WCF extensions without including the assembly version
- by Marc Gravell
As discussed here, I'm trying to add a WCF endpoint-extension; I've got it working, but I need to include the full assembly details:
<extensions>
<behaviorExtensions>
<add name="protobuf" type="ProtoBuf.ServiceModel.ProtoBehaviorExtension, protobuf-net, Version=1.0.0.275, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=257b51d87d2e4d67"/>
</behaviorExtensions>
</extensions>
What I would like to do (to avoid issues when updating etc, especially for samples) is to include just the names:
<add name="protobuf" type="ProtoBuf.ServiceModel.ProtoBehaviorExtension, protobuf-net"/>
(which is what you might expect from standard assembly-naming conventions)
However, if I do this, I get a big error:
Parser Error Message: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for system.serviceModel/behaviors: Extension element 'protobuf' cannot be added to this element. Verify that the extension is registered in the extension collection at system.serviceModel/extensions/behaviorExtensions.
Is it possible (and if so: how) to add an extension without having to specify the assembly-version?
