*Result and *ResultSpecified parameters in WCF service?

Question

In my WCF Service I have a function, for example:

bool ValidateLogin(string user, string password)

after I hosted it in windows azure and a

Answer 1

Apparently, this comes from the WSDL generator, in this case used on the "Add Web Reference..." option of VS 2005:

http://devpinoy.org/blogs/cruizer/archive/2008/10/05/some-wcf-gotchas.aspx

The answer on the MSDN forums also hints at legacy support:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsazure/thread/406a6b6b-9dab-469d-ad0f-1f8f95cf0656

So my answer, I'm going to guess your client is .NET 2?

Answer 2

Worked fine for me as below code:

[ServiceContract]
[XmlSerializerFormat]
public interface IService1
{
   // do code here
}

Answer 3

In your client project, ensure that you chosen 'Add Service Reference' instead of 'Add Web Reference'. 'Add Service Reference' uses WCF while 'Add Web Reference' does not and compensates for optional parameters by adding the '[paramName]Specified' additional parameters.

Answer 4

Setting the XmlSerializerFormat Style to RPC did the trick for me. I.e.

[OperationContract, XmlSerializerFormat(Style = OperationFormatStyle.Rpc)]
bool ValidateLogin(string user, string password)

It changes the way the wsdl is generated, from:

<wsdl:message name="IService_ValidateLogin_InputMessage">
    <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:ValidateLogin" />
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="IService_ValidateLogin_OutputMessage">
    <wsdl:part name="parameters" element="tns:ValidateLoginResponse" />
</wsdl:message>

To:

<wsdl:message name="IService_ValidateLogin_InputMessage">
    <wsdl:part name="user" type="xsd:string" />
    <wsdl:part name="password" type="xsd:string" />
</wsdl:message>
<wsdl:message name="IService_ValidateLogin_OutputMessage">
    <wsdl:part name="ValidateLoginResult" type="xsd:boolean" />
</wsdl:message>

This article propose a different solution, but also contains some extra explanations: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/323097/WCF-ASMX-Interoperability-Removing-the-Annoying-xx

Answer 5

Add or replace the following code above your IService Interface :

[ServiceContract ( Namespace="http://www.yoursite.com/"),XmlSerializerFormat]

Source

Answer 6

How are you adding the WCF to your client app? This looks like it's nothing to do with Azure - it's more to do with how you've defined your [DataContract] and how it's imported into your client code.

I think if you use WCF on the client side then you won't see these additional parameters.

See a possible explanation (or a possibly related issue) here - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eugeneos/archive/2007/02/05/solving-the-disappearing-data-issue-when-using-add-web-reference-or-wsdl-exe-with-wcf-services.aspx