Message GetMessage(Message s);
}
[ServiceBehavior]
public class Service : IService
{
public Message GetMessage(Message message)
{
string body = message.GetBody<string>();
return Message.CreateMessage(MessageVersion.Soap11, "http://tempuri.org/IWebService/GetMessageResponse", "body is " + body);
}
}
and the web.config is
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior" name="Service">
<endpoint address="http://localhost:2000/WebService/Service.svc" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
contract="IService" >
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<timeouts closeTimeout="00:01:10" />
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" policyVersion="Policy15" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
My issue is 405 webmethod not body can anyone please tell me what is an issue in this, I am new to WCF before this created a sample and this is my second application

Answer 1

You do not need to create the SOAP message manually, just use basic http binding and that will rturn SOAP.

Answer 2

When you have a WCF service, the whole point is that you can define e.g. parameters like strings, int and so forth - and you don't have to mess with loads of XML and SOAP headers and bodies.
So basically, your service contract should be something like:
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService
{
[OperationContract]
int DoSomeMathAddTowNumbers(int num1, int num2);
}
and your service implementation would then just implement that method, add the two numbers, and return the result:
public class Service : IService
{
int DoSomeMathAddTowNumbers(int num1, int num2)
{
return num1 + num2;
}
}
No mess with Message or XML manipulation or anything.
A client that wants to call your service would create a WCF client-side proxy using svcutil or the Visual Studio Add Service Reference method, and it would get a proxy class that has the same methods as the service it connects to - and you would call them, using the straight, easy parameters - something like:
ServiceClient client = new ServiceClient();
int result = client.DoSomeMathAddTwoNumbers(42, 100);
So basically, I think you need to get back to the drawing board and read up on the WCF basics again - it should not be that difficult, really! (that's the whole point - it should make services easy ...)
Check out the Beginner's Guide at the WCF Developer Center at MSDN - it contains lots of really good videos, screencasts, articles on how to get started with WCF.-
You might also want to check out the DotNet Rocks TV episode #135: Keith Elder Demystifies WCF