[news.eclipse.technology.wsvt] Summary of EclipseCON demos and BoF

[lmandel@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi everyone,

The 2 demos of WSVT at EclipseCON went over really well. Roughly 20 people 
came out to see what WSVT currently has to offer and help direct what the 
project will offer in the future.

Some great suggestions were brought up at the demos and the BoF. Here's a 
short list.
- Validate SOAP traffic on the fly - as it comes in.
- Along the same path, validation of each message request/response pair on 
it's own.
- You should be able to direct link to type definitions from SOAP message.
- There should be a way to view the request/response payload without 
viewing the SOAP envelope.
- There should be one-click/automatic/even-simpler validation - specify 
the WSDL up front (possibly select it automatically and prompt if not 
available) and move away from the validation wizard.,
- There should be support for multiple monitors running at the same time.
- Should be able to view errors and warnings on messages in monitor
- Breakpoints on operations (this can only be available if the WSDL has 
been specified) would be useful, possibly break on any element (port, 
binding, message, etc.) 
  - It would be great if the SOAP monitor could break and then redirect to 
the running Java code. That is, SOAP debugger, Java debugger integration 
for testing your services.

Thanks to everyone that came out for a demo and contributed their ideas. 
For those that couldn't make it, please keep your ideas coming here. And, 
as always, we're excited to find people that want to contribute to the 
project. There is lots of work to be done. Please let us know if you're 
interested!

Lawrence Mandel