1. Entity Framework WCF Service XSD Based WCF Service – Part 2

2. Topics Entity Framework WCF Service Library XML Serialization

3. WCF Service Library Project WCF Service XSD Xml Serialize LINQ SL Enabled WCF Service Business Rules Business Objects to Data Objects Class Library Project (Data Library) EDMX Data Objects Database Sample App Architecture

4. Entity Framework Entity Framework Application ORM Interface Entity Data Model (EDM) ADO.NET Provider Queries / Updates Data Store http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937709.aspx

6. Service contract file (IService1.cs or IService1.vb)

7. Service implementation file (Service1.svc.cs or Service1.svc.vb)

9. Classes that implement ICollection or IEnumerable.

10. XmlElement objects.

11. XmlNode objects.

12. DataSet objects.Serialization is the process of converting an object into a form that can be readily transported XML serialization serializes only the public fields and property values of an object into an XML stream The central class in XML serialization is the XmlSerializer class, and the most important methods in this class are the Serialize and Deserialize methods

13. Demo WCF Service