Windows Communication Support for AJAX Integration and JSON

The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) support for ASP.NET Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and the Javascript Object Notation (JSON) data format allow WCF services to expose operations to AJAX clients. AJAX clients are Web pages running Javascript code and accessing these WCF services using HTTP requests. The topics in this section provide information about this support and about how to implement it.

For more information about ASP.NET AJAX and its integration with ASP.NET 2.0, see ASP.NET AJAX Overview.

In This Section

• Creating WCF Services for ASP.NET AJAX
  Describes how an WCF service can be exposed to AJAX clients by adding the appropriate AJAX endpoint either through configuration or by using a service host factory customized to generate a service host that configures the AJAX endpoint automatically.

• Creating WCF AJAX Services without ASP.NET
  Describes how to create an WCF service without using ASP.NET.

• Support for JSON and Other Data Transfer Formats
  Describes the support of the JSON format typically used (instead of XML) for messaging with ASP.NET AJAX services.

• How to: Migrate AJAX-Enabled ASP.NET Web Services to WCF
  Describes how to migrate an AJAX-enabled ASP.NET Web service to a WCF Web service.

See Also

Reference

WebScriptServiceHostFactory

Other Resources

WCF REST Programming Model

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Last Published: 2010-03-21