how to send data from a wcf server to a wpf client?

Question

So my problem is, that i want to read the data from an xml-file into a list of weather data and then send the data to the client, the client should display the data but i only get null. In every column there is null but i dont know why. Is there a syntax error or something else i have not seen? And sorry i dont know how to format the sourcecode.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace WCF_Weather
{
// NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change the class name "Service1" in code, svc and config file together.
// NOTE: In order to launch WCF Test Client for testing this service, please select Service1.svc or Service1.svc.cs at the Solution Explorer and start debugging.
public class Service1 : IService1
{
Measurements measurements = null;

    public Service1()
    {
        using (TextReader reader = new StreamReader(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "/weatherdata.xml"))
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Measurements));
            measurements = (Measurements)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
        }
    }


    public Measurements getAllMeasurements()
    {
        return measurements;
    }

    public List getMeasurement(string filter)
    {
        return (from p in measurements.measurementList
                where p.date.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.time.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.temperature.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.humidity.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.pressure.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.rain.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.wind.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0 ||
                p.direction.IndexOf(filter, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
                select p).ToList();
    }
}

}

and this is the interface of it

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace WCF_Weather
{
// NOTE: In order to launch WCF Test Client for testing this service, please select Service1.svc or Service1.svc.cs at the Solution Explorer and start debugging.
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService1
{
[OperationContract]
List getMeasurement(string filter);

    [OperationContract]
    Measurements getAllMeasurements();

    // TODO: Hier Dienstvorgänge hinzufügen
}


// Use a data contract as illustrated in the sample below to add composite types to service operations.
[DataContract]
[XmlRootAttribute("weatherdata")]
[Serializable]
public class Measurements
{
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("measurement")]
    public List measurementList { get; set; }
}

[DataContract]
[Serializable]
public class Measurement
{
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Date")]
    public string date { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Time")]
    public string time { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Temperature")]
    public string temperature { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Humidity")]
    public string humidity { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Pressure")]
    public string pressure { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Rain")]
    public string rain { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Wind")]
    public string wind { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    [XmlElement("Direction")]
    public string direction { get; set; }
}

}

my client side is a wpf serviceapplication

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPF_Weather"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">

and here the .cs file from the wpf

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace WPF_Weather
{
///

/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
///

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
ServiceReference1.IService1 service;
ObservableCollection measurements;
ServiceReference1.Measurement currentNote;
public MainWindow()
{
service = new ServiceReference1.Service1Client();
measurements = new ObservableCollection(service.getAllMeasurements().measurementList);

        InitializeComponent();

        dataGrid.DataContext = measurements;
    }

    private void dataGrid_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
    {

    }

    private void searchBox_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        measurements.Clear();
        service.getMeasurement(searchBox.Text).ToList().ForEach(measurements.Add);
    }
}

}

Answer

Though duplex communication is possible (and rather complicated) in WCF, for simplicity you should use a framework like SignalR instead.

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