Connecting to the Native Endpoint

The native endpoint uses the wsHttpBinding. To connect to it, you will add a service reference for your project. After the development tool has been given the URL of the native endpoint, it will retrieve the WSDL file that describes the service. It will use this information to build the proxy classes for the service.

To connect to the native endpoint, you must be using a development tool that allows connections to services that use the wsHttpBinding. Visual Studio 2008 and later can create references that connect to the native endpoint.

The following topics discuss connecting to and using the native endpoint:

• Visual Studio 2008 and later
• Application configuration file
• Using SvcUtil.exe
• Service namespace
• Creating a service instance
• Closing the service instance