System.UnsupportedException using WCF on Windows Phone 7

silverlight-4.0, wcf, windows-phone-7

Solution

As scottmarlowe pointed out, the automagicly generated service refrence just works. I have set upon the mission to work out just why the bloody hell it works and the manual version doesn't.

I found the culprit and it is `ChannelFactory`. For some reason `new ChannelFactory<T>().CreateChannel()` just throws an exception. The only solution I found is to provide your own implementation of the channel. This involves:

- Override ClientBase. (optional).

- Override ClientBase.CreateChannel. (optional).

- Subclass ChannelBase with a specific implementation of your WCF interface

Now, ClientBase already provides an instance of the channel factory thru `ChannelFactory` property. If you simply call `CreateChannel` off that you would get the same exception. You need to instantiate a channel that you define in step 3 from within `CreateChannel`.

This is the basic wireframe of how it all looks put together.

[DataContractAttribute]
public partial class AuthenticationResponse {
[DataMemberAttribute]
public bool Success {
    get; set;
}

[System.ServiceModel.ServiceContract]
public interface IAuthentication
{
    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
    IAsyncResult BeginLogin(string user, string password, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
    AuthenticationResponse EndLogin(IAsyncResult result);
}

public class AuthenticationClient : ClientBase<IAuthentication>, IAuthentication {

    public AuthenticationClient(System.ServiceModel.Channels.Binding b, EndpointAddress ea):base(b,ea)
    {
    }

    public IAsyncResult BeginLogin(string user, string password, AsyncCallback callback, object asyncState)
    {
        return base.Channel.BeginLogin(user, password, callback, asyncState);
    }

    public AuthenticationResponse EndLogin(IAsyncResult result)
    {
        return Channel.EndLogin(result: result);
    }

    protected override IAuthentication CreateChannel()
    {
        return new AuthenticationChannel(this);
    }

    private class AuthenticationChannel : ChannelBase<IAuthentication>, IAuthentication
    {
        public AuthenticationChannel(System.ServiceModel.ClientBase<IAuthentication> client)
        : base(client)
        {
        }

        public System.IAsyncResult BeginLogin(string user, string password, System.AsyncCallback callback, object asyncState)
        {
            object[] _args = new object[2];
            _args[0] = user;
            _args[1] = password;
            System.IAsyncResult _result = base.BeginInvoke("Login", _args, callback, asyncState);
            return _result;
        }

        public AuthenticationResponse EndLogin(System.IAsyncResult result)
        {
            object[] _args = new object[0];
            AuthenticationResponse _result = ((AuthenticationResponse)(base.EndInvoke("Login", _args, result)));
            return _result;
        }
    }
}

TLDR; If you want to use your own WCF code on WP7 you need to create your own channel class and not rely on `ChannelFactory`.

Problem

Has anyone been able to communicate using WCF on Windows Phone Series 7 emulator? I've been trying for the past two days and it's just happening for me. I can get a normal Silverlight control to work in both Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4, but not the phone version. Here are two versions that I've tried: Version 1 - Using Async Pattern ``` BasicHttpBinding basicHttpBinding = new BasicHttpBinding(); EndpointAddress endpointAddress = new EndpointAddress("http://localhost/wcf/Authentication.svc"); Wcf.IAuthentication auth1 = new ChannelFactory<Wcf.IAuthentication>(basicHttpBinding, endpointAddress).CreateChannel(endpointAddress); AsyncCallback callback = (result) => { Action<string> write = (str) => { this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(delegate { //Display something }); }; try { Wcf.IAuthentication auth = result.AsyncState as Wcf.IAuthentication; Wcf.AuthenticationResponse response = auth.EndLogin(result); write(response.Success.ToString()); } catch (Exception ex) { write(ex.Message); System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message); } }; auth1.BeginLogin("user0", "test0", callback, auth1); ``` This version breaks on this line: ``` Wcf.IAuthentication auth1 = new ChannelFactory<Wcf.IAuthentication>(basicHttpBinding, endpointAddress).CreateChannel(endpointAddress); ``` Throwing `System.NotSupportedException`. The exception is not very descriptive and the callstack is equally not very helpful: ``` at System.ServiceModel.DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.BuildMessage(Exception x) at System.ServiceModel.DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.LogException(Exception x) at System.ServiceModel.DiagnosticUtility.ExceptionUtility.ThrowHelperError(Exception e) at System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory`1.CreateChannel(EndpointAddress address) at WindowsPhoneApplication2.MainPage.DoLogin() .... ``` Version 2 - Blocking WCF call Here is the version that doesn't use the async pattern. ``` [System.ServiceModel.ServiceContract] public interface IAuthentication { [System.ServiceModel.OperationContract] AuthenticationResponse Login(string user, string password); } public class WcfClientBase<TChannel> : System.ServiceModel.ClientBase<TChannel> where TChannel : class { public WcfClientBase(string name, bool streaming) : base(GetBinding(streaming), GetEndpoint(name)) { ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = WcfConfig.UserName; ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = WcfConfig.Password; } public WcfClientBase(string name) : this(name, false) {} private static System.ServiceModel.Channels.Binding GetBinding(bool streaming) { System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding binding = new System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding(); binding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 1073741824; if(streaming) { //binding.TransferMode = System.ServiceModel.TransferMode.Streamed; } /*if(XXXURLXXX.StartsWith("https")) { binding.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.Transport; binding.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.None; }*/ return binding; } private static System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress GetEndpoint(string name) { return new System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress(WcfConfig.Endpoint + name + ".svc"); } protected override TChannel CreateChannel() { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } } auth.Login("test0", "password0"); ``` This version crashes in `System.ServiceModel.ClientBase<TChannel>` constructor. The call stack is a bit different: ``` at System.Reflection.MethodInfo.get_ReturnParameter() at System.ServiceModel.Description.ServiceReflector.HasNoDisposableParameters(MethodInfo methodInfo) at System.ServiceModel.Description.TypeLoader.CreateOperationDescription(ContractDescription contractDescription, MethodInfo methodInfo, MessageDirection direction, ContractReflectionInfo reflectionInfo, ContractDescription declaringContract) at System.ServiceModel.Description.TypeLoader.CreateOperationDescriptions(ContractDescription contractDescription, ContractReflectionInfo reflectionInfo, Type contractToGetMethodsFrom, ContractDescription declaringContract, MessageDirection direction) at System.ServiceModel.Description.TypeLoader.CreateContractDescription(ServiceContractAttribute contractAttr, Type contractType, Type serviceType, ContractReflectionInfo& reflectionInfo, Object serviceImplementation) at System.ServiceModel.Description.TypeLoader.LoadContractDescriptionHelper(Type contractType, Type serviceType, Object serviceImplementation) at System.ServiceModel.Description.TypeLoader.LoadContractDescription(Type contractType) at System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory1.CreateDescription() at System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory.InitializeEndpoint(Binding binding, EndpointAddress address) at System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory1..ctor(Binding binding, EndpointAddress remoteAddress) at System.ServiceModel.ClientBase1..ctor(Binding binding, EndpointAddress remoteAddress) at Wcf.WcfClientBase1..ctor(String name, Boolean streaming) at Wcf.WcfClientBase`1..ctor(String name) at Wcf.AuthenticationClient..ctor() at WindowsPhoneApplication2.MainPage.DoLogin() ... ``` Any ideas?

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