use of Standard endpoint

Question

I'm trying to understand why I have standard endpoints defined in the config file because I'm under the impression that the endpoints I have defined under services should be used. If I comment standard endpoint, then when I run service, I get message "No Endpoint found"

So do I need both? If I do, how standardendpoints are used? Thanks,

<standardEndpoints>
  <webHttpEndpoint>
    <standardEndpoint name="" helpEnabled ="true"
                      automaticFormatSelectionEnabled ="true"></standardEndpoint>
  </webHttpEndpoint>
</standardEndpoints>

<services>
  <service name ="SimRestService" behaviorConfiguration ="MyServiceBehavior">
    <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="defaultBasicHttpBinding"
       contract="SimRestServices.ISimRestService" />
  </service>

Answer 1

Can you also post the service and servicecontract code? I suspect your service is written as a REST service (having [WebGet] and/or [WebInvoke] attributes on your service methods).

REST methods require an endpoint with a webHttpBinding. The endpoint you provide has a basicHttpBinding, so that doesn't apply.