Re: [axis2] simple data binder

[Ajith Ranabahu]

Hi all,
Perhaps I'm jumping into the middle of a serious conversation but I'm also a fan of the start-from-code club. contract based approach (start-from-schema) is cool but my guess is programmers find it much easier to use the start from code approach. You'll rather get the picture much clearly by looking at the method signature than the WSDL Operation!
As for the tools, I definitely agree that a good graphical tool set is missing. I'm sure that some of you guys will not agree with me (:)) but a lot of users find a good graphical tool appealing than a command line one (Well I do :)). A good example is Visual Studio, which probably has one of the best user interfaces for the developer. Actually if Msft stays ahead it's mostly because of their tools, rather than the technology :)
So here is what I'm getting into. Since we need a good tool set, why don't we make it a part of Axis2? For starters we can think of at least the following tools

1. Start-from-WSDL tool (We already have a partly functioning Eclipse plugin)
2. Start-from-java tool (The plans are for an annotated source file thingy)

Even if we introduce complex functionality, tools can hide that complexity and make things easier for the user. My guess is we should think a bit more seriously about the tooling at this point. After all, we'll be facing competion from Msft in the real world.

any thoughts guys ?


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Ajith Ranabahu