Is WCF platform independent?

Question

I just need to know if WCF is platform independent like Webservices? Can the functions in WCF be accessed by Java and Php?

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes sure - WCF itself will run on Windows only - but the services it provides can be accessed from any other language / tool.

And using WCF as a client, you can also access any other tool's services, e.g. you can access a webservice written in PHP, Java, etc.

That's the whole point of SOA! :-)

Marc