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Debug WCF service in IIS with object as input

I want to debug a WCF service locally in Visual Studio. The called function looks like this:

public void PerformAction(Directory[] dirs) {
    ....
}

Directory is a class with some properties. In the WCF test client I want to test the function but how can I set the input values for the Directory array?

Solution

  • Taking the default WCF template as an example, I made the following definition.

    [OperationContract]
        //[WebGet(RequestFormat =WebMessageFormat.Json,ResponseFormat =WebMessageFormat.Json)]
        string GetData(CompositeType[] value);

        public string GetData(CompositeType[] value)
        {
            return string.Format("You entered: {0},{1}", value[0].StringValue,value[1].StringValue);
        }

    First enter the length of the array, then select the array type, and finally enter the values of the individual elements one by one.
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    Wish it is useful to you, feel free to let me know if there is anything I can help with.