WCF Configuration - Split it out of app.config

Question

I have a specific requirement to remove all client WCF configuration () out of the main app.config file, and into a separate XML file. The behav

Answer 1

You can separate out your WCF configuration using configSource. Instructions here:

http://weblogs.asp.net/cibrax/archive/2007/07/24/configsource-attribute-on-system-servicemodel-section.aspx

Another option is to configure your WCF services programatically.

Answer 2

System.ServiceModel.Configuration.ConfigurationChannelFactory et al support reading the configuration from a System.Configuration.Configuration instance. Which means you can put the <system.servicemodel ... stuff in a dedicated file without referencing it from web/app.config. You could have multiple config files, one for each client.

SharePoint 2010 uses that excessively in its service application model, where each service proxy reads its settings from a dedicated .config which is not necessarily web.config or app.config and isn't even referenced from there.