WCF Service - service in separate class library

Question

This is my project diagram:

MyWCFService
- (...)
- web.config
Friends.Implementation
- Friends.svc
  - Friends.svc.cs
Friends.Contract
- IFriends.cs

My endpoint of service:

  <service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehaviour" name="Friends.Implementation.Friends">
    <endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="web" binding="webHttpBinding" contract="Friends.Contract.IFriends" />
  </service>

My question is: How can I call this service? When I had that service in "Service" folder in MyWCFService project, it was easy - just localhost:XX/Services/Friends.svc.

And now, how can I run it, if everything is in separate class libraries?

Regards

@kostas so you can reuse the data contracts in the client application without having to refer to the service implementation. — CodeCaster, Dec 30 '13 at 13:47
@CodeCaster You r right, i haven't thought like that cause usually i use data contracts only for service purpose. Thx for your mention. — kostas ch., Dec 30 '13 at 13:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You can create a Services folder in your website root and paste the .svc file there, or you can use service activation:

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment>
      <serviceActivations>
        <add service="Friends.Implementation.Friends" 
             relativeAddress="Services/Friends.svc"/>
      </serviceActivations>
    </serviceHostingEnvironment>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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`relativeAddress` is requied for `add` - what should I type here? – whoah Dec 30 '13 at 13:52
@whoah see edit. See [A Developer's Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation 4](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee354381.aspx) for some explanation on activation. – CodeCaster Dec 30 '13 at 13:53

WCF Service - service in separate class library

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