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Welcome to the wiki home of the SCA sub project that provides a set of tools for the [http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Service+Component+Architecture+Home Service Component Architecture (SCA)] set of standards. This page is an entry point to last information about the SCA sub project.
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<h1>Latest News</h1>
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* November 17, 2008: SCA Tools 2.0.0 M3 for Galileo is available. [http://download.eclipse.org/stp/updates/committers/2.0M3/site.xml Update site] - [[http://wiki.eclipse.org/STP/SCA_Component/New_And_Noteworthy|New and Noteworthy]]
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* October 15, 2008: You can test the first build of [[STP/SCA_Component#Download|'''SCA Tools 1.1.0''']]. '''Main feature''': you can add easily your own implementations, interfaces and bindings that are not defined by Open SOA.  Comments on [news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.stp.sca-tools eclipse.stp.sca-tools] are welcome.
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* July 23, 2008: [http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/sca-tools SCA Tools] creation review has been successful!
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* July 23, 2008: Pages were added on the wiki with [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Testing_SCA_Applications|tooling ideas to test SCA applications]].
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* June 25, 2008: SCA tools 1.0.0 Ganymede is available (see [[STP/SCA_Component#Download|download section]]).
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* May 21, 2008: A newsgroup named '''[news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.stp.sca-tools eclipse.stp.sca-tools]''' was created to discuss about the SCA Tools project.
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* March 19, 2008: We are talking at EclipseCon 2008! [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/?page=sub/&id=206 Building Easily and Quickly an SCA Composite].
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* March 5, 2008: New tutorial available! [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_First_Steps_With_Composite_Designer|First Steps with the SCA Composite Designer]].
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[[STP/SCA_Component/AllNews|All news]]
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Welcome to the wiki home of the SCA Tools project that provides a set of tools for the [http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Service+Component+Architecture+Home Service Component Architecture (SCA)] set of standards. This page is an entry point to last information about the SCA Tools project.
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[[Image:CompositeDesigner2.png|thumb|SCA Composite Designer]] [[Image:ScaCompositeXmlEditorOverview.gif|thumb|SCA XML Editor]]
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The SCA Tools project has seen an enormous amount of new development since the 2008 Ganymede release. We've added an [[SCA/Components/SCA XML Editor|XML editor]] to make editing and updating SCA-standard assembly files really easy. For Java developers, it's now possibly to create an SCA assembly definition and then [[SCA/Components/SCA Composite to Java|generate Java code]] from it. And, if you want to start with some Java you already have, we've added a special introspector that will investigate your code and automatically produce an SCA assembly. Once you've created your Java SCA project, you can then [[SCA/Components/SCA Java Run and Debug|run and debug]] it using the great facilities that Eclipse provides. We also have made sure that the SCA artifacts you might create are [[SCA/Components/SCA Builder|properly validated]], helping you spot mistakes early in the process. We even took the time to update the graphics, giving us a prettier SCA Composite Designer.
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One of the most exciting feature is how we've developed the core SCA model to be [[SCA/Components/SCA MMExtension|extensible]] by people who want to write in [[SCA/SCA Component/SCA CompositeDesignerExtension|extra capabilities into the tools]]. The heart of the model contains the SCA standard specifications, and different extensions have been created to support the key Open Source SCA runtimes - Apache Tuscany 1.4 and Frascati 0.5. Using the extension mechanisms, it is much more straightforward to [[SCA/Components/Ontology|add new concepts]] to SCA and extend the tools to include them.
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[http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/sca-tools Rate this plugin]
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= Latest News  =
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*April 14, 2011: SCA Tools is now built with Tycho. Check [[SCA/SCA_Component/SCA_Build|this page]] for additional information.
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*April 12, 2010: The SCA Tools project has left the [http://www.eclipse.org/stp/ STP TLP] for the [http://www.eclipse.org/soa/ SOA TLP].
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*March 23, 2010: We will talk at Eclipse Con 10: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2010/sessions/?page=sessions&id=1180 Eclipse SOA TLP: Lock, Stock and Barrel] and [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2010/sessions/?page=sessions&id=1207 Painless (?) Metamodel Evolution].
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[[SCA/AllNews|Read all the news]]  
 
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= Overview  =
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<h1>Overview</h1>
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Take a look at the [[SCA/New And Noteworthy|new &amp; noteworthy]] changes.<br />
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The project structure is described [[SCA/Components/Structure|on this page]].
  
