Is it possible to consume a .Net WCF 4 Web Service by a non-.Net language?

Question

I've been beating my head against a problem for about a week and am now resorting to just a "is it even possible question".

Can other language connect to a web service that is written using .Net's WCF 4 framework?

When WCF first came out years ago (under .Net v3.0/winfx), I was able to connect a Java client to it using the basicHttpBindings; however, attempting to do the same thing under the latest and greatest version has me wondering if it's even possible. I can create a WSDL from the Cassini web server that comes with Visual Studio but am always told that it's ill formed. When I compare it to a WSDL from an ASMX service (which works), the two are vastly different.

Has anyone created a Web service with WCF 4 and been able to connect to it with a non-.Net language or even using something like WSDL.exe?

Answer 1

Yes you can, thats one of the selling points of SOA. You interface via XML definitions, which transcends languages.

What type of contracts did you define?

Download SOAP-UI and you can see for yourself. A, its written in java, and B all it needs is the WSDL address.