Programmatically creating wcf client using Nant build script & svcutil
You have created a WCF service.To test this service, you will need to create a client and use it to call the service. You can do this using the svcutil.exe tool from the command line with the following syntax:
svcutil.exe http://yourdomain/Service.svc?wsdl
This will generate a configuration file and a code file that contains the client class. Add the two files to your client application and use the generated client class to call the Service.
Sounds Familiar ?
Here is simple target from continueous integration NANT build Script which can be used to generate WCF Proxy class on-the-fly , so no more generating wcf proxy class by svcutil.exe
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<target name=”build.webservice.proxy.csharp.file” description=”generates proxy class for webservice”>
<mkdir dir=”${build.dir}\wsfiles” /> —> generated files will be stored here
<exec program=”tools\svcutil\SvcUtil.exe” >
<arg value=”/d:${build.dir}/wsfiles” />
<arg value=”src/SAMPLE.dll” /> —> path to dll which conatins WCF service interface & implementation classes
</exec>
<exec program=”tools\svcutil\SvcUtil.exe” > —>path to svcutil.exe
<arg value=”/d:${build.dir}/wsfiles” />
<arg value=”${build.dir}/wsfiles/*.wsdl” />
<arg value=”${build.dir}/wsfiles/*.xsd” />
<arg value=”/l:c#” />
<arg value=”/out:SAMPLEPROXY.cs” /> —> desired name of the c# proxy class
<arg value=”/noconfig” />
<arg value=”/ser:auto” />
<arg value=”/tcv:version35” />
<arg value=”/n:*,Com.NAMESPACE1.NAMESPACE2” /> —> namespace
</exec>
</target>
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