How to: Implement a Windows Communication Foundation Service Contract
This is the second of six tasks required to create a basic Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and a client that can call the service. For an overview of all six tasks, see the Getting Started Tutorial topic.
Creating a WCF service requires that you first create the contract, which is defined using an interface. For more information about creating the interface, see How to: Define a Windows Communication Foundation Service Contract. The next step, shown in this example, is to implement the interface. This involves creating a class called CalculatorService that implements the user-defined ICalculator interface. The code used for this task is provided in the example following the procedure.
To implement a WCF service contract
Create a new class called
CalculatorService
in the same file where you defined theICalculator
interface. TheCalculatorService
implements theICalculator
interface.Public Class CalculatorService Implements ICalculator
public class CalculatorService : ICalculator
Implement each method defined in the
ICalculator
interface within theCalculatorService
class.Public Function Add(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Add Dim result As Double = n1 + n2 ' Code added to write output to the console window. Console.WriteLine("Received Add({0},{1})", n1, n2) Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result) Return result End Function Public Function Subtract(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Subtract Dim result As Double = n1 - n2 Console.WriteLine("Received Subtract({0},{1})", n1, n2) Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result) Return result End Function Public Function Multiply(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Multiply Dim result As Double = n1 * n2 Console.WriteLine("Received Multiply({0},{1})", n1, n2) Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result) Return result End Function Public Function Divide(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Divide Dim result As Double = n1 / n2 Console.WriteLine("Received Divide({0},{1})", n1, n2) Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result) Return result End Function
public double Add(double n1, double n2) { double result = n1 + n2; Console.WriteLine("Received Add({0},{1})", n1, n2); // Code added to write output to the console window. Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result); return result; } public double Subtract(double n1, double n2) { double result = n1 - n2; Console.WriteLine("Received Subtract({0},{1})", n1, n2); Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result); return result; } public double Multiply(double n1, double n2) { double result = n1 * n2; Console.WriteLine("Received Multiply({0},{1})", n1, n2); Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result); return result; } public double Divide(double n1, double n2) { double result = n1 / n2; Console.WriteLine("Received Divide({0},{1})", n1, n2); Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result); return result; }
Note
The write output code has been added to make testing convenient.
Example
The following code example shows both the interface that defines the contract and the implementation of the interface.
Imports System
Imports System.ServiceModel
Namespace Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples
' Define a service contract.
<ServiceContract([Namespace] := "http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples")> _
Public Interface ICalculator
<OperationContract()> _
Function Add(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double
<OperationContract()> _
Function Subtract(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double
<OperationContract()> _
Function Multiply(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double
<OperationContract()> _
Function Divide(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double
End Interface
' Step 1: Create service class that implements the service contract.
Public Class CalculatorService
Implements ICalculator
' Step 2: Implement functionality for the service operations.
Public Function Add(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Add
Dim result As Double = n1 + n2
' Code added to write output to the console window.
Console.WriteLine("Received Add({0},{1})", n1, n2)
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result)
Return result
End Function
Public Function Subtract(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Subtract
Dim result As Double = n1 - n2
Console.WriteLine("Received Subtract({0},{1})", n1, n2)
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result)
Return result
End Function
Public Function Multiply(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Multiply
Dim result As Double = n1 * n2
Console.WriteLine("Received Multiply({0},{1})", n1, n2)
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result)
Return result
End Function
Public Function Divide(ByVal n1 As Double, ByVal n2 As Double) As Double Implements ICalculator.Divide
Dim result As Double = n1 / n2
Console.WriteLine("Received Divide({0},{1})", n1, n2)
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result)
Return result
End Function
End Class
End Namespace
using System;
using System.ServiceModel;
namespace Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples
{
// Define a service contract.
[ServiceContract(Namespace = "http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples")]
public interface ICalculator
{
[OperationContract]
double Add(double n1, double n2);
[OperationContract]
double Subtract(double n1, double n2);
[OperationContract]
double Multiply(double n1, double n2);
[OperationContract]
double Divide(double n1, double n2);
}
// Step 1: Create service class that implements the service contract.
public class CalculatorService : ICalculator
{
// Step 2: Implement functionality for the service operations.
public double Add(double n1, double n2)
{
double result = n1 + n2;
Console.WriteLine("Received Add({0},{1})", n1, n2);
// Code added to write output to the console window.
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result);
return result;
}
public double Subtract(double n1, double n2)
{
double result = n1 - n2;
Console.WriteLine("Received Subtract({0},{1})", n1, n2);
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result);
return result;
}
public double Multiply(double n1, double n2)
{
double result = n1 * n2;
Console.WriteLine("Received Multiply({0},{1})", n1, n2);
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result);
return result;
}
public double Divide(double n1, double n2)
{
double result = n1 / n2;
Console.WriteLine("Received Divide({0},{1})", n1, n2);
Console.WriteLine("Return: {0}", result);
return result;
}
}
}
Now the service contract is created and implemented. Build the solution to ensure there are no compilation errors and then proceed to How to: Host and Run a Basic Windows Communication Foundation Service to run the service. For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting the Getting Started Tutorial.
Compiling the Code
If you are using a command-line compiler, you must reference the System.ServiceModel assembly.
See Also
Other Resources
Getting Started Sample
Self-Host
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Last Published: 2010-03-21