----- Original Message ----- From: "Pascale, Peter H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 06:33 Subject: RE: wsdl and documentation
> Why does java2wsdl run against the .class files? Is that to ensure the WSDL > is generated from a compile-able version of the interface? Or because > reflection is the main approach to capturing the necessary info? reflection is the main approach to getting the info, though debugging info is used to get at things like parameter names. The alternative would be to parse the source, and there is no need to do that when reflection does it for you. > > I guess this kills my thinking that this might be simple. > i never thought it'd be simple :(. And like I said before: xdoclet. Though I still think you should write the WSDL and generate the server and client code from it, as if it was just another IDL syntax. > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: wsdl and documentation > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pascale, Peter H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 07:49 > Subject: RE: wsdl and documentation > > > > This is an interesting thought - it doesn't seem like it would be that > hard. > > Is anyone doing this, or interested in pairing up on it? I'd be game. How > > can you find out if someone else is already working it out? > > > > Peter > > java2wsdl runs against .class files. To get the javadocs you need to get at > the .java source, then somehow preserve the results for the existing > java2wsdl file *or* completely generate the WSDL at compile time. Why not > just write the WSDL and create the server-side code and the client-side > code? > > if you must do it, use xdoclet as the foundation. > > **************************************************************************** > This email may contain confidential material. > If you were not an intended recipient, > Please notify the sender and delete all copies. > We may monitor email to and from our network. > **************************************************************************** >
