What is the difference between WCF and ASMX Web services?

Simple and basic difference is that ASMX web service is designed to send and receive messages using SOAP over HTTP only. While WCF service can exchange messages using any format (SOAP is default) over any transport protocol (HTTP, TCP/IP, MSMQ, NamedPipes etc).

Is Asmx a WCF service?

WCF completely replaces ASMX web services. ASMX is the old way to do web services and WCF is the current way to do web services. All new SOAP web service development, on the client or the server, should be done using WCF.

What is the difference between web service and WCF service?

Attributes − WCF service is defined by ServiceContract and OperationContract attributes, whereas a web service is defined by WebService and WebMethod attributes. Protocols − WCF supports a range of protocols, i.e., HTTP, Named Pipes, TCP, and MSMQ, whereas a web service only supports HTTP protocol.

Why WCF is faster than web services?

Performance wise WCF is faster than web service. WCF provides more security, support various protocols & message formats. The only costly area of WCF for developer is it’s configuration settings.

Is Asmx SOAP or REST?

It is based on SOAP and return data in XML form. It support only HTTP protocol. It is not open source but can be consumed by any client that understands xml.

How do I convert Asmx to WCF?

Convert ASMX web services to WCF

  1. Create a .wsdl file from current asmx service, you can do this by typing the service url?
  2. Go to Visual Studio Command Prompt.
  3. Go to the directory where you saved wsdl file and run svcutil.exe with wsdl file name as argument e.g. svcutil.exe Queue.wsdl.
  4. The svcutil will generate two files .

Why should we use WCF service?

WCF lets you asynchronus messages transform one service endpoint to another. Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) supports multiple language & platforms. WCF Provides you a runtime environment for your services enabling you to expose CLR types as Services and to consume other Services as CLR Types.

Is Asmx deprecated?

Microsoft have not officially deprecated WCF or ASMX, or made either obsolete. You can still add both using the latest version of Visual Studio. WCF and ASMX are still supported because they form part of the . NET framework.

Is Asmx an API?

Applications need to communicate among themselves, and to achieve this purpose, Microsoft has developped technologies like ASMX, WCF, and ASP.NET Web API. Let’s explore them together today.