Code Generation of an XForms Client for Service Integration

Abstract

A web service integrating mobile client applications requires a complex user interface, which usually consists of more than one view. Moreover, it should provide a way to navigate between the views. In this paper, we presented a formal way to analyze a set of views for a given service specification, and a model for the relationship between views and methods. We then provided an algorithm to generate codes for service method calls and navigation between views. Therefore, with an optional user configuration input, we could almost instantly generate XForms codes from the webservice specifications. Finally, we developed a proofof-concept implementation of an XForms-based service architecture, to show that the generated code works well as an interface for web service integrations.