.NET Remoting to WCF

[fixyourself]

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Our applications architecture is something like below..

* All Components in the same machine
Presentation -> BusinessLogic -> DataAccess Layer -> Database

* Presentation/Business Logic in the same machine, Data Access Service, Data Access and Database in a remote server.
Presentation -> BusinessLogic -> Data Access Service (.NET Remoting Proxy) -> DataAccess Layer -> Database

Note: Presentation could be a web or a desktop app..

We are planning og migrating the Data Service Proxy Layer from .NET remoting to WCF.

The main problem is that layer handles generic types and LINQ expressions.

signatures e.g.:

void Insert<TEntity>(TEntity entity) where TEntity : class
void Delete<TEntity>(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> expression) where TEntity : class


Any thoughts?

[salbahis]

Our applications architecture is something like below..

* All Components in the same machine
Presentation -> BusinessLogic -> DataAccess Layer -> Database

* Presentation/Business Logic in the same machine, Data Access Service, Data Access and Database in a remote server.
Presentation -> BusinessLogic -> Data Access Service (.NET Remoting Proxy) -> DataAccess Layer -> Database

Note: Presentation could be a web or a desktop app..

We are planning og migrating the Data Service Proxy Layer from .NET remoting to WCF.

The main problem is that layer handles generic types and LINQ expressions.

signatures e.g.:

void Insert<TEntity>(TEntity entity) where TEntity : class
void Delete<TEntity>(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> expression) where TEntity : class


Any thoughts?

is this some sort of cloud computing?

[fixyourself]

is this some sort of cloud computing?

Currently the system does not fall to the cloud category...

It relies on .NET Enterprise Remoting, which is exclusive only for .NET platforms. A Cloud service must be able to cater clients across different platform.

It is also the reason why we want to convert it in WCF. But sadly the Data Service Layer accepts .NET generics which will not apply across other platforms.

[SYNCH]

I'm currently learning the internal workings of WCF RIA Services for Silverlight and if we can dissect the DomainContext in the client, there might be an answer there. I'm going in circles actually with this whole new communication thing so not so much of an answer there. I also noticed a support for OData if you create a DomainService, see if that helps for cross platform scenario. I bet you that's yet another way to communicate towards other platform.