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Updating the Web.config File

Before we can take this service out for a test drive, the final task is to update the 

serviceModel> section of the Web.config file. As described in more detail during our examination of

ASP.NET later in this book, the Web.config file serves a similar purpose to an executable’s *.config

file; however, it also controls a number of web-specific settings. For this example, all we need to do

is update the WCF-specific section of the file as follows:

contract="IMetadataExchange"/>

Testing the Service

Now you are free to build any sort of client to test your service, including passing in the endpoint of

the *.svc file to the WcfTestClient.exe application:

WcfTestClient http://localhost/AutoLotWCFService/Service.svc

Consider Figure 25-21, which illustrates the result of invoking GetInventory().