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A framework for service-oriented computing with C and C++ Web service components

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ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), Volume 8, Issue 3

Article No.: 12, Pages 1 - 25

https://doi.org/10.1145/1361186.1361188

Published: 28 May 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Service-oriented architectures use loosely coupled software services to support the requirements of business processes and software users. Several software engineering challenges have to be overcome to expose legacy C and C++ applications and specialized system resources as XML-based software services. It is critical to devise effective bindings between XML and C/C++ data to efficiently interoperate with other XML-based services. Binding application data to XML has many software solutions, ranging from generic document object models to idiosyncratic type mappings. A safe binding must conform to XML validation constraints, guarantee type safety, and should preserve the structural integrity of communicated application data. However, tight XML bindings impose mapping constraints that can hamper interoperability between services. This paper presents a framework for constructing loosely coupled C/C++ services based on a programming model that integrates XML bindings into the C and C++ syntax. The concepts behind the bindings are generic, which makes the approach applicable to other programming languages.

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Index Terms

A framework for service-oriented computing with C and C++ Web service components
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
    1. Distributed architectures
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
    2. Development frameworks and environments
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Extra-functional properties
      1. Interoperability
    2. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles
      2. Software architectures

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ACM Transactions on Internet Technology Volume 8, Issue 3

May 2008

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DOI:10.1145/1361186

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Published: 28 May 2008

Accepted: 01 December 2006

Revised: 01 May 2006

Received: 01 December 2005

Published in TOIT Volume 8, Issue 3

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