Regardless of the WCF platform?

Question

I just need to know if WCF is platform independent like Webservices? Is it possible to access functions in WCF using Java and Php?

thanks

Answer 1

Yes, of course - WCF itself will only work on Windows, but the services provided can be accessed from any other language / tool.

And using WCF as a client, you can also access any other tool services, for example. you can access a web service written in PHP, Java, etc.

That whole point SOA !:-)

Mark

Answer 2

Yes, WCF is a superset of web services. It can perform both platform-independent and platform-specific communications. You just need to select one of the wsXXX bindings.

See here for a list of bindings supported by WCF: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730879.aspx

Answer 3

yes, if you use standard binding (anyone that has WS in a name like WsHttpBinding)

Answer 4

WCF is web services - plus much more. It replaces the older ASMX service feature.