ws M4 JST Web services tools

M4 Plan

Web Service Framework and API [89083] Define Web service scenario extension points as public or internal provisional API. [high] Web service bottom-up / top-down discovery. Web service development code generation. Web service assembly. Web service deployment code generation. Web service application installation (to server). Web service application startup (on server). Web service test facility generation and/or launching. Web service publication. Web service announcement. [89083] Refactor J2EE and Server configuration code to appropriate spots in the extensible scenario flow. [high] Adapt to new wizard/command/operation framework. Relocate EAR assembly (module creation, targetting and association) procedures to the vicinity of the wizard's assembly extension point. Relocate EAR deployment (server creation) procedures to the vicinity of the wizard's deployment extension point. Relocate EAR installation (EAR meets server) procedures to the vicinity of the wizard's installation extension point. Relocate EAR startup (server/application start/restart) procedures to follow EAR installation.

WST Web Service Exploitation [89103] Exploit Web Service Finder framework for Web service discovery. [medium] [89102] Exploit Web Service Consumer framework: Plug the wizards into the Web Services Explorer. [medium]

Integration with Other Components [89104] Tolerate flexible project structure (full exploitation may be delayed to M5). [medium] [89104] Exploit flexible project structure (full exploitation may be delayed to M5). [medium] React to changes in upstream plugins (ongoing), chiefly Server and J2EE tools. [high]

Extensible Web Services Wizards Factor creation logic out of the consumption plugin. [high] [89083] Eliminate redundant UDDI private registry extension point. [high] Add "Deploy?" check box to page one. [medium] Add "Install?" check box to page one. [medium] Fix "Run?" check box on page one so that servers don't get started when user doesn't want them to be. [medium]

Apache Axis [89083] Retrofit Axis (1.1) extensions to use new Web service frameworks and extension points. [high] [88684] Enable Web service wizards to target multiple versions of Apache Axis (eg. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2RC3). [medium] Define internal Axis extension point. Define pluggable sets of Axis emitter option preferences. Define pluggable Axis jar manifests for emitter and deployed service runtime use. Define pluggable Axis emitter Ant task facades. [88684] Support external Apache Axis installations (vs. embedded as plugins). [high]

Test Automation Define JUnit testcases for public or internal provisional API. [high] Define or enhance non-API JUnit testcases. [medium]

Miscellaneous Integrate missing JavaDoc. [high] Housekeeping: Clean up compilation warnings. Common cases: [high]

Performance Automate JUnit performance tests. [high] Remove unnecessary server/application restarts. [medium] Improve UI Responsiveness. [medium] Identify and resolve memory leaks. [medium] Identify and remove non-thread safe code. [medium]

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