Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed

Chapter 14. Custom Channels

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• Introduction

• Binding Elements

• Channels Have Shapes

• Channels Might Be Required to Support Sessions

• Matching Contracts to Channels

• Communication State Machines

• Building Custom Binding Elements

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Introduction

This chapter continues the exposition of opportunities for customizing the Windows Communication Foundation. As explained in Chapter 13, “Custom Behaviors,” there are two primary ways of extending the technology to accommodate scenarios for which it does not explicitly provide. The first is through the addition of custom behaviors that control the Windows Communication Foundation’s internal communication functions, such as the function of serializing outbound data into messages. ...