<behavior> of <serviceBehaviors>

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01/05/2010

The behavior element contains a collection of settings for the behavior of a service. Each behavior is indexed by its name. Services can link to each behavior through this name using the behaviorConfigurationattribute of the <endpoint> element element. This allows endpoints to share common behavior configurations without redefining the settings.

Schema Hierarchy

<system.serviceModel>
  <behaviors>
    <serviceBehaviors>
      <behavior> of <serviceBehaviors>

Syntax

<system.ServiceModel>
  <behaviors>
    <serviceBehaviors>
       <behavior name="String" />
    </serviceBehaviors>
  </behaviors>
</system.ServiceModel>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
name	A unique string that contains the configuration name of the behavior. This value is a user-defined string that must be unique, since it acts as the identification string for the element.

Child Elements

Element	Description
<dataContractSerializer>	Contains configuration data for the DataContractSerializer.
<persistenceProvider>	Secifies the type of the persistence provider implementation to use, as well as the time-out to use for persistence operations.
<serviceAuthorization> element	Specifies settings that authorize access to service operations.
<serviceCredentials>	Specifies the credential to be used in authenticating the service and the client credential validation-related settings.
<serviceDebug>	Specifies debugging and help information features for a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service.
<serviceMetadata>	Specifies the publication of service metadata and associated information.
<serviceSecurityAudit>	Specifies settings that enable auditing of security events during service operations.
<serviceThrottling>	Specifies the throttling mechanism of a WCF service.
<serviceTimeouts>	Specifies the timeout for a service.
<workflowRuntime>	Specifies settings for an instance of WorkflowRuntime for hosting workflow-based WCF services.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<serviceBehaviors>	A collection of service behavior elements.

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