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Contract is platform-neutral and standard way of describing what services does. In WCF, all services are exposed as contract. There are four types of contracts :
Service Contract – It describes operation provided by service. A service should contain at least one service contract. Service Contract is defined by using [ServiceContract] attribute , it is similar to [WebMethod] of Web Services.
Data Contract – It describes data exchange between service and client. Data Contract is defined using [DataContract] and [DataMember] attribute.
Message Contract – It transfers information from service to client. WCF uses SOAP message format for communication.
Fault Contract – It handles and convey error message to the client when service get error.
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