Question

From the host project, where do I change the contract name being used by a WCF Service? I’ve right clicked on the service reference in the project and selected properties, this only shows a folder name. I’ve gone into Configure Service but there isn’t anything about the contract there.

When I show all files in the project and open the service then Reference.svcmap > Reference.cs, about mid way down, I see:

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContractAttribute(Namespace="http://mysite.com/services/", ConfigurationName="MyServiceReference.IMyService")]
public interface IMyService {

ConfigurationName is the contract name that appears in the app.config/web.config. But this is probably not the correct place to update it. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can specify your ConfigurationName where you have your service defined. Just as it is in the map:

[ServiceContract(ConfigurationName="NewName")]
public interface IMyService {
    ...
}