WorkflowServiceHost Class
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.NET Framework Class Library
WorkflowServiceHost Class

Provides host for workflow-based services.

Namespace:  System.ServiceModel
Assembly:  System.WorkflowServices (in System.WorkflowServices.dll)
Syntax

'Usage

Dim instance As WorkflowServiceHost

'Declaration

Public Class WorkflowServiceHost _
    Inherits ServiceHostBase
Remarks

Implements the host used by the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service model programming model.

Use the WorkflowServiceHost class to configure and expose a workflow as service for use by client applications when you are not using Internet Information Services (IIS) or Windows Activation Services (WAS) to expose a service. Both IIS and WAS interact with a WorkflowServiceHost object on your behalf.

To expose a workflow as service for use by callers, WCF requires a complete service description (represented by the ServiceDescription class). The WorkflowServiceHost class creates a ServiceDescription from the workflow service type and configuration information and then uses that description to create ChannelDispatcher objects for each endpoint in the description.

Use a WorkflowServiceHost object to load a workflow service, configure endpoints, apply security settings, and start listeners to handle incoming requests.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.ServiceModel.Channels..::.CommunicationObject
    System.ServiceModel..::.ServiceHostBase
      System.ServiceModel..::.WorkflowServiceHost
Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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
See Also

Reference

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