ServiceThrottlingBehavior.MaxConcurrentCalls Property (System.ServiceModel.Description)

MaxConcurrentCalls Property

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ServiceThrottlingBehavior..::.MaxConcurrentCalls Property

Gets or sets a value that specifies the maximum number of messages actively processing across a ServiceHost.

Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Description
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property MaxConcurrentCalls As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ServiceThrottlingBehavior
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.MaxConcurrentCalls

instance.MaxConcurrentCalls = value

public int MaxConcurrentCalls { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property int MaxConcurrentCalls {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

JScript

public function get MaxConcurrentCalls () : int
public function set MaxConcurrentCalls (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The upper limit of active messages in the service. The default is 16.

Remarks

The MaxConcurrentCalls property specifies the maximum number of messages actively processing across a ServiceHost object. Each channel can have one pending message that does not count against the value of MaxConcurrentCalls until Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) begins to process it.

You can also set the values of this attribute by using the <serviceThrottling> element in an application configuration file.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of ServiceThrottlingBehavior from an application configuration file that sets the MaxConcurrentSessions, MaxConcurrentCalls, and MaxConcurrentInstances properties to 1 as an example. Real-world experience determines what the optimal settings are for any particular application.

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- use appSetting to configure base address provided by host -->
    <add key="baseAddress" value="http://localhost:8080/ServiceMetadata" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service 
        name="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation.SampleService"
        behaviorConfiguration="Throttled" >
        <host>
          <baseAddresses>
            <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8080/SampleService"/>
          </baseAddresses>
        </host>
        <endpoint
          address=""
          binding="wsHttpBinding"
          contract="Microsoft.WCF.Documentation.ISampleService"
         />
        <endpoint
          address="mex"
          binding="mexHttpBinding"
          contract="IMetadataExchange"
         />
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior  name="Throttled">
          <serviceThrottling 
            maxConcurrentCalls="1" 
            maxConcurrentSessions="1" 
            maxConcurrentInstances="1"
          />
          <serviceMetadata 
            httpGetEnabled="true" 
            httpGetUrl=""
          />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

ServiceThrottlingBehavior Class

ServiceThrottlingBehavior Members

System.ServiceModel.Description Namespace