Wiki source code of Web Services (KWebS)
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| 7 | Related Theses: | ||
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| 9 | * Stephan Wersig, //Ein Web Service für das automatische Layout von Graphen//, October 2011 ([[pdf>>url:http://rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/%7Ebiblio/downloads/theses/swe-dt.pdf||shape="rect"]]) | ||
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| 14 | The KWebS project aims at delivering the automatic layout of the KIELER project to users on a platform independent basis. The main component of the project is the //server//. It is based on an Eclipse Rich Client Application (RCA) and encapsulates the KIELER Infrastructure for Meta Layout ([[KIML>>doc:Infrastructure for Meta Layout (KIML)]]) in order to expose the layout over a network. To make the layout accessible for other platforms, the server hides the java nature of the layout behind a web service and supports a variety of //formats// for the representation of user models. The server provides access to the layout based on two architectures: | ||
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| 16 | * the HTTP-based service which uses simple POST requests to retrieve the layout. We provide several language bindings to connect from any language. | ||
| 17 | * the SOAP web service uses the reference implementation of the //Java API for XML - Web Services (JAX-WS)//, which is being maintained by the Metro project ([[jax-ws.java.net>>url:http://jax-ws.java.net/||shape="rect"]]), and provides the layout on a sessionless basis | ||
| 18 | ** //Clients// enable using the service-based layout inside existing applications. As a good starting point, try the [[command-line layout tool>>url:http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/rtsys/kieler/downloads/tools-and-libraries/||shape="rect"]]. | ||
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| 20 | The following subpages first show how we can download and set up a layout server on our own, e.g. to provide layout inside a companies network. Further pages discuss the specific properties of either the SOAP- or HTTP-based solution. There is also a page on the supported graph formats. | ||
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| 24 | Then we get to know the API provided by KWebS, after which the integration of the service-based layout with KWebS into our own projects is discussed. The last section gives us a list of configuration options supported by the server of KWebS. | ||
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| 26 | 1. [[Setting up your own server>>doc:Setting up Your Own Server]] | ||
| 27 | 1. [[HTTP-based>>doc:HTTP-based Service]] | ||
| 28 | 1. [[SOAP-based>>doc:SOAP-based Service]] | ||
| 29 | 1. [[doc:Graph Formats]] |