Anuj Chauhan

Convert JSON objects to classes 

A very useful utility i found on this web page which lets you create classes for the format of JSON objects a service returns which in turn can be used to de-serialize JSON objects . 

The link is - json2csharp - generate c# classes from json

WCF JSON, JSONtoClasses

We can enable this setting by including the below code in webconfig of WCF web service . By adding the tag <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/> we can get the details of the specific exception raised at server side into client side when Debugger is attached with client application .

<system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
  </system.serviceModel>

WCF Exception