Performing DML Operations using WCF REST Service and Silverlight
As a professional working on WCF REST and Silverlight 3.0, I have been very interested in performing DML operations using Silverlight 3.0 and WCF REST Service which exposes CRUD Operations. A couple of days ago, while conducting a training session, one of the participants asked me a question about WCF REST Services exposing CRUD operations and consuming it using Silverlight 3.0, for loosely coupled application development. I immediately thought of doing some research on it and convert it into an article to help out other users who may have the same requirement.
Now most of you might have started working on WCF REST - one of the most important features of WCF. It allows using WCF service by clients like PHP, JAVA etc. REST supports verbs like GET, PUT, POST and DELETE. These verbs represent operations performed using http requests.
In this article I have designed a WCF REST service which is performing GET and POST operations and it is used by Silverlight 3.0 client application. Let us see the steps required to implement the solution.
Step 1: Open VS2008, create a blank solution and name it as ‘SILV3_CallingRESTDMLService’. To this solution, add a new WCF Service Application form ‘Web’ project Type and name it as ‘WCF_DMLService’ as shown below:
Step 2: Rename ‘IService1.cs’ to ‘IService’ and ‘Service1.Svc.cs’ to ‘Service.Svc’.
Step 3: Since this is a WCF REST service, add a reference to ‘System.ServiceModel.Web’. This namespace provides classes for defining behavior for Operations in Service for REST. Web Service Host activation for the WCF service is provided by this namespace.
Step 4: Right Click on the ‘Service.Svc’ and select ‘View Markup’ and change the file as shown below:
<%@ ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true"
Service="WCF_DMLService.Service"
CodeBehind="Service.svc.cs"
Factory="System.ServiceModel.Activation.WebServiceHostFactory"%>
Here the attribute ‘Factory’ represents the Web Activation for WCF service.
Step 5: Write the following code in ‘IService.cs’.
C#
[DataContract(Name = "Employee", Namespace = "")]
public class Employee
{
[DataMember]
public int EmpNo { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string EmpName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int DeptNo { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int Salary { get; set; }
}
VB.NET
<DataContract(Name := "Employee", Namespace := "")> _
Public Class Employee
Private privateEmpNo As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property EmpNo() As Integer
Get
Return privateEmpNo
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateEmpNo = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateEmpName As String
<DataMember> _
Public Property EmpName() As String
Get
Return privateEmpName
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
privateEmpName = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateDeptNo As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property DeptNo() As Integer
Get
Return privateDeptNo
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateDeptNo = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateSalary As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property Salary() As Integer
Get
Return privateSalary
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateSalary = value
End Set
End Property
End Class
The above class will be serialized from Service to Consumer.
Step 6: Now add the following ServiceContract code to the same file (IService.cs)
C#
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
namespace WCF_DMLService
{
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService
{
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare,
UriTemplate = "/CreateEmployee/{empNo}/{empName}/{salary}/{deptNo}",
Method="POST")]
int InsertEmployee(string empNo, string empName, string salary, string deptNo);
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare,
UriTemplate = "/DeleteEmployee/{empNo}",
Method = "POST")]
int DeleteEmployee(string empNo);
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml,
BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare
)]
Employee[] GetAllEmployee();
}
}
VB.NET
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports System.ServiceModel
Imports System.ServiceModel.Web
Namespace WCF_DMLService
<ServiceContract> _
Public Interface IService
<OperationContract, WebInvoke(RequestFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, ResponseFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, BodyStyle := WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, UriTemplate := "/CreateEmployee/{empNo}/{empName}/{salary}/{deptNo}", Method:="POST")> _
Function InsertEmployee(ByVal empNo As String, ByVal empName As String, ByVal salary As String, ByVal deptNo As String) As Integer
<OperationContract, WebInvoke(RequestFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, ResponseFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, BodyStyle := WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, UriTemplate := "/DeleteEmployee/{empNo}", Method := "POST")> _
Function DeleteEmployee(ByVal empNo As String) As Integer
<OperationContract, WebGet(RequestFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, ResponseFormat := WebMessageFormat.Xml, BodyStyle := WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)> _
Function GetAllEmployee() As Employee()
End Interface
End Namespace
In the above code, I have used ‘WebGet’ and ‘WebInvoke’ attributes along with ‘OperationContract’. These attributes are present under the namespace ‘System.ServiceModel.Web’ and indicates that operations defined in the contract will be called by the web programming model. WebGet has HTTP ‘GET’ by default and ‘WebInvoke’ can be used for HTTP ‘PUT’, ‘POST’ and ‘DELETE’ verbs. Request and Response formats can be either ‘XML’ or ‘JSON’.
