c# - Running a function on WCF start up

Question

I'm not sure if its possible, but I'd like to have a function run as soon as a WCF service is started to generate initial cache data. I'm not worried now about how to implement the cache, my question is strictly about having the function run when the service starts. The service will be RESTful.

The service will eventually be hosted in IIS and is using .Net Framework 4.5

Answer 1

The easiest way is to create an App_Code folder underneath your WCF project root, create a class (I'll call it Initializer but it doesn't matter. The important part is the method name) like so:

public class Initializer
{
    public static void AppInitialize()
    {
        // This will get called on startup
    } 
}

More information about AppInitialize can be found here.