Struggle to build WCF service based on WSDL from partner

Question

I have received a WSDL and XSD from our trading partner. The WSDL represents a service that I must create and then expose so that the trading partner can call in with SalesOrderAcknowledgments.  

 

I have processed the WSDL using  svcutil.exe  Runtime Version:4.0.30319.1008.  SvcUtil generates a C# class with the contract interface and classes to support the client. I have built a service that consumes the contract and exposes it with http binding.  

 

I created a test client to try and consume the service.  I turn on my service and use Add Service Reference to setup the client side of the transaction.

The Problem 

When I use the service code generated by svcutil, the service reference code does not contain the necessary implementation for the client.

 

I found what seems like a fix!

I can modify the code generated by svcutil.  Instead of [OperationContractAttribute] I change it to use [OperationContract].  Now, I turn on the host and add a service reference and the generated client code is there...but the Operation Action is different from the original WSDL.

Code Examples

The WSDL 

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<wsdl:definitions targetNamespace = "http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" xmlns = "http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" xmlns:csp = "http://www.partner.com/schemas/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" xmlns:soap = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:wsdl = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

 <wsdl:import location = "../../../../BCSchemas/SOAP/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/1.0/SalesOrderAcknowldgementReceipt/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt.xsd" namespace = "http://www.partner.com/schemas/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt"/>

<!-- Flow SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt -->

<wsdl:message name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptRequests">

<wsdl:part element = "csp:SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt"/>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:message name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse">

<wsdl:part element = "csp:TechnicalPartnerAcknowledgmentReceipt" name = "TechnicalPartnerAcknowledgmentReceipt"/>

</wsdl:message>

<wsdl:portType name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType">

<wsdl:operation name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt">

<wsdl:input message = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptRequests"/>

<wsdl:output message = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse"/>

</wsdl:operation>

</wsdl:portType>

<wsdl:binding name = "BindingSalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" type = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType">

<soap:binding style = "document" transport = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>

<wsdl:operation name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt">

<soap:operation soapAction = "http://www.partner.com/schemas/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt"/>

<wsdl:input>

<soap:body use = "literal"/>

</wsdl:input>

<wsdl:output>

<soap:body use = "literal"/>

</wsdl:output>

</wsdl:operation>

</wsdl:binding>

<wsdl:service name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt">

<wsdl:port binding = "BindingSalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt" name = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt">

<soap:address location = "http://localhost.dev"/>

</wsdl:port>

</wsdl:service>

</wsdl:definitions>

 

 Portion of the SvcUtil Output

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]

[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContractAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt", ConfigurationName = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType")]

public interface SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType

{

  // CODEGEN: Generating message contract since the operation SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt is neither RPC nor document wrapped.

[System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action = "http://www.partner.com/schemas/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/SalesOrderA" +

"cknowledgmentReceipt", ReplyAction = "*")]

[System.ServiceModel.XmlSerializerFormatAttribute()]

SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt(SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptRequest request);

}

Here's the broken Service Reference Code generated based on [OperationContractAttribute]

 

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]

[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContractAttribute(Namespace="http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt", ConfigurationName="SOAckService2Ref.SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType")]

public interface SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType {

}

 The Change to the Contract Interface that seems to make it work

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]

[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContractAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt", ConfigurationName = "SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType")]

public interface SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType

{

// CODEGEN: Generating message contract since the operation SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt is neither RPC nor document wrapped.

[System.ServiceModel.OperationContract]
[System.ServiceModel.XmlSerializerFormatAttribute()]
SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt(SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptRequest request);
}

 Here's the Service Reference Code generated based on [OperationContract]

 

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]

[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContractAttribute(Namespace="http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt", ConfigurationName="SOAckService1Ref.SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType")]

public interface SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType {eur

// CODEGEN: Generating message contract since the operation SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt is neither RPC nor document wrapped.

[System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/SalesOrderAckn" +

"owledgmentReceiptPortType/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt", ReplyAction="http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/SalesOrderAckn" +

"owledgmentReceiptPortType/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse")]

[System.ServiceModel.XmlSerializerFormatAttribute(SupportFaults=true)]

SOAConsole.SOAckService1Ref.SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptResponse SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt(SOAConsole.SOAckService1Ref.SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptRequest request);

}

 

See the incorrect action? http://www.partner.com/wsdl/SNS/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceiptPortType/SalesOrderAcknowledgmentReceipt