idl2soap 0.41

idl2soap is an IDL compiler to WSDL/SOAP (Web Services Description Language).

SYNOPSIS

idl2soap [options] spec.idl

OPTIONS

All options are forwarded to C preprocessor, except -b -h -i -q -s -t -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).

-q

Generate qualified elements.

-s (xsd|rng)

Specify the schema used. By default xsd.

-t

Generate tabulated XML (beautify for human).

-v

Display version.

-x

Enable export (only for IDL version 3.0).

idl2soap parses the given input file (IDL) and generates :

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

a WSDL binding file specbinding.wsdl (WS-I comformant soap binding).

idl2soap is a Perl OO application what uses the visitor design pattern. The parser is generated by Parse::Yapp.

idl2soap needs XML::DOM module.

idl2soap needs a cpp executable.