A UML Simulator for Behavioral Validation of Systems Based on SOA
Hiroyuki Kurahata, Taku Fuji, Toshiyuki Miyamoto, Sadatoshi Kumagai · International Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices · 2006
Recently SOA (service oriented architecture) attracts attention as a technique for effective software development. SOA based systems are commonly implemented with the combination of BPEL4WS and Web services. BPEL4WS is used for defining interaction between multiple Web services. Since semantics of SOA based systems are complex, the effective validation of those semantics is essential for effective development of those systems. This paper proposes a simulator and associated development procedure for the effective development of SOA based systems. The simulator can run a UML model equivalent to BPEL4WS definition and can also incorporate existing Web services in simulation. Also, design and implementation of the simulator is explained in this paper