Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
What is a Framework?
Web Service? Why do
you need them?
Wayne Simpson (wsimpson@inel.gov)
November 5, 2003
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Purpose
• Show a solution to implement reusable components
under a controlled environment
• Explain what is a “Framework” for components in
Object Oriented (OO) Programming
• Explain the need for a Framework
• Explain the need for a Web Service
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Agenda
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Problem: Efficiency of Software Development
History
What is a Framework?
Benefits of a Framework
Implementing Framework: Web Services
Cost Savings of a Framework/Web Service
Demonstration
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Problem: Efficiency of Software
Development
• Methods of sharing code
– Coworkers’ code
– Previous applications
– Internet search
• Modifications cannot be implemented easily
• Workload remained the same with fewer resources
• Needed consistency in programming/naming
conventions
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History
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Received object-oriented training
Received UML training
Studied existing framework
Researched concept of web services
Set proposed standards
Developed four pilot projects
Evaluated lessons learned
Reset standards
Built a number of components for framework
Using framework for all new development activities
Completing evaluation of web services interface
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What is a Framework?
• Framework is a group of components that work
interactively with requests from other components or
objects to generate a consistent output.
Framework
(Black Box)
Company
business
rules,
standards,
policies
Java
C#
C++
VB.Net
Presentation,
business rules,
database queries, etc
Object
(GUI, XML, data, authentication, etc)
Controlled Environment
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Example
Framework
(Black Box)
Company
business
rules, standards,
policies
Java
C#
C++
VB.Net
Drop Down List,
Select * from
Users, log file
Render: Drop Down List of Users on a Web page
or Window Application, recording any errors to the log file
75% complexity
Procedural Application
100% complexity
25% complexity
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Benefits of a Framework
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Consistency across many platforms
Better able to enforce standards and policy
Better way to reuse components
Lower skilled employee can perform work more
efficiently
• Single point of change to a common interface
• Produce applications that are more robust, faster,
stable and consistent
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Implementing Framework: Web
Services
• A web service is a component that is presented as a URL that returns
the desired information or objects
• Web services are built the same way as class objects
• Using a web service
– Add a web reference
– Add applicable XML documents
– Call the web service through a URL, passing the necessary
parameters
– Process the information or object returned
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Framework and Web Service Environment
Presentation
Business Objects
Framework/
Web Service
Database
XML
Production/
Development
Development
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Cost Savings of a Framework/Web
Service
• Current Object Orient programming cost savings over
procedural programming is 20% to 30% at the
INEEL.
• Other companies are achieving 40% to 60%
• Framework can make up the difference and add
another 30% cost savings
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Demonstration