ChannelFactory<TChannel> Class
A factory that creates channels of different types that are used by clients to send messages to variously configured service endpoints.
System.ServiceModel.Channels::CommunicationObject
System.ServiceModel::ChannelFactory
System.ServiceModel::ChannelFactory<TChannel>
System.ServiceModel.Configuration::ConfigurationChannelFactory<TChannel>
System.ServiceModel::DuplexChannelFactory<TChannel>
System.ServiceModel.Web::WebChannelFactory<TChannel>
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
generic<typename TChannel> public ref class ChannelFactory : public ChannelFactory, IChannelFactory<TChannel>, IChannelFactory, ICommunicationObject
Type Parameters
- TChannel
The type of channel produced by the channel factory. This type must be either IOutputChannel or IRequestChannel.
The ChannelFactory<TChannel> type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>() | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class. |
![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(Binding) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class. |
![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(ServiceEndpoint) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class that produces channels with a specified endpoint. |
![]() ![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(String) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class with a specified endpoint configuration name. |
![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(Type) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class. |
![]() ![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(Binding, EndpointAddress) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class with a specified binding and endpoint address. |
![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(Binding, String) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class with a specified binding and remote address. |
![]() ![]() | ChannelFactory<TChannel>(String, EndpointAddress) | Initializes a new instance of the ChannelFactory<TChannel> class associated with a specified name for the endpoint configuration and remote address. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Credentials | Gets the credentials used by clients to communicate a service endpoint over the channels produced by the factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | DefaultCloseTimeout | Gets the default interval of time provided for a close operation to complete. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | DefaultOpenTimeout | Gets the default interval of time provided for an open operation to complete. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | Endpoint | Gets the service endpoint to which the channels produced by the factory connect. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | IsDisposed | Gets a value that indicates whether the communication object has been disposed. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | State | Gets a value that indicates the current state of the communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | ThisLock | Gets the mutually exclusive lock that protects the class instance during a state transition. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Abort | Causes a communication object to transition immediately from its current state into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | ApplyConfiguration | Initializes the channel factory with the behaviors provided by a specified configuration file and with those in the service endpoint of the channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | BeginClose(AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to close a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | BeginClose(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to close a communication object with a specified timeout. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | BeginOpen(AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to open a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | BeginOpen(TimeSpan, AsyncCallback, Object) | Begins an asynchronous operation to open a communication object within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Close() | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the closed state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Close(TimeSpan) | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the closed state within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() | CreateChannel() | Creates a channel of a specified type to a specified endpoint address. |
![]() ![]() | CreateChannel(EndpointAddress) | Creates a channel that is used to send messages to a service at a specific endpoint address. |
![]() ![]() | CreateChannel(String) | Creates a channel that is used to send messages to a service whose endpoint is configured in a specified way. |
![]() ![]() | CreateChannel(Binding, EndpointAddress) | Creates a channel of a specified type that is used to send messages to a service endpoint that is configured with a specified binding. |
![]() ![]() | CreateChannel(EndpointAddress, Uri) | Creates a channel that is used to send messages to a service at a specific endpoint address through a specified transport address. |
![]() ![]() | CreateChannel(Binding, EndpointAddress, Uri) | Creates a channel of a specified type that is used to send messages to a service endpoint at a specified transport address that is configured with a specified binding. |
![]() ![]() | CreateDescription | Creates a description of the service endpoint. (Overrides ChannelFactory::CreateDescription().) |
![]() ![]() | CreateFactory | Builds the channel factory for the current endpoint of the factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | EndClose | Completes an asynchronous operation to close a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | EndOpen | Completes an asynchronous operation to open a communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | EnsureOpened | Opens the current channel factory if it is not yet opened. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | Fault | Causes a communication object to transition from its current state into the faulted state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetCommunicationObjectType | Gets the type of communication object. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetProperty<T> | Returns the typed object requested, if present, from the appropriate layer in the channel stack, or nullptr if not present. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | InitializeEndpoint(ServiceEndpoint) | Initializes the service endpoint of the channel factory with a specified endpoint. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | InitializeEndpoint(Binding, EndpointAddress) | Initializes the service endpoint of the channel factory with a specified binding and address. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | InitializeEndpoint(String, EndpointAddress) | Initializes the service endpoint of the channel factory with a specified address and configuration. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | OnAbort | Terminates the inner channel factory of the current channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnBeginClose | Begins an asynchronous close operation on the inner channel factory of the current channel factory that has a state object associated with it. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnBeginOpen | Begins an asynchronous open operation on the inner channel factory of the current channel factory that has a state object associated with it. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnClose | Calls close on the inner channel factory with a specified time-out for the completion of the operation. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnClosed | Invoked during the transition of a communication object into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | OnClosing | Invoked during the transition of a communication object into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | OnEndClose | Completes an asynchronous close operation on the inner channel factory of the current channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnEndOpen | Completes an asynchronous open operation on the inner channel factory of the current channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnFaulted | Inserts processing on a communication object after it transitions to the faulted state due to the invocation of a synchronous fault operation. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | OnOpen | Calls open on the inner channel factory of the current channel factory with a specified time-out for the completion of the operation. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnOpened | Initializes a read-only copy of the ClientCredentials object for the channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | OnOpening | Builds the inner channel factory for the current channel. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
![]() ![]() | Open() | Causes a communication object to transition from the created state into the opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Open(TimeSpan) | Causes a communication object to transition from the created state into the opened state within a specified interval of time. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() | ThrowIfDisposed | Throws an exception if the communication object is disposed. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() | ThrowIfDisposedOrImmutable | Throws an exception if the communication object the State property is not set to the Created state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() | ThrowIfDisposedOrNotOpen | Throws an exception if the communication object is not in the Opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Closed | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the closed state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Closing | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the closing state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Faulted | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the faulted state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Opened | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the opened state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
![]() ![]() | Opening | Occurs when a communication object transitions into the opening state. (Inherited from CommunicationObject.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | IDisposable::Dispose | Closes the current channel factory. (Inherited from ChannelFactory.) |
This generic class enables more advanced scenarios where there is a requirement to create a channel factory that can be used to create more than one type of channel.
When adding behaviors programmatically, the behavior is added to the appropriate Behaviors property on the ChannelFactory prior to the creation of any channel. See the example section for a code sample.
Frequently client or calling applications (for example, middle-tier applications are client applications, too) using this type also have complex state management needs as well as performance needs. For more information about these scenarios, please see Middle-Tier Client Applications.
The following sample shows how to create a channel factory and use it to create and manage channels.
BasicHttpBinding binding = new BasicHttpBinding(); EndpointAddress address = new EndpointAddress("http://localhost:8000/ChannelApp"); ChannelFactory<IRequestChannel> factory = new ChannelFactory<IRequestChannel>(binding, address); IRequestChannel channel = factory.CreateChannel(); channel.Open(); Message request = Message.CreateMessage(MessageVersion.Soap11, "hello"); Message reply = channel.Request(request); Console.Out.WriteLine(reply.Headers.Action); reply.Close(); channel.Close(); factory.Close();
The following code example shows how to insert programmatically a client behavior prior to the creation of the channel object by the factory.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

