Re: WCF vs Remoting

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"Scott M." <s-mar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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My understanding is that WCF isn't a replacement for Remoting, it's an
additional layer on top of remoting (or web services).

Although Microsoft says that WCF is a complement for Remoting - in reality,
WCF is remoting's replacement.

For all intents and purposes - remoting is dead with .NET 3.0.

If you're going to start a project, WCF is a very attractive alternative to
remoting and supports many of the features that were lacking (i.e.
bidirectional messages, authentication and authorization).

However remoting does still have some advantages - the ability to use
shared interfaces. WCF uses proxies methods instead ... and have similar
limitations to a web service (i.e. no method overloading, no sharable
interfaces, etc.). But overall, WCF is such a major enhancement that it the
disadvantages are minor in comparison to the new features.

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