<comContract>

Specifies a COM+ integration service contract.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <comContracts>
      <comContract>

Syntax

<comContracts>
  <comContract contract="String"
               namespace="String"
               name="String"
               requireSession="Boolean">
    <exposedMethods>
      <exposedMethod name="String" />
    </exposedMethods>
    <userDefinedTypes>
      <userDefinedType name="String"
                       typeLibID="String"
                       typeLibVersion="String"
                       typeDefID="String">
      </userDefinedType>
    </userDefinedTypes>
    <persistableTypes>
      <persistableType id="String"
                       name="String">
      </persistableType>
    </persistableTypes>
  </comContract>
</comContracts>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description
contract A string that contains the contract type.
name A string that contains the contract name.
namespace A string that contains the contract namespace.
requiresSession A Boolean value that specifies whether the contract can only be used on sessionful bindings. When the service is initialized, the integration runtime ensures that this setting is consistent with the type of binding to be used. An exception is generated if one or more of the bindings for the contract are in conflict. If this property is false, and a one-way channel is in use and there are any [out] parameters, an exception is also generated.

Child Elements

Element Description
persistableTypes All the persistable types.
userDefinedTypes A collection of User Defined Types (UDT) that is to be included in the service contract.
exposedMethods A collection of COM+ methods that are exposed when the interface on a COM+ component is exposed as a Web service.

Parent Elements

Element Description
comContracts Contains a collection of comContract elements.

Remarks

COM+ integration service contracts are currently restricted to the http://tempuri.org namespace, and contract name is derived from the supporting COM interface. You can, however, specify alternatives by using the comContracts section, as well as the comContract element in the configuration file. For example, you can use the following configuration to specify the namespace, contract name, and user defined types to be included, as well as other settings for a service contract.

<comContracts>
  <comContract contract="{5163B1E7-F0CF-4B6A-9A02-4AB654F34284}"
               namespace="http://tempuri.org/5163B1E7-F0CF-4B6A-9A02-4AB654F34284"
               name="_Broker"
               requireSession="true">
    <exposedMethods>
      <exposedMethod name="BuyStock" />
      <exposedMethod name="SellStock" />
      <exposedMethod name="ExecuteTransaction" />
    </exposedMethods>
  </comContract>
</comContracts>

When the service is initialized, the specified namespaces and contract names are applied to the generated service descriptions.

See also