Learning Silverlight 2 Series (14): WCF for data and communication

This article will briefly describe how to communicate with WCF in Silverlight 2.

Simple example

In this example, we'll get a list of the latest essays through WCF, shown in Silverlight, and end up with the following effect.

First define a data contract:

[DataContract]
public class Post
{
　　public Post (int id,string title,string author)
　　{
　　　　this.Id = id;
　　　　this.Title = title;
　　　　this.Author = author;
　　}
　　[DataMember]
　　public int Id { get; set; }
　　[DataMember]
　　public string Title { get; set; }
　　 [DataMember]
　　public string Author { get; set; }
}