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What is "mexHttpBinding"?

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What is "mexHttpBinding" in WCF? When should this binding be used in preference to other bindings?

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Craig Schwarze Avatar asked Jan 21 '10 03:01

Craig Schwarze


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It is a binding that returns metadata so you can build a proxy at the client side. See here. More here as well.

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Otávio Décio Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 15:09

Otávio Décio