[MOBY-dev] CommonSubs -> creating a common Java and Perl interface

[Edward Kawas]

Hi,

Mark and I were talking about what we feel is the need to
create a CommonSubs interface that would be implemented in
both Java and Perl.

Currently, CommonSubs.pm has the following methods:

	genericServiceInputParser
	complexServiceInputParser
	getArticles 
	genericServiceInputParserAsObject 
	getSimpleArticleIDs 
	getSimpleArticleNamespaceURI 
	simpleResponse 
	collectionResponse 
	responseHeader 
	responseFooter 
	getInputs 
	getInputID 
	getArticlesAsObjects 
	getCollectedSimples 
	getInputArticles 
	isSimpleArticle 
	isCollectionArticle 
	isSecondaryArticle 
	extractRawContent 
	getNodeContentWithArticle 
	validateNamespaces 
	validateThisNamespace 
	getResponseArticles (a.k.a. extractResponseArticles)
	getServiceNotes 
	getCrossReferences 
	whichDeepestParentObject 
	_rearrange (stolen from BioPerl ;-) )

The subroutine descriptions can be found at
http://biomoby.org/moby-live/Perl/MOBY/CommonSubs.html

We need functions that will, among other things:

	1) Get enumerated invocations from an incoming
message

	2) Add enumerated outputs to an outgoing message

	3) Add an error message to the header

	4) Read error messages from the header

	5) Extract individual inputs from an invocation...

	...

	etc

So this is a call out to service providers to tell us what
functions they believe would be useful to have (i.e. make
their lives much easier).

Thanks,

Eddie