webservice,wcf

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what is the difference between webservice and wcf

Akkiraju Ivaturi · Answer

In a simple terms, web services can only be hosted on IIS and consumed only using HTTP. WCF is a unification programming model that supports web services, MSMQ, Enterprise services. You can consume a WCF service through different protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP and can be hosted in any .net applications (windows services, console, windows forms) and as well as on IIS. It is suitable for a complete SOA solutions. You can refer to the articles published by Koirala in Codeprojects for basic understanding.

Bhushan Bhure · Answer

Here are differences between them. http://codebalance.blogspot.com/2011/01/10-differences-between-wcf-services-and.html http://wcftutorial.net/Difference-between-WCF-and-Webservice.aspx Also here are MSDN links Comparing ASP.NET Web Services to WCF Based on Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa738737.aspx Comparing ASP.NET Web Services to WCF Based on Purpose and Standards Used http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa702755 Webservice - Uses Opt-out approach -Properties/Fields which you don't want to serialize, must be marked with XML Ignore, otherwise its serialized. WCF – Uses Opt-In approach - Properties/Fields which you want to serialize, must be marked, otherwise are ignored.

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