Set WCF ClientCredentials in App.config

Question

Is it possible to set clientcredentials for an WCF in App.config?

I would like to avoid doing this:

Using svc As New MyServiceClient
  svc.ClientCre         


        

Answer 1

Expanding on Ladislav Mrnka’s answer, you might find this implementation useful:

public class UserNameClientCredentials : ClientCredentialsElement
{
    private ConfigurationPropertyCollection properties;

    public override Type BehaviorType
    {
        get { return typeof (ClientCredentials); }
    }

    /// 

    /// Username (required)
    /// 
    public string UserName
    {
        get { return (string) base["userName"]; }
        set { base["userName"] = value; }
    }

    /// 

    /// Password (optional)
    /// 
    public string Password
    {
        get { return (string) base["password"]; }
        set { base["password"] = value; }
    }

    protected override ConfigurationPropertyCollection Properties
    {
        get
        {
            if (properties == null)
            {
                ConfigurationPropertyCollection baseProps = base.Properties;
                baseProps.Add(new ConfigurationProperty(
                                  "userName",
                                  typeof (String),
                                  null,
                                  null,
                                  new StringValidator(1),
                                  ConfigurationPropertyOptions.IsRequired));
                baseProps.Add(new ConfigurationProperty(
                                  "password",
                                  typeof (String),
                                  ""));
                properties = baseProps;
            }
            return properties;
        }
    }

    protected override object CreateBehavior()
    {
        var creds = (ClientCredentials) base.CreateBehavior();
        creds.UserName.UserName = UserName;
        if (Password != null) creds.UserName.Password = Password;
        ApplyConfiguration(creds);
        return creds;
    }
}

After which you need to register this custom implementation using something like

  
    
      
    
  
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