NAME

idl2wsdl - IDL compiler to WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

SYNOPSIS

idl2wsdl [options] spec.idl

OPTIONS

All options are forwarded to C preprocessor, except -b -h -i -s -v -x.

With the GNU C Compatible Compiler Processor, useful options are :

-D name

-D name=definition

-I directory

-I-

-nostdinc

Specific options :

-b base uri

Specify a base uri for location of import.

-h

Display help.

-i directory

Specify a path for import (only for IDL version 3.0).

-s (xsd|rng)

Specify the schema used. By default xsd.

-v

Display version.

-x

Enable export (only for IDL version 3.0).

DESCRIPTION

idl2wsdl parses the given input file (IDL) and generates :

• a W3C Schema spec.xsd following the CORBA to WSDL/SOAP Interworking Specification (WS-I comformant soap binding).
• a WSDL file spec.wsdl (WS-I comformant soap binding).

idl2wsdl is a Perl OO application what uses the visitor design pattern. The parser is generated by Parse::Yapp.

idl2wsdl needs XML::DOM module.

idl2wsdl needs a cpp executable.

CORBA Specifications, including IDL (Interface Definition Language) and CORBA to WSDL/SOAP Interworking Specification are available on <http://www.omg.org/>.

WSDL 1.1 (Web Services Description Language) specifications are available on <http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl>.

SEE ALSO

cpp, perl, idl2html, idl2java, idl2xsd, idl2rng

COPYRIGHT

(c) 2003-2004 Francois PERRAD, France. All rights reserved.

This program and all CORBA::XMLSchemas modules are distributed under the terms of the Artistic Licence.

AUTHOR

Francois PERRAD, francois.perrad@gadz.org