Question

I have an interface similar to this:

[ServiceContract]
public interface IBaseService<T>
{
    [OperationContract]
    [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
    List<T> LoadById(string value);

    [OperationContract]
    [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
    List<T> Load(string field, string value);
}

These methods are going to be implemented in several services. An example of implementation would be like this:

[ServiceContract]
[ServiceKnownType(typeof(ObjectDTO))]
public interface IObjectService : IBaseService<ObjectDTO>
{
}

My question is, is it possible to setup RESTful services using this architecture using UriTemplates on the OperationContracts in the base service interface? I tried searching around, but didn’t see anyone else attempting to setup their RESTful services this way.

Answer 1

This is purely my HO, but I strongly recommend you to try out OpenRasta instead of added-as-an-afterthought-to-a-RPC-based-framework REST support in WCF. This is surely possible in OpenRasta.