What is the order of the endpoint behavior in WCF?

Question

What is the order of the endpoint behavior in WCF? I want logging to happen only if the request passes the validation block. But in my case, even if the check fails, requests are logged by the checking interceptor.

I have two behavior extensions:

<behaviorExtensions> <add name="validation"/> <add name="Auditing"/> </behaviorExtensions> 

and then in my behavior:

 <behaviors> <endpointBehaviors> <validation ruleset"AuthenticationRuleSet"/> <Auditing /> </endpointBehaviors> </behaviors> 

Answer 1

From MSDN

Assessment Procedure

System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory and System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost are responsible for the execution time from the programming model and description. Behaviors, as previously described, facilitate the assembly process in the service, endpoint, contract, and operation.

ServiceHost applies the behavior in the following order:

Service

Contract

End point

Operation

In any set of behavior, order is not guaranteed .

ChannelFactory applies the behavior in the following order:

Contract

End point

Operation

In any set of behavior, order is again not guaranteed .

For verification purposes, perhaps you should take a look at Message Inspectors.