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Call WCF service host directly

I'm hosting a WCF service inside a winform app. I want to monitor when somebody calls the service to a textbox on the form like:

2:23 Method X called params(x, y)
2:24 Method Y called params(z)

I am using a service host for WCF and inside my concrete class I have created some delegates and events. I just cant seem to wire the events up because my object is of type ServiceHost not my object.

Any help

Solution

  • there are few ways. You can make those events static.

    or

    you can make your service a singleton then you can say 

    MyService service =new MyService();
service.EventA += EventHandeler();
new ServiceHost(service).Open();

    In addition when your web service updates UI elements you may need to make sure the right thread does the work. That applies to WPF and winforms. Synchronization Contexts in WCF