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c#.netwcfservicehostservicecontract

Programatically discover a ServiceHost's Service Type

G'day,

I've tried searching MSDN and here, but I don't think I can do this:

Given a reference to a ServiceHost, is it possible to discover the type of the host it is executing?

Something like 

ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyContractImplementation));
Type serviceType = host.MagicCallHere();
Assert.True(typeof(MyContractImplementation) == serviceType);

Does MagicCallHere exist?

Bonus marks if you can dodge reflection...

Solution

  • You can check check the Descriptions servicetype property:

    var serviceType = host.Description.ServiceType