How does WCF serialize the method call?

Question

I am wondering how WCF serialize the method call, e.g. how the target class, method, method parameters are serialized, anybody has idea?

Answer 1

You can use Fiddler to find out! If you set up a WCF service using HTTP bindings, Fiddler can show you the traffic between your client and service.

Answer 2

MSDN:

• WCF Message Logging,
• Data Transfer and Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation.

Answer 3

WCF is fundamentally a SOAP message service - so your messages will be SOAP messages, with all the SOAP envelopes, containing headers and body.

Check out the great Service Station: Serialization In WCF MSDN article by Aaron Skonnard for an extensive discussion of all the ins and outs of serializing messages in WCF. Highly recommended reading.