Step 7: Open ‘Service.Svc.cs’ and write the following code:
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace WCF_DMLService
{
public class Service : IService
{
#region IService Members
public int InsertEmployee(string empNo, string empName, string salary, string deptNo)
{
int Inserterd = 0;
SqlConnection Conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI");
Conn.Open();
SqlCommand Cmd = new SqlCommand();
Cmd.Connection = Conn;
Cmd.CommandText = "Insert into Employee Values(@EmpNo,@EmpName,@Salary,@DeptNo)";
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpNo",Convert.ToInt32(empNo));
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpName", empName);
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Salary", Convert.ToInt32(salary));
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DeptNo", Convert.ToInt32(deptNo));
Inserterd = Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
Conn.Close();
return Inserterd;
}
public int DeleteEmployee(string empNo)
{
int Deleted = 0;
SqlConnection Conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI");
Conn.Open();
SqlCommand Cmd = new SqlCommand();
Cmd.Connection = Conn;
Cmd.CommandText = "Delete from Employee where EmpNo=@EmpNo";
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpNo",Convert.ToInt32(empNo));
Deleted = Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
return Deleted;
}
public Employee[] GetAllEmployee()
{
List<Employee> lstEmp = new List<Employee>();
SqlConnection Conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI");
Conn.Open();
SqlCommand Cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from Employee",Conn);
SqlDataReader Reader = Cmd.ExecuteReader();
while (Reader.Read())
{
lstEmp.Add(new Employee()
{
EmpNo=Convert.ToInt32(Reader["EmpNo"]),
EmpName = Reader["EmpName"].ToString(),
DeptNo = Convert.ToInt32(Reader["DeptNo"]),
Salary = Convert.ToInt32(Reader["Salary"])
});
}
Reader.Close();
Conn.Close();
return lstEmp.ToArray();
}
#endregion
}
}
VB.NET
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Namespace WCF_DMLService
Public Class Service
Implements IService
#Region "IService Members"
Public Function InsertEmployee(ByVal empNo As String, ByVal empName As String, ByVal salary As String, ByVal deptNo As String) As Integer
Dim Inserterd As Integer = 0
Dim Conn As New SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI")
Conn.Open()
Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand()
Cmd.Connection = Conn
Cmd.CommandText = "Insert into Employee Values(@EmpNo,@EmpName,@Salary,@DeptNo)"
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpNo",Convert.ToInt32(empNo))
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpName", empName)
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Salary", Convert.ToInt32(salary))
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DeptNo", Convert.ToInt32(deptNo))
Inserterd = Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Conn.Close()
Return Inserterd
End Function
Public Function DeleteEmployee(ByVal empNo As String) As Integer
Dim Deleted As Integer = 0
Dim Conn As New SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI")
Conn.Open()
Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand()
Cmd.Connection = Conn
Cmd.CommandText = "Delete from Employee where EmpNo=@EmpNo"
Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpNo",Convert.ToInt32(empNo))
Deleted = Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Return Deleted
End Function
Public Function GetAllEmployee() As Employee()
Dim lstEmp As New List(Of Employee)()
Dim Conn As New SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Company;Integrated Security=SSPI")
Conn.Open()
Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand("Select * from Employee",Conn)
Dim Reader As SqlDataReader = Cmd.ExecuteReader()
Do While Reader.Read()
lstEmp.Add(New Employee() With {.EmpNo=Convert.ToInt32(Reader("EmpNo")), .EmpName = Reader("EmpName").ToString(), .DeptNo = Convert.ToInt32(Reader("DeptNo")), .Salary = Convert.ToInt32(Reader("Salary"))})
Loop
Reader.Close()
Conn.Close()
Return lstEmp.ToArray()
End Function
#End Region
End Class
End Namespace
Step 8: In the Web.config change the endpoint binding to ‘webHttpBinding’ as below:
<endpointaddress=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="WCF_DMLService.IService">
</endpoint>
Step 9: Publish this service to IIS and test it out. If everything’s been configured as explained, you should get the following output:
Now change the url written below in the address bar and press enter
The following output should be displayed:
Currently it shows all the employees. One important thing here is that you can perform this operation only for ‘WebGet’ and not for ‘WebInvoke’ because the browser can perform only HTTP GET operation. Close the browser.
