Generating HTTP-based services by extending the UML-to-SOA transformation

This sample contains an extension to the UML-to-SOA transformation that generates Java™ servlets to which you can add code that implements business logic and creates HTTP-based services.
Time required: 30 minutes
Before you import this sample, you must install the following components:
  • SOA transformations
  • Tools for WebSphere® Application Server, version 7.0
Note: This sample might require some optionally installable components. If you encounter errors or cannot find user interface options when you run a sample, ensure that you installed the appropriate optional components.
Setup instructions
Import the sample
Migrating from the Software Services profile to the SoaML profile
Software Services profile to SoaML profile mapping
Services Modeling (SoaML) profile

This sample contains a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) extension to the UML-to-SOA transformation, which you can use to start developing HTTP-based services.

In this sample, you create the following items:
  • Runtime workbench that uses the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) preview runtime environment
  • UML-to-SOA transformation configuration that enables the transformation extension in this sample

For more information about how to create these items, see the Setup instructions.

The sample contains a UML service model, which you specify as the source of the UML-to-SOA transformation. For this transformation extension, it does not matter whether you apply the Services Modeling (SoaML) or the Software Services profile to the source model.
Important: The Software Services profile is deprecated and a profile called the Services Modeling (SoaML) profile is available for modeling services. For information about migrating from the Software Services profile to the Services Modeling (SoaML) profile, see the related link mentioned previously in this topic. For information about how stereotypes in the Software Services profile map to stereotypes in the Services Modeling (SoaML) profile, see the related link mentioned previously in this topic.

For more information about the Software Services profile, also called the UML 2.0 Profile for Software Services, see the article entitled UML 2.0 Profile for Software Services on the IBM® developerWorks® website.

After you apply the transformation configuration, the UML-to-SOA transformation and the Java EE 5 extension generate the following items:
  • For each service provider in the source model, the transformation creates a dynamic web project
  • For each service in the model, the transformation creates a servlet in the corresponding dynamic web project
You can examine the transformation extension code to understand how to add extension-specific properties to a transformation configuration. You can also examine the generated code to understand where to add code in the servlets to implement business logic.

For more information about transforming UML models into service-oriented architecture (SOA) artifacts, see the article entitled Transformation to SOA: Part 3. UML to SOA on the IBM® developerWorks® website.

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