WCF Relocation of DataContracts - wcf

Question

This is a fully functional WCF Hello World program. I.e. I am able to run this program without any Exception.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace DataContractsNamespace
{
[DataContract]
public class AccountInfo
{
[DataMember]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace Clients
{
public class BankProxy : ServiceContractsNamespace.IBank
{
ServiceContractsNamespace.IBank channel;
public BankProxy()
{
channel = ChannelFactory<ServiceContractsNamespace.IBank>.CreateChannel(new BasicHttpBinding(), new EndpointAddress("http://localhost:8000/Services/BankService"));
}
public decimal GetAcccountBalance(string AcctNo)
{
return channel.GetAcccountBalance(AcctNo);
}
public DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo GetAccountInfo(string AcctNo)
{
return channel.GetAccountInfo(AcctNo);
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace ServiceContractsNamespace
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface IBank
{
[OperationContract]
decimal GetAcccountBalance(string AcctNo);
[OperationContract]
DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo GetAccountInfo(string AcctNo);
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace Clients
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
BankProxy prox = new BankProxy();
Console.WriteLine("Hit enter to invoke the service call. Type exit then enter to close");
while (Console.ReadLine() != "exit")
{
string balance = prox.GetAcccountBalance("1234").ToString("c");
DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo ai = prox.GetAccountInfo("1234");
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} your account balance is {2}.", ai.FirstName, ai.LastName, balance);
}
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace Hosts
{
public class BankService : ServiceContractsNamespace.IBank
{
public decimal GetAcccountBalance(string AcctNo)
{
return 1.37m;
}
public DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo GetAccountInfo(string AcctNo)
{
DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo ai = new DataContractsNamespace.AccountInfo();
ai.FirstName = "Paul";
ai.LastName = "Johansen";
return ai;
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace Hosts
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ServiceHost servHo = new ServiceHost(typeof(BankService), new Uri("http://localhost:8000/Services"));
servHo.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ServiceContractsNamespace.IBank), new BasicHttpBinding(), "BankService");
servHo.Open();
Console.WriteLine("This service is open for business. Hit Enter to close.");
Console.ReadLine();
servHo.Close();
}
}
}
As you can see, AccountInfo - Data contract is shared by both Client and Host.
I need to keep data contract only to Host/Service side.
Clients should only see interfaces of DataContracts (like IAccountInfo).
How should I modify my program to introduce IAccountInfo?

Answer 1

It sounds like you want to return an interface instead of a class. I'm not exactly sure why you are not content to return AccountInfo. However, you should be able to do this but you will need to use a KnownType or perhaps ServiceKnownType to make it work.
Alternately, if you are working in a fully .NET environment you can use the NetDataContractSerializer instead of the DataContractSerializer.
For reference and examples you can check out:
http://nirajrules.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/wcf-serializers-xmlserializer-vs-datacontratserializer-vs-netdatacontractserializer/
http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/aaron/archive/2006/04/21/22284.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/avnerk/archive/2006/07/31/WCF-Serialization-part-1_3A00_-Interfaces_2C00_-Base-classes-and-the-NetDataContractFormatSerializer.aspx
http://www.thoughtshapes.com/WCF/ExampleTwo.htm

Answer 2

And what should IBank.GetAccountInfo return to client if you don't want to share AccountInfo? create 2 classes make the first datacontract the second not, and where you want to share use the first one, where not, the second one