Step 10: To the same solution, add a new Silverlight application and name it as ‘SILV3_RESTDMLClient’.
Step 11: Design the Xaml UI as per your requirements. I am not a very good designer so pardon me for the design shown below J
The Xaml for the UI is as shown below:
<UserControl xmlns:data="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data" x:Class="SILV3_RESTDMLClient.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="710" d:DesignHeight="510">
<Grid x:Name="grdMain" Width="700" Height="500">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="300"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="400"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid x:Name="grdDML" Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="100"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="200"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="80"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="80"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="80"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="80"></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition Height="80"></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Text="EmpNo"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Text="EmpName"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Text="Salary"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="3" Text="DeptNo"></TextBlock>
<TextBox x:Name="txteno" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0"></TextBox>
<TextBox x:Name="txtename" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"></TextBox>
<TextBox x:Name="txtsal" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2"></TextBox>
<TextBox x:Name="txtdno" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="3"></TextBox>
<Grid x:Name="grdButton" Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="65"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="65"></ColumnDefinition>
<ColumnDefinition Width="65"></ColumnDefinition>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="btnInsert" Content="Insert" Grid.Column="0" Click="btnInsert_Click"></Button>
<Button x:Name="btnDelete" Content="Delete" Grid.Column="1" Click="btnDelete_Click"></Button>
<Button x:Name="btnGetAll" Content="Get All" Grid.Column="2" Click="btnGetAll_Click"></Button>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<Grid x:Name="grdDisplay" Grid.Column="1">
<data:DataGrid x:Name="grdEmployee" ItemsSource="{Binding}" Width="280" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<data:DataGrid.Columns>
<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="EmpNo" Binding="{Binding EmpNo}"></data:DataGridTextColumn>
<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="EmpName" Binding="{Binding EmpName}"></data:DataGridTextColumn>
<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="Salary" Binding="{Binding Salary}"></data:DataGridTextColumn>
<data:DataGridTextColumn Header="DeptNo" Binding="{Binding DeptNo}"></data:DataGridTextColumn>
</data:DataGrid.Columns>
</data:DataGrid>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
Since all calls from Silverlight to Web resources are asynchronous, I have used classes like:
WebClient - used for downloading all contents asynchronously and
WebRequest and WebResponse - for asynchronous ‘POST’ operations.
