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Wiki source code of Web Services (KWebS)

Version 6.1 by msp on 2012/04/23 14:08
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4 * [[Miro Spönemann>>url:http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/rtsys/kontakt/msp/||shape="rect"]]
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6 Related Theses:
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8 * 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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11 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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msp 6.1 13 * 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, and
14 * the jETI service gives its users more flexibility due to the session based nature of the //Java Electronic Tool Integration (jETI)// platform that is being developed and maintained at the technical university of Dortmund ([[jeti.cs.uni-dortmund.de>>url:http://jeti.cs.uni-dortmund.de/||shape="rect"]]).
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16 Additionally, //clients// enable using the service-based layout inside the Eclipse modeling environment or other platforms.
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18 The following subpages first take a look at the way the service-based layout is integrated into the KIELER environment and what we need in order to use it. After that it is shown how we can download and set up a layout server on our own, e.g. to provide layout inside a companies network. 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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msp 6.1 20 1. [[Service-based layout in KIELER>>doc:Service-Based Layout in KIELER]]
21 1. [[Setting up your own server>>doc:Setting up Your Own Server]]
22 1. [[doc:The API of KWebS]]
23 1. [[How to use the service based layout in your project>>doc:How to Use the Service-Based Layout in Your Project]]
24 1. [[Configuration options for the server>>doc:Configuration Options for the Server]]