Specifying and handling faults in WCF
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In this article, it is discussed how and when to convert DotNet exceptions to WCF faults and sent them to the clients. The folowing main contents included:
- Error handling overview
- Defining and specifying faults
namespace Microsoft.WCF.Documentation
{
[ServiceContract(Namespace="http://microsoft.wcf.documentation")]
public interface ISampleService{
[OperationContract]
[FaultContractAttribute(
typeof(GreetingFault),
Action="http://www.contoso.com/GreetingFault",
ProtectionLevel=ProtectionLevel.EncryptAndSign
)]
string SampleMethod(string msg);
}
[DataContractAttribute]
public class GreetingFault
{
private string report;
public GreetingFault(string message)
{
this.report = message;
}
[DataMemberAttribute]
public string Message
{
get { return this.report; }
set { this.report = value; }
}
}
class SampleService : ISampleService
{
#region ISampleService Members
public string SampleMethod(string msg)
{
Console.WriteLine("Client said: " + msg);
// Generate intermittent error behavior.
Random rand = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
int test = rand.Next(5);
if (test % 2 != 0)
return "The service greets you: " + msg;
else
throw new FaultException<GreetingFault>(new GreetingFault("A Greeting error occurred. You said: " + msg));
}
#endregion
}
}
{
[ServiceContract(Namespace="http://microsoft.wcf.documentation")]
public interface ISampleService{
[OperationContract]
[FaultContractAttribute(
typeof(GreetingFault),
Action="http://www.contoso.com/GreetingFault",
ProtectionLevel=ProtectionLevel.EncryptAndSign
)]
string SampleMethod(string msg);
}
[DataContractAttribute]
public class GreetingFault
{
private string report;
public GreetingFault(string message)
{
this.report = message;
}
[DataMemberAttribute]
public string Message
{
get { return this.report; }
set { this.report = value; }
}
}
class SampleService : ISampleService
{
#region ISampleService Members
public string SampleMethod(string msg)
{
Console.WriteLine("Client said: " + msg);
// Generate intermittent error behavior.
Random rand = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
int test = rand.Next(5);
if (test % 2 != 0)
return "The service greets you: " + msg;
else
throw new FaultException<GreetingFault>(new GreetingFault("A Greeting error occurred. You said: " + msg));
}
#endregion
}
}