Method arguments not matching while implementing WCF service via a console application

Question

I am trying to create a basic WCF application and am using a Console Application to call the service. I add the service reference to the WCF Service and call it inside the Console Application as

ServiceName.Service s = new ServiceName.Service();
string str = string.empty;
str = s.GetData(10);  // here i get an argument overload mismatch error

inside the Service.cs file of the WCF Service this method is defined as

public string GetData(int value)
{
    return string.Format("You entered: {0}", value);
}

Why am I getting the argument overload mismatch error in this case? I am new to WCF. I have added the WCF service as a service reference.

What does intellisense expect that method's arguments to be? — myermian, Dec 28 '12 at 15:53
I guess the wcf client wrapped the in and output parameters in a request/rsponse class. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1130032/why-does-wcf-wrap-request-response-types-in-another-xml-element-and-how-to-prev — rene, Dec 28 '12 at 15:59
Its possible that you configured the WCF service to use service contracts? — VoidMain, Dec 28 '12 at 16:30
I am using VS 2008 . Intellisense gives s.GetData(int value, bool valueSpecified). Yes, i configured the WCF as a service contract. — user544079, Dec 28 '12 at 16:32
Have you modified the GetData method in Service.cs after you added the service reference in the console app? — Avishek, Dec 28 '12 at 17:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '13 at 20:22

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Turns out that the service wasn't hosted correctly. I rebuilt the solution and it works fine after rehosting the WCF service client.

The arguments correspond to the ones defined inside Service.cs

answered Jan 06 '13 at 20:22

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