Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed (WCF) [2nd Edition] 9780672330247, 0672330245

Table of contents :
Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 16
Part I: Introducing the Windows Communication Foundation......Page 22
Partial Types......Page 24
Generics......Page 25
Nullable Value Types......Page 28
The Lightweight Transaction Manager......Page 29
Role Providers......Page 31
Summary......Page 33
References......Page 34
Background......Page 36
Enter Services......Page 39
Windows Communication Foundation......Page 41
The Service Model......Page 43
Visual Studio 2008 Tool Support......Page 90
Summary......Page 97
References......Page 98
Background......Page 100
The XmlSerializer and the DataContractSerializer......Page 102
The XML Fetish......Page 106
Using the DataContractSerializer......Page 111
Exception Handling......Page 125
Durable Services......Page 129
Summary......Page 137
References......Page 138
Reliable Sessions......Page 140
Session Management......Page 144
Queued Delivery......Page 145
Transactions......Page 149
Summary......Page 158
Part II: Introducing the Windows Workflow Foundation......Page 160
What Is Windows Workflow Foundation?......Page 162
Activities......Page 164
Workflow Models......Page 187
Workflow Hosting......Page 199
Rules Engine......Page 214
References......Page 222
6 Using the Windows Communication Foundation and the Windows Workflow Foundation Together......Page 224
Consuming Services......Page 225
Orchestrating Services......Page 234
Exposing Workflows as Services......Page 235
References......Page 263
Part III: Security......Page 264
Basic Tasks in Securing Communications......Page 266
Transport Security and Message Security......Page 267
Using Transport Security......Page 268
Using Message Security......Page 278
Impersonation......Page 284
Authorization......Page 287
Reversing the Changes to Windows......Page 296
Summary......Page 298
References......Page 299
The Role of Identity......Page 300
Microsoft Passport and Other Identity Solutions......Page 303
The Laws of Identity......Page 305
The Identity Metasystem......Page 306
Information Cards and CardSpace......Page 312
Managing Information Cards......Page 314
Architecture, Protocols, and Security......Page 321
CardSpace and the Enterprise......Page 334
New Features in .NET Framework 3.5......Page 337
HTTP Support in .NET Framework 3.5......Page 339
Summary......Page 341
References......Page 342
Developing for the Identity Metasystem......Page 344
Simple Demonstration of CardSpace......Page 346
Prerequisites for the CardSpace Samples......Page 347
Adding Information Cards to a WCF Application......Page 352
Adding Information Cards......Page 357
Using a Federation Binding......Page 362
Catching Exceptions......Page 363
Processing the Issued Token......Page 365
Using the Metadata Resolver......Page 366
Adding Information Cards to Browser Applications......Page 368
Creating a Managed Card......Page 379
Building a Simple Security Token Service......Page 382
References......Page 385
Prelude......Page 386
Securing Resources with Claims......Page 387
Leveraging Claims-Based Security Using XSI......Page 392
Claims-Based Security and Federated Security......Page 427
Summary......Page 428
References......Page 429
Part IV: Integration and Interoperability......Page 430
COM+ Integration......Page 432
Using the COM+ Service Model Configuration Tool......Page 434
Exposing a COM+ Component as a Windows Communication Foundation Web Service......Page 436
Calling a Windows Communication Foundation Service from COM......Page 443
Integrating with MSMQ......Page 448
Creating a Windows Communication Foundation Service That Integrates with MSMQ......Page 449
Summary......Page 458
12 Interoperability......Page 460
References......Page 463
Part V: Extending the Windows Communication Foundation......Page 464
Extending the Windows Communication Foundation......Page 466
Extending the Service Model with Custom Behaviors......Page 467
Implementing a Custom Behavior......Page 473
Implementing Each Type of Custom Behavior......Page 482
Implementing a WSDL Export Extension......Page 494
Custom Behaviors in Action......Page 497
References......Page 498
Binding Elements......Page 500
Channels Have Shapes......Page 503
Matching Contracts to Channels......Page 505
Communication State Machines......Page 507
Building Custom Binding Elements......Page 508
Summary......Page 526
Transport Channels......Page 528
Completing the Stack......Page 529
Implementing a Transport Binding Element and an Encoder Binding Element......Page 531
Implementing Custom Binding Elements to Support an Arbitrary TCP Protocol......Page 535
Summary......Page 547
References......Page 548
Part VI: Special Cases......Page 550
16 Publish/Subscribe Systems......Page 552
Publish/Subscribe Using Callback Contracts......Page 553
Publish/Subscribe Using MSMQ Pragmatic Multicasting......Page 559
Publish/Subscribe Using Streaming......Page 567
Summary......Page 580
References......Page 581
Using Structured Data in Peer-to-Peer Applications......Page 582
Leveraging the Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Development Platform......Page 583
Using Peer Channel......Page 584
Peer Channel in Action......Page 590
References......Page 613
Representational State Transfer......Page 614
REST Services and Plain XML......Page 615
The Virtues and Limitations of REST Services......Page 616
Building REST POX Services with the Windows Communication Foundation......Page 617
RSS and ATOM Syndication in .NET Framework 3.5......Page 624
JSON......Page 630
References......Page 635
Part VII: The Lifecycle of Windows Communication Foundation Applications......Page 636
19 Manageability......Page 638
Instrumentation and Tools......Page 639
Completing the Management Facilities......Page 673
Summary......Page 674
20 Versioning......Page 676
The Universe of Versioning Problems......Page 677
Centralized Lifecycle Management......Page 685
References......Page 688
Part VIII: Guidances......Page 690
Adopting the Windows Communication Foundation......Page 692
Working with Windows Communication Foundation Addresses......Page 694
Working with Windows Communication Foundation Bindings......Page 696
Working with Windows Communication Foundation Contracts......Page 699
Working with Windows Communication Foundation Services......Page 706
Working with Windows Communication Foundation Clients......Page 714
Working with Large Amounts of Data......Page 720
Debugging Windows Communication Foundation Applications......Page 722
Summary......Page 723
References......Page 724
A......Page 726
B......Page 728
C......Page 729
D......Page 733
F......Page 735
I......Page 736
M......Page 739
N......Page 740
P......Page 741
Q - R......Page 743
S......Page 744
T......Page 750
U - V......Page 751
W......Page 752
X - Y - Z......Page 755