Web Service vs WCF

Question

Hi,

As we have HTTP Protocol why do you need other protocols and in real time where all other protocols are used.

As we have Web Service for interoperability, why do you need WCF

I tried in google but I couldn't find the appropriate answer

Please give me the answers to the above questions

Pravin More · Answer

Hi Srinath, Web service is a part of WCF. WCF offers much more flexibility and portability to develop a service when comparing to web service. Still we are having more advantages over Web service, following table provides detailed difference between them. Features Web Service WCF Hosting It can be hosted in IIS It can be hosted in IIS, windows activation service, Self-hosting, Windows service Programming [WebService] attribute has to be added to the class [ServiceContraact] attribute has to be added to the class Model [WebMethod] attribute represents the method exposed to client [OperationContract] attribute represents the method exposed to client Operation One-way, Request- Response are the different operations supported in web service One-Way, Request-Response, Duplex are different type of operations supported in WCF XML System.Xml.serialization name space is used for serialization System.Runtime.Serialization namespace is used for serialization Encoding XML 1.0, MTOM(Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism), DIME, Custom XML 1.0, MTOM, Binary, Custom Transports Can be accessed through HTTP, TCP, Custom Can be accessed through HTTP, TCP, Named pipes, MSMQ,P2P, Custom Protocols Security Security, Reliable messaging, Transactions Thanx, Pravin.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

We need them to make things better. If people continued to do things the way that works without making them better then we would have no need for computers.