Is it necessary to add a web reference for a web service created inside the same webproject in asp.net

Question

Is it necessary to add a web reference for a web service created inside the same webproject in asp.net.

Answer 1

Only if you want to consume it in your project as a web-service.

Since your web-service class is also a regular class, you could call the web methods directly without a proxy.

Your web-service in this case would only server to expose the needed functionality to consumers.