What is the Proxy Class

Question

Is a web service reference the proxy class itself? Or is it the classes created inside that you see in object explorer when you look at your web service reference?

example, I created this web service reference

http://www.elbalazo.net/post/TestWebProject%5FObjectExplorer%5FWebReference.jpg

I assume ServiceAuthResponse is one proxy class inside my web service reference?

Answer 1

When you add the WebService reference a proxy class is generated for you.

In your example it looks like LitleWebService will be your service proxy, ServiceAuthResponse sounds more like a data contract that will be used by the service. If you read about the Proxy Design Pattern it may be of some interest

Normally you proxy will inherit from ClientBase, this is where you can specify the service contract.

public class MyProxy : ClientBase<IServiceContract>, IServiceContract