Step 13: To the Silverlight project, add a reference to ‘System.Runtime.Serialization’. Note that this reference must be targeting to version ‘2.0.5.0’. Silverlight 3.0 does not support the framework like 3.0/3.5 for this reference. (If any knows any workaround, I am all ears)
C#
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace SILV3_RESTDMLClient
{
public class Employee
{
[DataMember]
public int EmpNo { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string EmpName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int DeptNo { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int Salary { get; set; }
}
}
VB.NET
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Namespace SILV3_RESTDMLClient
Public Class Employee
Private privateEmpNo As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property EmpNo() As Integer
Get
Return privateEmpNo
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateEmpNo = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateEmpName As String
<DataMember> _
Public Property EmpName() As String
Get
Return privateEmpName
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
privateEmpName = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateDeptNo As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property DeptNo() As Integer
Get
Return privateDeptNo
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateDeptNo = value
End Set
End Property
Private privateSalary As Integer
<DataMember> _
Public Property Salary() As Integer
Get
Return privateSalary
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Integer)
privateSalary = value
End Set
End Property
End Class
End Namespace
Step 12: In the ‘Get All’ button click, write the following code:
C#
WebClient webClient;
private void btnGetAll_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.DownloadStringCompleted+=new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(webClient_DownloadStringCompleted);
webClient.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/GetAllEmployee", UriKind.Absolute));
}
void webClient_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Parse(e.Result);
var AllEmps = from Emp in xDoc.Descendants("Employee")
select new Employee()
{
EmpNo = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("EmpNo").First().Value ),
EmpName = Emp.Descendants("EmpName").First().Value,
Salary = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("Salary").First().Value),
DeptNo = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("DeptNo").First().Value)
};
grdEmployee.DataContext = AllEmps.ToList();
}
VB.NET
Private webClient As WebClient
Private Sub btnGetAll_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
webClient = New WebClient()
AddHandler webClient.DownloadStringCompleted, AddressOf webClient_DownloadStringCompleted
webClient.DownloadStringAsync(New Uri("http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/GetAllEmployee", UriKind.Absolute))
End Sub
Private Sub webClient_DownloadStringCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs)
Dim xDoc As XDocument = XDocument.Parse(e.Result)
Dim AllEmps = From Emp In xDoc.Descendants("Employee") _
Select New Employee()
Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("Salary").First().Value), DeptNo = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("DeptNo").First().Value)
Emp.Descendants("EmpName").First().Value, Salary = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("Salary").First().Value), DeptNo
Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("EmpNo").First().Value), EmpName = Emp.Descendants("EmpName").First().Value, Salary
EmpNo = Convert.ToInt32(Emp.Descendants("EmpNo").First().Value), EmpName
grdEmployee.DataContext = AllEmps.ToList()
End Sub
In the above code, I have made use of XLINQ. Using ‘WebClient’ class the request is made to the url for downloading string contents form the web. Since WCF REST used POX, the response is in the form of XML. This XML data is read using XLINQ and the data is put in Employee class.
Step 13: Write the following code for Insert and Delete button:
C#
private void btnInsert_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
try
{
string uploadUrl = "http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/CreateEmployee/" + txteno.Text + "/" + txtename.Text + "/" + txtsal.Text + "/" + txtdno.Text ;
WebRequest addRequest = WebRequest.Create(uploadUrl);
addRequest.Method = "POST";
//Begin the Asynchrnous Request
addRequest.BeginGetRequestStream(CallBackAddRequest,addRequest);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
HtmlPage.Window.Alert(ex.Message);
}
}
void CallBackAddRequest(IAsyncResult ar)
{
//Contains information of the Async object containing Request Information
WebRequest req = (WebRequest)ar.AsyncState;
//Returns stream for writing data to the Web Resource
Stream reqStream = req.EndGetRequestStream(ar);
