From: Keith Chapman Date: 2007-11-15T15:30:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Whats the ruby way of associating metadata with a functi Hi Robert and others, We are trying to define a way of writing web services in ruby (Code First approach). And we expect to keep it as simple as possible. In order to do this we need to define some metadata that we can use to generate a pleasant WSDL. This metadata may include things like documentation and details about input and output Types. Note that ruby is a Dynamic language whereas xml schema is not. And although a parameter taken into a function could be of anyType in most cases it operates on it assuming its of a certain type. And getting this information into the WSDL matters in that case. Assume that I have a function as follows, def foo(bar, foobar) end I need to get the information on the types expected by this function across to the WSDL. I basically need a way to say that bar is a String and foobar is an integer. This is where the matadata that I'm talking about comes into play. It will be nice if the Ruby community can help us figure out a nice rubish way of doing this. The most important thing is that I want this all to fit in with ruby people so this should look rubish as much as possible. Once we get this done we have more cool stuff in mind... Thanks, Keith. Robert Klemme wrote: > 2007/11/13, Keith Chapman : >> } >> >> How can I support something like this? > > The example is kind of artificial. Can you disclose more detail on > what you are trying to achieve? There are millions of ways to answer > your question and meta data for methods might not even be the best > solution. > > Kind regards > > robert -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.