Difference wcf and wcf web service?

Posted Date: 19 Jun 2012 Posted By:: shiva Member Level: Bronze Member Rank: 2979 Points: 1 Responses: 4

difference wcf and wcf web service? tell me the difference brifely?

with any example?

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#676171 Author: Ultimaterengan Member Level: Gold Member Rank: 9 Date: 19/Jun/2012 Rating: Points: 3
Web Services 1.It Can be accessed only over HTTP 2.It works in stateless environment WCF(Windows Communication Foundation) WCF is flexible because its services can be hosted in different types of applications. The following lists several common scenarios for hosting WCF services: IIS WAS Self-hosting Managed Windows Service Thanks & Regards G.Renganathan Nothing is mine ,Everything is yours!!! http://renganathan1984.blogspot.com/

#676199 Author: Gaurav Agrawal Member Level: Gold Member Rank: 177 Date: 19/Jun/2012 Rating: Points: -1
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#676200 Author: Gaurav Agrawal Member Level: Gold Member Rank: 177 Date: 19/Jun/2012 Rating: Points: -1
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#676747 Author: Ajesh Madhukar Dalvi Member Level: Silver Member Rank: 340 Date: 21/Jun/2012 Rating: Points: 4
WCF is an extension - it's a web service, but you can expose it over TCP/IP, or named pipes, in addition to just using HTTP. Also, WCF has lots more options for security and so on. You can also host a WCF service inside your own app - you don't have to use IIS for hosting the web service (ASMX). In conclusion: WCF IS web services - just much more flexible and much more useful than straight ASMX web services. WCF is a programming model and API. "WCF Service" implies an app that is built using that programming model and API. "Web Service" is an app that exposes an HTTP (REST (XML or JSON), SOAP or otherwise) interface. You can build a Web service using WCF, but you can also build a Web service using other APIs or "stacks". Like PHP or Java, for example. With WCF you can build web services but you can also build services that are not, "Webbish". For example you can build a service that accepts incoming binary requests over only a local pipe interface. It is still a service, but it is not a "web service" because it is not using web protocols (generally HTTP and XML).

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