WCF Behavior Ordering
WCF behaviours are applied based on a particular evaluation order. Exact details are available here
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The ServiceHost applies behaviors in the following order: 1. Contract 2. Operation 3. Endpoint
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Please note within any collection of behaviors, ordering is NOT guaranteed. Because of that sometimes when you configure some aspects of runtime in your custom behavior (for example, TransactionRequired property of the operation) – they get overwritten by default WCF behavior. For example, following will not work and TransactionRequired will always be set to false (default value).
class TestBv : Attribute, IOperationBehavior
{
public void AddBindingParameters(OperationDescription operationDescription, BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters) { }
public void ApplyClientBehavior(OperationDescription operationDescription, ClientOperation clientOperation){}
public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(OperationDescription operationDescription, DispatchOperation dispatchOperation)
{
dispatchOperation.TransactionRequired = true;
}
public void Validate(OperationDescription operationDescription){}
}
Why? Because here WCF is executing default OperationBehavior after the execution of your custom behavior. Please note, missing OperationBehaviorAttribute doesn’t mean that behavior won’t be applied at all rather it mean a default OperationBehavior will be applied.
So how to fix this?
Use explicit ordering: Remove the bahavior from the collection and apply it at a particular time yourself. Here is the modified behavior which will work correctly.
class TestBv : Attribute, IOperationBehavior
{
IOperationBehavior orignal;
public void AddBindingParameters(OperationDescription operationDescription, BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters) { }
public void ApplyClientBehavior(OperationDescription operationDescription, ClientOperation clientOperation){}
public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(OperationDescription operationDescription, DispatchOperation dispatchOperation)
{
orignal.ApplyDispatchBehavior(operationDescription, dispatchOperation);
dispatchOperation.TransactionRequired = true;
}
public void Validate(OperationDescription operationDescription)
{
this.orignal = operationDescription.Behaviors.Find<OperationBehaviorAttribute>();
if (orignal != null)
operationDescription.Behaviors.Remove(orignal);
}
}
HTH...