Visual Studio generates wrong proxy and client config for WCF Service Host with customBinding

Question

Hi,
I have  a simple WCF test service.
The serviceModel configuration for the looks like this:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="NewBinding0">
<byteStreamMessageEncoding>
<readerQuotas maxDepth="10" maxStringContentLength="10000" maxArrayLength="10000"
maxBytesPerRead="1000" maxNameTableCharCount="200" />
</byteStreamMessageEncoding>
<tcpTransport />
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logMalformedMessages="true" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true" />
</diagnostics>
<services>
<service name="WcfServiceLibrary2.Service1">
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" name="mexName"
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost:8734/WcfServiceLibrary2/Service1.svc"
binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="NewBinding0" name="tcpName"
bindingName="" contract="WcfServiceLibrary2.IService1" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8733/Design_Time_Addresses/WcfServiceLibrary2/Service1/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
However the auto generated client side serviceModel looks like this:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="tcpName">
<textMessageEncoding messageVersion="Soap12" />
<tcpTransport />
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost:8734/WcfServiceLibrary2/Service1.svc"
binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="tcpName" contract="ServiceReference2.IService1"
name="tcpName" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
Note the Encoding has changed to from byteStreamMessageEncoding to textMessageEncoding.
When I test the service with WCF Test Client, I get the error "Addressing Version 'AddressingNone (http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none)' does not support adding
WS-Addressing headers."
The error message makes sense in considering the client is mis-configured. I could manually modify the client side configuration, but I don't know how to give that to the WCF Test Client.
When I run my own test client code, I get a NullReferenceException creating the Channel
at System.Text.UTF8Encoding.GetByteCount(String chars)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.EncodedFramingRecord..ctor(FramingRecordType recordType, String value)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.EncodedContentType.Create(String contentType)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.CreatePreamble()
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel..ctor(ChannelManagerBase factory, IConnectionOrientedTransportChannelFactorySettings settings, EndpointAddress remoteAddresss, Uri via, IConnectionInitiator connectionInitiator, ConnectionPool connectionPool, Boolean exposeConnectionProperty, Boolean flowIdentity)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionOrientedTransportChannelFactory`1.OnCreateChannel(EndpointAddress address, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ChannelFactoryBase`1.InternalCreateChannel(EndpointAddress address, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelFactory.ServiceChannelFactoryOverDuplexSession.CreateInnerChannelBinder(EndpointAddress to, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelFactory.CreateServiceChannel(EndpointAddress address, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelFactory.CreateChannel(Type channelType, EndpointAddress address, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory`1.CreateChannel(EndpointAddress address, Uri via)
at System.ServiceModel.ClientBase`1.CreateChannel()
at System.ServiceModel.ClientBase`1.CreateChannelInternal()
at System.ServiceModel.ClientBase`1.get_Channel()
at ConsolWCFTestApp.ServiceReference2.Service1Client.GetXSDFiles(String path) in c:\Users\malley\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WcfService1\ConsolWCFTestApp\Service References\ServiceReference2\Reference.cs:line 127
at ConsolWCFTestApp.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\Users\malley\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\WcfService1\ConsolWCFTestApp\Program.cs:line 14
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Martin

Answer 1

Hi Martin00,
I have tested your code in my side and I can meet the same exception as you.
>>"Addressing Version 'AddressingNone (http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none)' does not support adding WS-Addressing headers."
Based the above exception, I try to use the following config:
<textMessageEncoding messageVersion="Soap12" />
Instead of this config code:
<byteStreamMessageEncoding>
<readerQuotas maxDepth="10" maxStringContentLength="10000" maxArrayLength="10000"
maxBytesPerRead="1000" maxNameTableCharCount="200" />
</byteStreamMessageEncoding>-->
After that it works fine as following:
Best Regards,
Amy Peng
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