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Investigating the Core WCF Assemblies

As you would expect, the programming fabric of WCF is represented by a set of .NET assemblies

installed into the GAC. Table 25-1 describes the overall role of the core WCF assemblies you will

need to make use of in just about any WCF application.

Table 25-1.

Core WCF Assemblies

Assembly

Meaning in Life

System.Runtime.Serialization.dll

Defines namespaces and types that can be used for

serializing and deserializing objects within the WCF

framework

System.ServiceModel.dll

The core assembly that contains the types used to build any

sort of WCF application

These two assemblies define a number of new namespaces and types. While you should con-

sult the .NET Framework 3.5 SDK documentation for complete details, Table 25-2 documents the

roles of some of the important namespaces to be aware of.

Table 25-2.

Core WCF Namespaces