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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
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

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
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

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