What Is Service Proxy in Wcf

Proxy is an object in memory on the client-side that exposes the same Interface or API that the WCF service does. Your consuming code will make calls against that proxy and proxy will dispatch those calls as SOAP Messages to the WCF service.

What is the use of proxy class in WCF?

Actually Proxy is a class in WCF that is used to communicate with client application. We can simply get the entire configuration through the proxy class. There is no need to do extra effort to generate the configuration setting for the client. Proxy class used when you think that your service must be loosely coupled.

How do I create a proxy for WCF service using SvcUtil?

The WCF client proxy can be generated manually by using the Service Model Metadata Utility Tool (SvcUtil.exe) for more information see, ServiceModel Metadata Utility Tool (Svcutil.exe). The WCF client proxy can also be generated within Visual Studio using the Add Service Reference feature.