Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability

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Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo; Rodriguez, Juan Manuel; Rodriguez, Juan Manuel; Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano; Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio
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2018
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To expose software as Web-accesible services, Web Service technologies demand developers to implement certain sofware artifacts, such as the service description using WSDL. Therefore, developers usually use automatic tools to perform this task, which take as input a code written in a programming language –e.g. Java– and generate the necessary artifacts for invoking it remotely. However, as a result of tool flaws and some bad coding practices, the description of the resulting Web Services might contain anti-patterns that difficult their discovery and use. In earlier work we proposed a tool-supported, code-first approach named Gapidt to develop Web Services in Java while early reducing the presence of anti-patterns in their descriptions through code refactorings. Bad coding practices, which potentially reduce the textual and structural information of generated WSDL documents, are automatically detected and informed to the developer by means of the GAnalyzer module so he/she can fix the service code. Moreover, developer provided information, such as service parameter names and operation comments, as well as re-utilization of data-type definitions, are exploited by the GMapper module upon generating WSDL documents. This paper focuses on a comprehensive experimental evaluation of the approach oriented at prospective users to assess expected discoverability gains and usage considerations taking into account various relevant service publishing technologies. In addition, we introduce a detailed comparison of Gapidt with a similar approach from the literature. The results show that Gapidt outperforms its competitor in terms of discoverability while improves Web Service description quality (better documentation and data-models). The Web Service discoverability levels of Gapidt outperforms that of third-party tools, either when using the GAnalyzer plus the GMapper, or only the GMapper.
Fil: Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
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AUTOMATIC DETECTION
CODE-FIRST
SERVICE DISCOVERY
WEB SERVICES
WSDL ANTI-PATTERNS
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spelling Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service DiscoverabilityHirsch Jofré, Matías EberardoRodriguez, Juan ManuelRodriguez, Juan ManuelMateos Diaz, Cristian MaximilianoZunino Suarez, Alejandro OctavioAUTOMATIC DETECTIONCODE-FIRSTSERVICE DISCOVERYWEB SERVICESWSDL ANTI-PATTERNSTo expose software as Web-accesible services, Web Service technologies demand developers to implement certain sofware artifacts, such as the service description using WSDL. Therefore, developers usually use automatic tools to perform this task, which take as input a code written in a programming language –e.g. Java– and generate the necessary artifacts for invoking it remotely. However, as a result of tool flaws and some bad coding practices, the description of the resulting Web Services might contain anti-patterns that difficult their discovery and use. In earlier work we proposed a tool-supported, code-first approach named Gapidt to develop Web Services in Java while early reducing the presence of anti-patterns in their descriptions through code refactorings. Bad coding practices, which potentially reduce the textual and structural information of generated WSDL documents, are automatically detected and informed to the developer by means of the GAnalyzer module so he/she can fix the service code. Moreover, developer provided information, such as service parameter names and operation comments, as well as re-utilization of data-type definitions, are exploited by the GMapper module upon generating WSDL documents. This paper focuses on a comprehensive experimental evaluation of the approach oriented at prospective users to assess expected discoverability gains and usage considerations taking into account various relevant service publishing technologies. In addition, we introduce a detailed comparison of Gapidt with a similar approach from the literature. The results show that Gapidt outperforms its competitor in terms of discoverability while improves Web Service description quality (better documentation and data-models). The Web Service discoverability levels of Gapidt outperforms that of third-party tools, either when using the GAnalyzer plus the GMapper, or only the GMapper.Fil: Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; ArgentinaFil: Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; ArgentinaFil: Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; ArgentinaElsevier Science2018-02info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2020-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/58471Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo; Rodriguez, Juan Manuel; Rodriguez, Juan Manuel; Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano; Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio; Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability; Elsevier Science; Computer Standards & Interfaces; 56; 2-2018; 116-1330920-5489CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920548917300892info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.csi.2017.09.010info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T14:35:39Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/58471instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 14:35:40.161CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
title Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
spellingShingle Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo
AUTOMATIC DETECTION
CODE-FIRST
SERVICE DISCOVERY
WEB SERVICES
WSDL ANTI-PATTERNS
title_short Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
title_full Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
title_fullStr Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
title_full_unstemmed Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
title_sort Spotting and Removing WSDL Anti-pattern Root Causes in Code-first Web Services Using NLP Techniques: A Thorough Validation of Impact on Service Discoverability
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo
Rodriguez, Juan Manuel
Rodriguez, Juan Manuel
Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano
Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio
author Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo
author_facet Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo
Rodriguez, Juan Manuel
Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano
Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio
author_role author
author2 Rodriguez, Juan Manuel
Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano
Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv AUTOMATIC DETECTION
CODE-FIRST
SERVICE DISCOVERY
WEB SERVICES
WSDL ANTI-PATTERNS
topic AUTOMATIC DETECTION
CODE-FIRST
SERVICE DISCOVERY
WEB SERVICES
WSDL ANTI-PATTERNS
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv To expose software as Web-accesible services, Web Service technologies demand developers to implement certain sofware artifacts, such as the service description using WSDL. Therefore, developers usually use automatic tools to perform this task, which take as input a code written in a programming language –e.g. Java– and generate the necessary artifacts for invoking it remotely. However, as a result of tool flaws and some bad coding practices, the description of the resulting Web Services might contain anti-patterns that difficult their discovery and use. In earlier work we proposed a tool-supported, code-first approach named Gapidt to develop Web Services in Java while early reducing the presence of anti-patterns in their descriptions through code refactorings. Bad coding practices, which potentially reduce the textual and structural information of generated WSDL documents, are automatically detected and informed to the developer by means of the GAnalyzer module so he/she can fix the service code. Moreover, developer provided information, such as service parameter names and operation comments, as well as re-utilization of data-type definitions, are exploited by the GMapper module upon generating WSDL documents. This paper focuses on a comprehensive experimental evaluation of the approach oriented at prospective users to assess expected discoverability gains and usage considerations taking into account various relevant service publishing technologies. In addition, we introduce a detailed comparison of Gapidt with a similar approach from the literature. The results show that Gapidt outperforms its competitor in terms of discoverability while improves Web Service description quality (better documentation and data-models). The Web Service discoverability levels of Gapidt outperforms that of third-party tools, either when using the GAnalyzer plus the GMapper, or only the GMapper.
Fil: Hirsch Jofré, Matías Eberardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Rodriguez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Mateos Diaz, Cristian Maximiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Zunino Suarez, Alejandro Octavio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
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