Code engineering support for WSDL, IDL

[ptmcg]

I've had very good luck reverse engineering C++ code samples, and the results are great.

But there is some code I need to implement to support an interface defined in WSDL.  Is there any existing/planned capability to process WSDL interface definition?  Or CORBA IDL?

[Stefan_Heesch]

Processing CORBA IDL would be nice, also support to generate IDL-Files from UML diagrams.

[RusDavies]

Would also love to see mechanisms for automatically generating WSDL from a given interface and parameters.

[Mitch]

For what it's worth, I'd like to add my support for the idea of handling CORBA IDL.

Later,
SDM

[ajaxx]

Let me throw in my 2 cents as well... I'd like to see support for IDL generation from UML diagrams.

[mikewhit]

Perhaps the Automation-heads could tell us how easy it would be to access the required information using the Automation interface - if indeed it is possible.

Then if Sparx would be so good as to publish a template, one could always "roll one's own" interface descriptor code.

[ajaxx]

That would be ideal, the way I'm planning on approaching this as it stands it to take the logical views, covert to XML and then parse and produce IDL.  Its not exactly my favorite way to handle such things.

[thomaskilian]

Perhaps the Automation-heads ...

I used to write such kind of code generation with Rose and now am using EA's COM interface. Rose was (indeed) a bit more handy but I could well imagine that EA could do it more or less the same way. Having a forum to exchange automation procedure a Sparx would be great but in contrast  to Rose where you could base on Basic    EA's sources would be in different languages   :-/

[Eve]

Hi guys,

Before you start something like that I think I should tell you that we do have something in the works.  I'm not sure of the details of release yet, but I can say what it will do.

It will:

• Use an MDG technology file (See http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/mdg_technologies.htm) to provide both reverse and forward engineering of Corba IDL files.
  
• Provide a means of creating Corba elements from other classes.
  

Those features at least shouldn't be too far away.

Simon

[Eve]

Hi guys,

Have a look at http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/mdg_technologies.htm for CORBA support within EA.  It requires version 4.5.

Simon