Self hosted windows Service .
- Open vs 2008 --> File--> New --> Project
- Select Windows Service Template.
- Name the service as "SelfHostedService".
- Now Add Class and Interface and name them "Calculator" and "ICalculator" respectively.
- Add the following code in ICalculator.cs
- Add references : using System.ServiceModel and using System.ServiceModel.Web .
// Code for ICalculator.cs
namespace SelfHostedService
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface ICalculator
{
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = "/Add?num1={num1}&num2{num2}", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml)]
string Add(string num1, string num2);
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = "/Sub?num1={num1}&num2{num2}", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml)]
string Sub(string num1, string num2);
}
}
//
// Code for Calculator.cs
namespace SelfHostedService
{
public class Calculator : ICalculator
{
public int Add(string num1, string num2)
{
int addition = Convert.ToInt32(num1) + Convert.ToInt32(num2);
return addition;
}
public int Sub(string num1, string num2)
{
int addition = Convert.ToInt32(num1) - Convert.ToInt32(num2);
return addition;
}
}
}
//
- Now set the configuration for REST service in App Config file.
- Add Web configuration file to the project and rename it to App.config
- Remove everything inside in App.config and add the below code.
//Code for App.config
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<!-- This section is optional with the new configuration model
introduced in .NET Framework 4. -->
<service behaviorConfiguration="CalculatorServiceBehavior" name="SelfHostedService.Calculator">
<endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" behaviorConfiguration="web" contract="SelfHostedService.ICalculator" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="CalculatorServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="web">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
//
- Now open Service1.cs .
- Add the following references : System.ServiceProcess ,System.ServiceModel ,System.Configuration.
// Code for Service1.cs
ServiceHost serviceHost = null;
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
string serviceAddress = "http://localhost/2001";
Uri baseAddress = new Uri(serviceAddress);
if (serviceHost != null)
{
serviceHost.Close();
}
// Create a ServiceHost for the CalculatorService type and
// provide the base address.
serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(Calculator), baseAddress);
// Open the ServiceHostBase to create listeners and start
// listening for messages.
serviceHost.Open();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
if (serviceHost != null)
{
serviceHost.Close();
}
}
//
- Install the service.
- Open browser and type the Url : "http://localhost/2005/Add?num1=10&num2=20"
