Pipeline Pilot has been developed to operate within a service oriented architecture (SOA) environment. As such, the protocols deployed in the server are accessible as web services, either directly or wrapped via a number of language-specific client-side APIs. We will explore these options and look at some of the possibilities for protocol-based service deployment using SOAP and RESTful techniques.

1. (ATS3-DEV07) Pipeline Pilot as a
Web Service Delivery Platform
Mike Peeler
Senior Director, Platform R&D
michael.peeler@accelrys.com

2. The information on the roadmap and future software development efforts are
intended to outline general product direction and should not be relied on in making
a purchasing decision.

3. Agenda
• Context: Pipeline Pilot Clients
• Pipeline Pilot Protocols as Web Services
– Parameter-centric
– Document-centric
• Client Libraries
• SOAP Services
• RESTful Services

4. Pipeline Pilot Integration Points
Client Integration
Build clients that connect to Pipeline Pilot
and run protocol services.
Web Browser
Run Protocol .NET Client Java Client
Professional JavaScript Client
Command Line Web Port SOAP Client HTTP Client
Client
Client
.NET Client
JavaScript Client SDK Java Client SDK
SDK
Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server
Web Apps Web Services API Admin Portal Help Portal
Protocol Runtime Environment
VB Script VB Script
Run SOAP & Telnet / ODBC /
(On (On Java Perl Python .NET SSH / SCP
Program HTTP FTP JDBC
Client) Server)
Java Perl .NET
VB Script Cmd Line
Classes Scripts Classes
Server Integration REST SOAP
Cmd Line
Extend pipelines with new Service Service DBs
components that integrate
your code, data and services.

5. Client Interfaces & Application Integration
SOA
Client Written with .NET, Java, etc.
Level of Customization
SharePoint & JSR-168
Portals
Brid
ge
Web Part Enterprise
Web Port
Workgroup
Pro Personal Accelrys
Third-Party
Productivity
User Scale and Scope

6. Web Services API & Client SDKs
Client Server
.NET Applications .NET SDK Pipeline Pilot
Server
Java Servlets, JSP
Java Applications Java SDK
Web Applications JavaScript SDK
XML
Perl SOAP::Lite &
SOAP Protocol
APIs Database
other SOAP libs
Browsers, Http Http
Clients
Authentication
Layer
Allows cross-platform access to Pipeline Pilot services

7. Protocols as Web Services
• Mapping protocols to Web Services
– “Visual” Services
– Parameter Style
– Document Style

8. Demo
• “Visual” service
• Parameter-style protocol
– Protocol web service settings
• Document style protocol

9. SOAP Services
• WSDL generation for parameter style – Inspect Web Service
• WSDL-first for document style
• Protocol & Folder versions
• Security

10. Demo
• Inspect Web Service
• Working a protocol SOAP service from
SoapUI

11. Client SDK Libraries
• Common client object model
• .NET
• Java
• JavaScript

12. Client SDK Object Model
Pipeline Pilot
1 1 1 1
Server
Pipeline Pilot 1 Component
1
Server Config 1 Database
*
Remote File 1 Job
Manager XmldbItem
1 1 1
1 *
0..1
Job Status
Pipeline Pilot * 1
ComponentInfo
Session 0..1
1
Job Result
*
ParameterInfo

13. Demo
• Calling a protocol from .NET client
• Help Center – Client SDKs

14. RESTful Services
• Beyond the CGI model
• Representational State Transfer
• Typically pass documents (eg XML, JSON) between client
& server that represent state of a resource
• Uses existing verbs rather than creating arbitrary function
names – GET, PUT, POST, DELETE
• Resources identified by URI, so URI mapping required to
underlying functions

15. Demo
• Working a protocol service from REST
browser plugin

16. Summary
• Client SDKs wrap server web services
• Various styles of protocol execution via Web Services
– Parameter-centric/Document-centric
– Fixed/Predefined WSDL
– Blocking/Polling
– Security models
– SOAP/REST
• Developer Section of Help Center
– Client Side Integration

17. The information on the roadmap and future software development efforts are
intended to outline general product direction and should not be relied on in making
a purchasing decision.
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