WCF Client Configuration: how can I check if endpoint is in config file, and fallback to code if not?

Question

Looking to make a Client that sends serialized Message objects back to a server via WCF.

To make things easy for the end-developer (different departments) would be best

Answer 1

I would like to propose improved version of AlexDrenea solution, that uses only special types for configuration sections.

Configuration configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
        ServiceModelSectionGroup serviceModelGroup = ServiceModelSectionGroup.GetSectionGroup(configuration);
        if (serviceModelGroup != null)
        {
            ClientSection clientSection = serviceModelGroup.Client;
            //make all your tests about the correcteness of the endpoints here

        }