I'm trying to implement WCF Callback. When I call the callback method on my service side, it executes asynchronously. Is there a way to wait for the callback method to finish execution before the service method steps on to the next statement, without returning a value to the service from callback?
//Server Side
public interface ICallback
{
[OperationContract]
void Oncallback1(string str);
[OperationContract]
int Oncallback2(string str);
}
[ServiceContract(CallbackContract = typeof(ICallback))]
public interface IServiceContract
{
[OperationContract]
void Method1();
}
[ServiceBehavior(ConcurrencyMode = ConcurrencyMode.Reentrant)]
public class MycallbackService : IServiceContract
{
public void Method1()
{
ICallback objIcallback = OperationContext.Current.GetCallbackChannel<ICallback>();
Thread.Sleep(5000);
objIcallback.Oncallback1(obj1);
Console.WriteLine("calling callback2");
Console.WriteLine(objIcallback.Oncallback2("2"));
Console.WriteLine("Service Execution over!");
}
}
//Client Side
[CallbackBehavior]
public class callbackClient : ICallback
{
public void Oncallback1(CallbackService.EventInfo obj)
{
Thread.Sleep(5000);
Console.WriteLine("Callback 1");
}
public int Oncallback2(string str)
{
Thread.Sleep(5000);
Console.WriteLine("Callback 4");
return 2;
}
}
Here the statement "Console.WriteLine("calling callback2");" is executed before the callback1 method finishes. Whereas it waits till callback2 finishes.
I believe this is because of difference of callback method`s return type:
void Oncallback1(string str);
int Oncallback2(string str);
Oncallback1
returns nothing so by default it is a IsOneWay = true
fire-and-forget operation. On the other hand Oncallback2
defaults to IsOneWay = false