Building WCF service applications using method 2: Self-hosting programmatically directly from the application

Add the binding properties, create the service host with an instance of the required service class and open the service.

Before you begin

1. Add a reference to the custom channel IBM.XMS.WCF.dll file to the project. The IBM.XMS.WCF.dll is in the WMQInstallDir\bin where WMQInstallDir is the directory that IBM MQ is installed in.
2. Add a using statement to the IBM.XMS.WCF namespace, for example: using IBM.XMS.WCF
3. Create an instance of the channels binding element and endpoint as described in: Creating a WCF custom channel by suppling binding and endpoint information programmatically

If changes to the binding properties of the channel are required, then complete the following steps:

1. Add the binding properties to transportBindingElement as shown in the following example:

   SoapJmsIbmTransportBindingElement transportBindingElement = new SoapJmsIbmTransportBindingElement();
   Binding binding = new CustomBinding(new TextMessageEncodingBindingElement(), transportBindingElement);
   Uri address = new Uri("jms:/queue?destination=SampleQ@QM1&connectionFactory=
                           connectQueueManager(QM1)&initialContextFactory=com.ibm.mq.jms.Nojndi");
   

2. Create the service host with an instance of the required service class:

   ServiceHost service = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyService));
   

3. Open the service:

   service.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMyServiceContract), binding, address);
   service.Open();
   ...
   service.Close();