Let me know what you think, Lahiri told me not to get too much in details..
Cheers!
Axis2/C CGI
Introduction
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Axis2/C is a C version of a popular SOAP (1.1 and 1.2) web service server.
It's main advantages are speed, flexibility and stability. It can work as a
standalone daemon or can be integrated into IIS and Apache (mod_axis2 module).
What I will do here is write a CGI executable so it can be integrated even
widely and easily. CGI is an abbreviation for the Common Gateway Interface, a
standard format for communication between a web server and a extension: Axis in
this case.
Implementation
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Program will be implemented in C due to scalability, spped, security and
portability. HTTP POST input will be parsed from stdin according to CGI
specification, then Axis2/C engine will be invoked given the corresponding
parameters, do its job, and give some output that program will return according
CGI output specifications.
Time table
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- up to 31. April - thorough study of axis C core and modules code, study of
messages in tcpmon between server and client, study CGI specs in detail
- up to 10. May - come up with a best method to integrate or call Axis2/C
engine, make a list of necessary modification, consult with mentors
- up to 20. May - make a skeleton of CGI program according to CGI specs
that receives, parses and returns (bogus) data from/to server
- up to 10. June - implement basic call to Axis2/C engine, prepare for mid
evaluation
- up to 1. July - finish implementing Axis engine with CGI executable
- up to 12. July - testing and writing documentation
- up to 25. July - make needed modifications to Makefile(s)
- up to 1. August - prepare everything for submission to Google
Bio
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Nikola is a fourth year student on Faculty of Engineering and Computing in
Zagreb, Croatia. He was interested in computer programming from his early days
(logo, basic) and continued to work and program as his education continued,
mainly participating in math and programing competitions, his biggest high
school achievement is participating in ACSL, and scoring second best result in
individual category in year 2002 (Junior Division). In his faculty years he
began to study and practice web programing languages like php and asp, has
learned solid c and c++ as well as java basics among many other. He instantly
fell in love with php programming and web design, and started his own small web
studio with his friend (www.truestudio.net). He is now also working with its
faculty web team for a year now, where he got most of his *nix web architecture
knowledge and "open source" way of thinking.
Motivation
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As an one of many consumers of web hosting services, I come very limited when
it comes to administrating server functionalities, mostly I'm lucky enough if I
have ordinary shell access. Installing new modele to Apache comes right out of
the question, just like applying any modification to it. What I have is basic
widely used cpanel software for managing my needs. So it is just that, I need a
different way of making my Axis web service server work, and there's where CGI
kicks in, and lets not forget users with out Apache or IIS but with CGI support
also.
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