reqStream.Close();
//Now Collect the response Asynchronously
req.BeginGetResponse(CallBackResponse, req);
}
//Response Callback, is mandatory to complete operations on the receiving end
void CallBackResponse(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
WebRequest req = (WebRequest)ar.AsyncState;
//Collect the reponse
WebResponse res = req.EndGetResponse(ar);
Stream strResult = res.GetResponseStream();
strResult.Close();
res.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string s = ex.Message;
}
}
private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
string delUrl = "http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/DeleteEmployee/" + txteno.Text;
//Create WebRequest Object
WebRequest delRequest = WebRequest.Create(delUrl);
delRequest.Method = "POST";
//Make the Asynchronius Call
delRequest.BeginGetRequestStream(CallBackDeleteRequest,delRequest);
}
//The Async Delete CallBack
void CallBackDeleteRequest(IAsyncResult ar)
{
//Contains information of the Async object containing Request Information
WebRequest req = (WebRequest)ar.AsyncState;
//Returns stream for writing data to the Web Resource
Stream reqStream = req.EndGetRequestStream(ar);
reqStream.Close();
//Now Collect the response Asynchronously
req.BeginGetResponse(CallBackResponse, req);
}
VB.NET
Private Sub btnInsert_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
Try
Dim uploadUrl As String = "http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/CreateEmployee/" & txteno.Text & "/" & txtename.Text & "/" & txtsal.Text & "/" & txtdno.Text
Dim addRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(uploadUrl)
addRequest.Method = "POST"
'Begin the Asynchrnous Request
addRequest.BeginGetRequestStream(AddressOf CallBackAddRequest,addRequest)
Catch ex As Exception
HtmlPage.Window.Alert(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub CallBackAddRequest(ByVal ar As IAsyncResult)
'Contains information of the Async object containing Request Information
Dim req As WebRequest = CType(ar.AsyncState, WebRequest)
'Returns stream for writing data to the Web Resource
Dim reqStream As Stream = req.EndGetRequestStream(ar)
reqStream.Close()
'Now Collect the response Asynchronously
req.BeginGetResponse(AddressOf CallBackResponse, req)
End Sub
'Response Callback, is mandatory to complete operations on the receiving end
Private Sub CallBackResponse(ByVal ar As IAsyncResult)
Try
Dim req As WebRequest = CType(ar.AsyncState, WebRequest)
'Collect the reponse
Dim res As WebResponse = req.EndGetResponse(ar)
Dim strResult As Stream = res.GetResponseStream()
strResult.Close()
res.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
Dim s As String = ex.Message
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub btnDelete_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
Dim delUrl As String = "http://localhost/RESTVDDML/Service.svc/DeleteEmployee/" & txteno.Text
'Create WebRequest Object
Dim delRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(delUrl)
delRequest.Method = "POST"
'Make the Asynchronius Call
delRequest.BeginGetRequestStream(AddressOf CallBackDeleteRequest,delRequest)
End Sub
'The Async Delete CallBack
Private Sub CallBackDeleteRequest(ByVal ar As IAsyncResult)
'Contains information of the Async object containing Request Information
Dim req As WebRequest = CType(ar.AsyncState, WebRequest)
'Returns stream for writing data to the Web Resource
Dim reqStream As Stream = req.EndGetRequestStream(ar)
reqStream.Close()
'Now Collect the response Asynchronously
req.BeginGetResponse(AddressOf CallBackResponse, req)
End Sub
The above code makes use of ‘WebRequest’ and ‘WebResponse’ classes and its asynchronous methods like:
· BeginGetRequestStream
· EndGetRequestStream - Returns data to be written to the internet resource.
· BeginGetResponse
· EndGetResponse - Returns the data from the internet.
The above ‘End’ methods indicate completion of Request and Response Operations to Web resources over internet. Remember without completing this Async, operation calls will not be completed.
Step 14: Now run the Silverlight application and click on ‘Get All’. You will get all the rows from the table displayed in a DataGrid. Similarly you can also test the Insert and Delete operations.
Enter Data in text boxes and press on ‘Insert’ button and then click on the ‘Get All’ button to see the newly added record. The newly added record is shown below (marked in RED).
The same way you can test ‘Delete’ too.
Conclusion: WCF REST has provided a mechanism for developing loosely coupled applications. Using Silverlight 3.0 as a client, a light weight consumer of WCF REST service can be created without adding a proxy into the client application.
The entire source code of this article can be downloaded over here
This article has been editorially reviewed by Suprotim Agarwal.
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