<serverProviders> <formatter ref="binary" /> <provider ref="wsdl" /> <provider type="LoggingSink.ServerSinkLoggerProvider, LoggingSink" /> </serverProviders>
The ref syntax is a shorthand way of referencing the SdlChannelSink class. You could use the full type name by specifying the strong name of the SdlChannelSink class if you wish, but this is much easier.
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