WCF How to enable metadata?

Question

I am trying to get my svc file working under IIS. In my project, when I press F5 I got the svc working. So I know everything is okay, right? Except for IIS.

I am working on a Windows XP Pro machine and in IIS I've added a virtual directory.

Here's my code: IcarePlanActions (project: A)

namespace WcfServiceLibrary
{
    [ServiceContract]
    public interface ICarePlanActions
    {
        [OperationContract]
        List<string> GetAllClients();
    }
}

Client: (project: A)

namespace WcfServiceLibrary
{
    public class Client : ICarePlanActions
    {
        public List<string> GetAllClients()
        {
            List<string> clients = new List<string>();
            clients.Add("Hendrik de Jong");
            clients.Add("Miep de Berg");
            clients.Add("Jaap Jongeneel");
            clients.Add("Joop Prakman");
            clients.Add("Pieter Schaakman");

            return clients;

        }
    }
}

Web.config (project: B)

  <configuration>
    <system.serviceModel>
      <services>
        <service behaviorConfiguration="CarePlanService.Service1Behavior"
          name="WcfServiceLibrary.Client">
          <endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="WcfServiceLibrary.ICarePlanActions">
            <identity>
              <dns value="localhost" />
            </identity>
          </endpoint>
          <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
        </service>
      </services>
      <behaviors>
        <serviceBehaviors>
          <behavior name="CarePlanService.Service1Behavior">
            <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
            <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
            <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
            <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
          </behavior>
        </serviceBehaviors>
      </behaviors>
    </system.serviceModel>
  </configuration>

CarePlan.svc

<%@ ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" Service="WcfServiceLibrary.Client" %>

When I run this service (which is on IIS) with wfctestclient I get this error

Error: Cannot obtain Metadata from http://localhost/CarePlanService/CarePlan.svc If this is a Windows (R) Communication Foundation service to which you have access, please check that you have enabled metadata publishing at the specified address.

What am I doing wrong?

SOLUTION

I didn't get the service working under IIS. First I manually create a virtual directory and pointed to the directiry where the svc is located. This didn't work. I don't know why.

Then I went to Visual Studio and changed the server setting (Right mouse on the project, properties, tab Web, click Use local IIS Web Server and click Create Virtual Directory. When I did this, it worked under IIS with the code above.

Answer 1

First, remove the [DataContract] attribute in Client.

Then, recompile and make sure that you have the WcfServiceLibrary.dll in the /bin directory for your virtual directory.

Your config should use this endpoint for metadataexchange:

<endpoint address="mex" 
    binding="mexHttpBinding" 
    contract="IMetadataExchange"/>