RE: WSDL Import/Include Locations

Yup, clashing definitions is the situations where my processor would
choose the first it encountered (or die or try to check for equality if
I wanted it to do so). 8-)

Jacek

On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 16:03, Martin Gudgin wrote:
> I can see processors working in either mode. In fact, I'd quite like my
> processor to let me choose the behaviour at run-time. 
> 
> One problem with *actually* importing multiple documents is the clash of
> definitions when two or more schema documents define a given named
> construct.
> 
> Gudge
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org 
> > [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jacek Kopecky
> > Sent: 18 February 2004 14:59
> > To: Martin Gudgin
> > Cc: ygoland@bea.com; WS-Description WG
> > Subject: RE: WSDL Import/Include Locations
> > 
> > 
> > I, on the other hand, would expect such a processor to try to 
> > find unknown QNames with that namespace in the first 
> > document, failing that go to the next etc.
> > 
> > The rationale is that one can define chunks of one namespace 
> > in different files (*I* don't know why, but some people do 
> > that) and all these files would be imported the way I 
> > indicated below. This would then also result in support for 
> > the failover multi-import scenario. 8-)
> > 
> >                    Jacek Kopecky
> > 
> >                    Systinet Corporation
> >                    http://www.systinet.com/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 15:53, Martin Gudgin wrote:
> > > I would expect a schema processor to deal with multiple 
> > imports of the 
> > > same namespace, perhaps by ignoring all but the first that 
> > resolves to 
> > > a set of schema components.
> > > 
> > > Given that the spec does not rule out multiple import elements with 
> > > the same value for their namespace attribute I would expect a WSDL 
> > > processor to do the same.
> > > 
> > > Gudge
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: www-ws-desc-request@w3.org
> > > > [mailto:www-ws-desc-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jacek Kopecky
> > > > Sent: 18 February 2004 14:40
> > > > To: ygoland@bea.com
> > > > Cc: WS-Description WG
> > > > Subject: Re: WSDL Import/Include Locations
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Yaron, since the location is just a hint, do you think you could 
> > > > just have a few import statements with different locations?
> > > > 
> > > > <import namespace="a" location="a.wsdl"/> <import namespace="a" 
> > > > location="http://somewhere.else/a.wsdl"/>
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to keep the similarity between XML Schema's 
> > import and 
> > > > WSDL's import.
> > > > 
> > > > Jacek
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 00:09, Yaron Goland wrote:
> > > > > Both WSDL import and include only allow for a single 
> > location to 
> > > > > be specified. Given the unreliable nature of the Internet
> > > > would it not be
> > > > > appropriate to allow for more than one location to be specified?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Given the permissive semantics of include it would be 
> > tempting to 
> > > > > specify multiple includes, all pointing to the same file but at 
> > > > > different locations as a way to make the WSDL definition
> > > > more robust
> > > > > in the face of network failures. However this would
> > > > needlessly waste
> > > > > system resources making unnecessary file requests. If the WSDL 
> > > > > processor knows that a set of URIs are equivalent then it need 
> > > > > only make requests until it finds a URI that works.
> > > > > 
> > > > > In the case of import the specification doesn't actually
> > > > define what
> > > > > happens if someone writes two imports for an identical 
> > namespace. 
> > > > > Although some limited definition redundancy is supported by
> > > > the spec
> > > > > the support would not appear to be robust enough to support
> > > > importing
> > > > > the same WSDL definition twice. Therefore putting in two
> > > > imports as a
> > > > > way to provide redundant locations would appear illegal.
> > > > > 
> > > > > But this begs the question - Is it illegal to specify two
> > > > imports for
> > > > > the same namespace? If so, shouldn't this be explicitly
> > > > stated in the spec?
> > > > > 
> > > > > What is the required behavior if it is impossible to 
> > successfully 
> > > > > import/include an identified document? If this an
> > > > unrecoverable error
> > > > > that requires that the WSDL be rejected for processing? If so, 
> > > > > then shouldn't the spec explicitly state this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	Thanks,
> > > > > 
> > > > > 		Yaron
> > > > > 
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