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 Monday, August 20, 2007
Ful WCF vs .NET Compact Framework WCF

Here's a useful table that compares desktop with mobile for WCF work.

Feature

Desktop WCF

Compact WCF

Bindings:

 

 

·         BasicHttpBinding

Yes

Yes

·         CustomBinding

Yes

Yes

·         WindowsMobileMailBinding

N/A

Yes

·         ExchangeWebServiceMailBinding

Yes, via NetCF install

Yes

Formatters:

 

 

·         SoapFormatter

Yes

Yes

·         BinaryFormatter

Yes

No

Encoders:

 

 

·         TextMessageEncoder

Yes

Yes

·         BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement

Yes

No

·         MTOMEncoder

Yes

No

·         GzipEncoder

No

Sample available

Transports:

 

 

·         HttpTransportBindingElement

Yes

Yes

·         HttpsTransportBindingElement

Yes

Yes

·         MailTransportBindingElement

Yes, via NetCF install

Yes

·         MsmqTransportBindingElement

Yes

No

·         TcpTransportBindingElement

Yes

No

·          

 

 

XmlDictionaryReader/Writer

Yes

Yes; stub around XmlTextReader/Writer

DataContractSerializer

Yes

No; but can be wire-compatible with DCS via XmlSerializer

Service proxy generation

Yes; via SvcUtil.exe

Yes; via NetCFSvcUtil.exe, not integrated into VS2008

·         Non-HTTP transports

Yes

No

·         Custom headers

Yes

No

WS-Addressing

Yes

Yes

WS-Security message level security

 

 

·         X.509

Yes

Yes

·         Username/password

Yes

No

WS-ReliableMessaging

Yes

No

Patterns

 

 

·         Service model

Yes

No

·         Message layer programming

Yes

Yes

o   Buffered messages

Yes

Yes

o   Streaming messages

Yes

No

·         Endpoint descriptions in .config files

Yes

No

Extensibility

Yes

Yes

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