java2wsdl - Using Interfaces?

[Josh Rehman <jr...@citysearch.com>]

Hi,

I would like to know why java2wsdl can't generate types from Java 
interfaces. I've looked at the source code for java2wsdl 
(org.apache.axis.wsdl.fromJava.Emitter, specifically).

Before I get too far into this class, I would like to ask the list if:
a) Is there a reason for preventing type definition generation for 
interfaces?
b) Has anyone else recognized this as a problem and fixed it?
c) What would be a good way for me to fix this?

Assuming the worst case, that no-one responds to this message, my plan 
is to instrument Emitter tomorrow and run it over some classes and 
observe it's behavior.

Thanks for any and all help,
Josh

Re: java2wsdl - Using Interfaces?

[Josh Rehman <jr...@citysearch.com>]

There is a note about this in fromJava/todo.txt "support exporting by 
interface" with the response: seems like we have enough bells and 
whistles here". Looks like Ravi Kumar and Rich thought this would be a 
nicety, and decided not to do it.

I imagine they thought it was a nicety so that users could support a 
subset of the exported API. But actually it is more than that - support 
for this allows for RMI-like behaviour where you can, for example, use 
exactly the same test on the client and server side, useful for 
isolating various parts of your system.

One could also use it as a "poor man's code generator", generating 
trivial beans from interface definitions; but this is a side-effect. :-)

I would still like to find out if I should bother implementing this, or 
if the list thinks I'm missing something.

Thanks,
Josh