Here we post the how to consuming wcf service in mvc application using entity framework then follow the following steps.
1. Make
sure that Entity framework is already installed with Visual
Studio.otherwise,install it using NuGet Packages.
Create
a table in your database with the name of "test" as the
following.
Step
1. Create a blank solution.
File-New-Project
type
the name of the solution "WCFMVCEF". Then select the
template MVC then create the solution.
Step
2: creating an WCF Application.
Right
click on the WCFMVCEF solution go to Add->New Project then open
"Add New Project" window select Visual C# then display the
WCF Service Application.
Shown
in below screen.
Select
WCF Service Application and type the name as WCFServiceApp click on
OK.
Step
3:
Creating
a service for CRUD operation.
Right
click on the WCFServiceApp project and select Add->New Item.
Choose
Web option from left pane and select "WCF Service".
Type
the name as "MyService.svc" and click on Add button.
Step 4: Creating an Entity Framework Model.
Right
click on the WCFServiceApp project and select Add-->New Item.
Choose Data option from left pane and select "ADO.NET Entity data model".
Type the name as "EntityModel.edmx" and click on Add button,same as in the following images.
Step
5:
Write
a service for CRUD operation.
- Open MyService.csv page from WCFService application and write the following code:
- Now ,open IMyService and write the "ServiceContract" and "DataContract",as follows.
Service
has been completed .now build the service.
Run
the service and copy the service URL,as shown in the following
image(http://localhost:52911/MyService.svc), for creating the reference.
Step
6 : Creating an MVC Application
Now
right click on the "WCFMVCEF" solution in solution Explorer
again.
Select
a new project.
Select
ASP .NET MVC4 Web Application.
Enter
the name of the application as "MVCApplication".
Click
on the OK.
Adding
a project priority and setting the reference.
- Right click on the MVCApplication and click on add service refrence as shown in the below image.
- Paste the copied Service URL in the given address and press Go button.
- All the Services will display ,as in the following screen just give the namespace as "ServiceRefernce1" and click on OK button.
Since
WCF service application and MVC application both are in the same
solution ,we have to build the service first and then the MVC
application in order to consume the service in MVC application .
Do
the following steps for that.
- Right Click on the WCFMVCEF solution in solution Explorer and click on properties.
- Check the "Multiple Startup Project" and set the application priority for WCF and MVC application as shown in the following screen.
Create
a Model:
right
click on model folder and click on class.write the class name as
"User" and create the following properties.
Create
a controller:
Right
click on the Controller folder and click on add controller. Give the
name of controller as "HomeController" and write the
following action for CRUD operation.
Creating
a View:
Creating
a view is very simple just right click on All action of the
controller and click on Add View .the following is the code for all
views (Index).
@model
IEnumerable<MVCApplication.Models.User>
@{
ViewBag.Title
= "Index";
}
@using
(Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
<h2>User
Details</h2>
@Html.ActionLink("Add
User",
"Add",
"")
</div>
<div>
<table>
<tr
style="background-color:
#FFFACD;
text-align:center">
<th
style="text-align:left">
ID
</th>
<th
style="text-align:left">
Name
</th>
<th
style="text-align:left">
Author
</th>
</tr>
@{
foreach
(var
item in
Model)
{
<tr
style="background-color:
#FFFFF0">
<td>
@item.id
</td>
<td>
@item.name
</td>
<td>
@Html.ActionLink("Edit",
"Edit",
new
{ id = @item.id }) /@Html.ActionLink("Delete",
"Delete",
new
{ id = @item.id})
</td>
</tr>
}
}
</table>
</div>
}
Now
press F5 to run the Application.
Hope
your Application view will be like the following image.
