(Woden folks - please leave the [axis2] prefix on the subject when
replying, as folks use that to filter axis-dev mail into separate folders)
Hi y'all!
I've taken an action from the W3C WSDL working group to begin inquiring
about whether we might be able to get Axis2 integrated with Woden in
time to use that combination as one of the test implementations in order
to prove interoperability of the WSDL 2.0 specs.
As WSDL is now in CR, and we're trying to get a test suite together,
this is clearly an "as soon as possible" kind of thing, so we're
wondering if people on the Axis2 and Woden teams will have some cycles
in order to get this going in the near term.
The test suite we end up with is going to have at least two parts - one
involving parsing WSDL documents, which is pretty much covered by Woden,
and the other involving on-the-wire tests of messages described by WSDL
documents, and that's where Axis2 comes in.
At present, Woden does not parse WSDL 1.1, and WOM does not parse WSDL
2.0... :( Therefore it's not just a matter of unplugging WOM and pluggin
in Woden. So in order to get this working I see several possible
directions we could take:
1) Use Woden to parse WSDL 2.0 documents, and then build a connecting
library which builds WOM objects out of Woden objects. PRO: none of the
rest of the Axis2 code would need to change. CON: the shim layer would
be throwaway code.
2) Add WSDL 1.1 parsing functionality to Woden. PRO: This is where we
really want to be long-term. CON: lots of effort.
3) Switch over to Woden even without WSDL 1.1 parsing functionality, and
use the W3C's WSDL 1.1 -> WSDL 2.0 XSLT in order to do WSDL2Java with
1.1 documents in the meanwhile. PRO: probably the minimum amount of
work. CON: doubtful all WSDL 1.1 documents would work, and there's a
danger we'd fail on some popular services.
Are there others?
We're looking for thoughts, ideas, and ideally people who would be
willing to step up and help with this process in some way. If you reply
please cc both axis-dev and woden-dev.
Thanks,
--Glen
- [axis2] WSDL 2.0 CR work Glen Daniels
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