WCF
exception messages are very generic and tough to decode.
WCF
default TraceListener Objects for core WCF Objects. I have mentioned below
details description for some important objects.
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Assembly Name
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Description
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System.ServiceModel
|
Logs
the following
Message
Process
Reading
of Configuaration information
Transport-level
action
Security
request.
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System.Runtime.Serialization
|
Emits
the information when objects are serialized or deserialized. WCF always
serializes and de- serializes information during the request so it is good
event to see the content of the request.
|
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System.ServiceModel.IdentityModel
|
Generates
trace data for authentication and authorization.
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The
tracing information of these objects help you to find out any exception details
easily.
You
can enable tracing by adding below code in web.config file.
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true" />
<sources>
<source
name="System.ServiceModel"
switchValue="Information,
ActivityTracing"
propagateActivity="true">
<listeners>
<add
name="wcfTraceListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="D:\logs\WcfTrace.svclog" />
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
</system.diagnostics>
After
adding the above code in web.config file, WCF trace file will be created in the
given location when you run WCFservice.
To
view the file you need SvcTraceViewer.exe, which will be present in “C:\Program Files\Microsoft
SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin folder.” Or else you can referrer to the
below link to get tool.
