Self-host (No IIS or WAS) WCF with service requiring parameters
Hope this is easy. I am wondering if this is possible - perhaps it is not. I am trying to host a WCF service myself (in my example below, it is a console application). The service does not have a default constructor. It only contains a signature constructor with one parameter. I need a service to be able to handle user sessions. I am currently using Ninject DI. Here is a simple code solution I came up with to demonstrate my problem:
using System;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using Ninject.Modules;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
public class Program
{
static void Main()
{
using (var webServiceHost = new WebServiceHost(typeof(MyWcf)))
{
var webHttpBinding = new WebHttpBinding();
var uri = new Uri("http://localhost:8000/");
webServiceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMyWcf), webHttpBinding, uri);
webServiceHost.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Service is ready...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
[ServiceContract]
public interface IMyWcf
{
[OperationContract, WebGet(UriTemplate = "")]
string HelloWorld();
}
[ServiceBehavior(InstanceContextMode = InstanceContextMode.PerSession)]
public class MyWcf : IMyWcf
{
private readonly IMessage _customMessage = new Message("Default Message.");
public MyWcf(IMessage message)
{
_customMessage = message;
}
public string HelloWorld()
{
return _customMessage.Text;
}
}
public interface IMessage
{
string Text { get; }
}
public class Message : IMessage
{
public Message (string message)
{
Text = message;
}
public string Text { get; set; }
}
public class NinjectSetup : NinjectModule
{
public override void Load()
{
Bind<IMessage>().To<Message>()
.WithConstructorArgument("message", "Injected String Message.");
}
}
}
Obviously, commenting out the parameterized constructor allows the service to start. But that doesn't do me any good. I don't want to use ServiceHostFactory because it seems to require me to have .svc / IIS. Is there a way to get around this? Can I just create a new MyWebServiceHost
one that inherits from WebServiceHost
and override some method that will instantiate for the service?
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