Web service generation

A web service wrapping tool, comprising:

• an interpreter that introspects a first web service to retrieve a Web Services Description Language) definition pointed by an address, the WSDL definition associated with the first web service, the interpreter selects a template based on the WSDL definition, the first web service has a web service interface and provides first functionality;
• a generator that generates a class using the WSDL definition and the template, the template for adding second functionality to the first web service;
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• a builder that builds a second web service using the class generated by the generator, the second web service includes the first web service interface, the second web service includes a functionality superset that extends functionality of the first web service without modifying the code of the first web service, the second web service includes a wrapper layer for adding the functionality superset, the second web service is configured to receive a client call to the first web service for the first functionality, provide the second functionality, and pass the client call to the first web service to provide the first functionality.

A system for generating a web service, comprising:

• a library of templates for extending the functionality to web services;
• an interpreter that receives an address and imports a set of WSDL (Web Services Description Language) definitions pointed by the address, the set of WSDL definitions are associated with an original web service, the interpreter selects a template from the library based on the set of WSDL definitions, the original web service has a first interface and provide a first functionality;
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• a generator that generates an extended web service using the set of WSDL definitions and the selected template, the extended web service has a wrapper that wraps the original web service and a functionality superset that extends the first functionality of the original web service, the wrapper allows the functionality superset to be layered onto the original web service without modifying code of the original web service;
• the system exposes to a client a second web interface to access the extended web service, the extended web services is configured to provide the functionality superset and pass a call from the client requesting the first functionality to the original web service.

A computer program product for evaluating content, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• introspecting an original web service to determine an address;
• importing a WSDL (Web Services Description Language) definition associated with the original web service pointed by the address, the original web service provides a first functionality;
• selecting a template based on the WSDL definition, the template for extending the first functionality of the original web service by adding second functionality to the original web service;
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• building an extended web service using the WSDL definition and the template the extended web service has a wrapper that wraps the original web service and a functionality superset that extends the first functionality of the original web service, the extended web service includes a call to the original web service, the wrapper allows the functionality superset to be layered onto the original web service without modifying code of the original web service, the wrapper provides the functionality superset and passes a client call requesting the first functionality to the original web service.