The process of creating a WCF C# client to a Web Service is similar to that for a Java programming language client. To create a WCF client you will:

You must have the following software installed to create the WCF client:

You must also deploy the Java web service.

The Client Class

The client class uses a generated proxy class, AddNumbersImpl, to access the web service. The port instance variable stores a reference to the proxy class:

...
port = new AddNumbersImplClient("AddNumbersImplPort");
... 
					

Then the web service operation addNumbers is called on port:

...
int result = port.addNumbers (number1, number2);
...
					

The following is the full Client.cs class:

using System;

class Client {
  static void Main(String[] args) {
    AddNumbersImplClient port = null;
    try {
      port = new AddNumbersImplClient("AddNumbersImplPort");
      int number1 = 10;
      int number2 = 20;

      Console.Write("Adding {0} and {1}. ", number1, number2);
      int result = port.addNumbers (number1, number2);
      Console.WriteLine("Result is {0}.\n\n",result);

      number1 = -10;
      Console.Write("Adding {0} and {1}. ", number1, number2);
      result = port.addNumbers (number1, number2);
      Console.WriteLine("Result is {0}.\n\n",result);
      port.Close();
    } catch (System.ServiceModel.FaultException e) {
      Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
      if (port != null) port.Close();
    }
  }
}
					

When creating a Java programming language client, you use the wsimport tool to generate the proxy and helper classes used by the client class to access the web service. When creating a WCF client, the svcutil.exe tool provides the same functionality as the wsimport tool. svcutil.exe generates the C# proxy class and contracts for accessing the service from a C# client program:

svcutil /config:Client.exe.config http://localhost:8080/wsit-enabled-fromjava/addnumbers?wsdl
					

The command compiles the proxy class, configuration file, and Client.cs client class into the Client.exe executable file:

C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe 
     /r:"C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation\System.ServiceModel.dll" 
     /r:"C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll" 
     Client.cs AddNumbersImplService.cs
					

You can change the location of the csc.exe C# compiler and the System.ServiceModel and System.Runtime.Serialization support DLLs if you installed the .NET 2.0 and 3.0 frameworks to non-default locations.