Exception: Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is '65536'

c# visual-studio-2010 wcf serialization datacontractserializer

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Solution 1

I solved this problem with adding behavior in C# code.

client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Remove(typeof(CallbackBehaviorAttribute));
client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(new CallbackBehaviorAttribute() { MaxItemsInObjectGraph = 2147483647 });

Problem probably is caused because of using ServiceClient constructor with InstanceContext, Binding and EndpointAddress so behavior from app.config is ignored.

Solution 2

At the client, see the 3 lines marked ****:

    <client>
        <endpoint address="http://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service2/"
****        behaviorConfiguration="foo"
            binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2"
            contract="Service2Reference.IService2"
            name="WSHttpBinding_IService2">
            <identity>
                <dns value="localhost" />
            </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="net.tcp://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service1/"
****        behaviorConfiguration="foo"
            binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
            contract="Service1Reference.IService1" name="NetTcpBinding_IService1">
            <identity>
                <dns value="localhost" />
            </identity>
        </endpoint>
    </client>
  <behaviors>
    <endpointBehaviors>
****  <behavior name="foo">
        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
      </behavior>
    </endpointBehaviors>
  </behaviors>

Solution 3

Add to the config

<behaviors> 
    <endpointBehaviors> 
        <behavior name="Behaviors.EndpointBehavior"> 
            <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647" /> 
        </behavior> 
    </endpointBehaviors> 
</behaviors

Then define your client with behavior

<client> 
    <endpoint address=http://localhost:9997/Services/MyService 
        behaviorConfiguration="Behaviors.EndpointBehavior" 
        binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHTTPBinding.Configuration.Client" 
        contract="IAppointments" name="Client.EndpointConfiguration" /> 
</client>

Or do it in code behind

foreach ( var operation in channelFactory.Endpoint.Contract.Operations )   
{   
    var behavior = operation.Behaviors.Find() as DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior;   
    if ( behavior != null )   
    {   
        behavior.MaxItemsInObjectGraph = 2147483647;       
    }   
}

(Source: http://devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker/archive/2010/05/04/setting-maxitemsinobjectgraph-for-wcf-there-has-to-be-a-better-way.aspx)

I think you have to decorate the server side definition and the client endpoint as well.

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Saint

Updated on June 04, 2022

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Saint almost 2 years

I looked at others posts, but I didn't find solution to my problem.

My service config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,Log4net"/>
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    ...
  </appSettings>
  <log4net>
    ...
  </log4net>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <protocolMapping>
      <add scheme="http" binding="wsDualHttpBinding"/>
    </protocolMapping>
    <services>
      <service name="Service1" behaviorConfiguration="Service1Behavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" contract="IService1" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost"/>
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="/mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
      </service>
      <service name="Service2" behaviorConfiguration="Service2Behavior">
        <endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="IService2" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <bindings>
      <wsHttpBinding>
        <binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService2" receiveTimeout="00:00:10"
          sendTimeout="00:00:10" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
          useDefaultWebProxy="false">
          <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
            maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </wsHttpBinding>
      <netTcpBinding>
        <binding name="NetTcpBinding_IService1" receiveTimeout="00:00:20"
          sendTimeout="00:00:20" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
            maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
          <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </netTcpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="Service1Behavior">
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="False"/>

          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True"/>
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="100"
                    maxConcurrentInstances="100"
                    maxConcurrentSessions="100" />
        </behavior>
        <behavior name="Service2Behavior">
          <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True"/>
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True"/>
          <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="100"
                    maxConcurrentInstances="100"
                    maxConcurrentSessions="100"  />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
  <connectionStrings>
    ...
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.diagnostics>
    <sources>
      <source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Error,ActivityTracing"
        propagateActivity="true">
        <listeners>
          ...
        </listeners>
      </source>
    </sources>
  </system.diagnostics>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/>
  </startup>
</configuration>

My client config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        ...
    </configSections>
    <system.serviceModel>
        <bindings>
            <netTcpBinding>
                <binding name="NetTcpBinding_IService1" closeTimeout="00:00:15"
                    openTimeout="00:00:15" receiveTimeout="00:00:40" sendTimeout="00:00:40"
                    transactionFlow="false" transferMode="Buffered" transactionProtocol="OleTransactions"
                    hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" listenBacklog="10"
                    maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxBufferSize="2147483647"
                    maxConnections="10" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647">
                    <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
                    <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
                        enabled="false" />
                    <security mode="None">
                        <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" protectionLevel="EncryptAndSign" />
                        <message clientCredentialType="Windows" />
                    </security>
                </binding>
            </netTcpBinding>
            <wsHttpBinding>
                <binding name="WSHttpBinding_IService2" closeTimeout="00:00:15"
                    openTimeout="00:00:15" receiveTimeout="00:00:25" sendTimeout="00:00:15"
                    bypassProxyOnLocal="false" transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
                    maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
                    messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="false">
                    <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
                        maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="2147483647" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" />
                    <reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:00:11" />
                    <security mode="None">
                        <transport realm="" />
                        <message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true" />
                    </security>
                </binding>
            </wsHttpBinding>
        </bindings>
        <client>
            <endpoint address="http://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service2/"
                binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService2"
                contract="Service2Reference.IService2"
                name="WSHttpBinding_IService2"  behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
                <identity>
                    <dns value="localhost" />
                </identity>
            </endpoint>
            <endpoint address="net.tcp://.../Design_Time_Addresses/Service1/"
                binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
                contract="Service1Reference.IService1" name="NetTcpBinding_IService1"
                behaviorConfiguration="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
                <identity>
                    <dns value="localhost" />
                </identity>
            </endpoint>
        </client>
      <behaviors>
        <endpointBehaviors>
          <behavior name="serviceBehaviorConfiguration">
            <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
          </behavior>
        </endpointBehaviors>
      </behaviors>
    </system.serviceModel>
    <userSettings>
        ...
    </userSettings>

</configuration>

Why I still get exception:

The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: 
There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http://tempuri.org/:GetData.
The InnerException message was 'Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is '65536'. 
Change the object graph or increase the MaxItemsInObjectGraph quota. '.

Is seems to ignore <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/> in both App.config files. Why?