[[STP/SCA_Component/New_And_Noteworthy|New and Noteworthy]].
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Available components and tools:
  
[[STP/SCA_Component/Structure|Structure]].
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Meta Model|SCA Composite Metamodel]]: SCA metamodel (OSOA) + Tuscany metamodel + FraSCAti metamodel.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Composite Designer|SCA Composite Designer]]: GMF modeler to construct SCA assembly files.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Samples|SCA Samples]]: a set of ready to use SCA example projects.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA XML Editor|SCA XML Editor]]: XML editor for composite and componentType files.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Builder|SCA Builder]]: a builder to validate SCA artifacts in an SCA project.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Java Run and Debug|Run / Debug]]: run and debug SCA Java projects on SCA platforms.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Composite to Java|Composite to Java]]: generate Java code skeletons from an SCA composite.
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*[[SCA/Components/Ontology|SCA Semantics]]: add SAWSDL annotations on components, services, and references.
  
Available components:
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<br> 2 components are still in developpement:  
* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Composite_Meta_Model|SCA Composite Metamodel]]: SCA metamodel (OSOA) + additional binding, interface, implementation.
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* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Composite_Designer|SCA Composite Designer]]: GMF modeler to construct SCA assembly files.
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* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Samples|SCA Samples]]: A set of ready to use SCA example projects.
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* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Composite_XML_Editor|SCA Composite XML Editor]]: XML editor for composite files (available in SVN repository).
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Form Editor|SCA Form Editor]]: an editor based on Eclipse forms for SCA assembly files.
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*SCA Composite Introspector: construct SCA assembly files in a bottom-up approach from POJO and component type files.
  
2 components are still in developpement:
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<br> Ideas for new components:  
* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Composite_Editors|SCA Composite Form Editor]]: an editor for composite files based on Eclipse forms.
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* SCA Composite Introspector: Construct SCA assembly file in a bottom-up approach.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Testing SCA Applications|Testing SCA Applications]]: a set of tools to test SCA applications.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA Policy|SCA Policy]]: how to define SCA policies?
  
Ideas for new components:
 
* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Testing_SCA_Applications|Testing SCA Applications]]: a set of tools to test SCA applications.
 
* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Policy|SCA Policy]]: How to define SCA policies?
 
  
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= Tutorials =
  
<h1>Download</h1>
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== Tutorials for SCA Tools users ==
  
<h2>SCA Tools 1.0.x (stable)</h2>
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA First Steps With Composite Designer|First Steps with the SCA Composite Designer]].  
* SCA Tools 1.0.0 is available for download from the [http://download.eclipse.org/stp/updates/ganymede STP Update Site] or the [http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede Ganymede Update Site].
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*[[Media:EclipseCON_2009_SOA_Tutorial_Toward---SCA.pdf|Towards Integrated SOA Development with Eclipse STP and Swordfish - SCA Tutorial]]
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Java Run and Debug Tuscany|Run and debug SCA applications with Apache Tuscany (Java)]]
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Java Run and Debug FraSCAti|Run and debug SCA applications with OW2 FraSCAti (Java)]]
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Java Run and Debug Other|Run and debug SCA applications on your own Java runtime]]
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Java Run and Debug Platform|Debug an SCA Java platform with SCA Tools]]
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*[[SCA/Components/Ontology|Add SAWSDL annotations on components, services, and references]] <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15px;">Update me!</span>
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA WSDL References|Build SCA applications with references described by WSDL interfaces]] <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15px;">Update me!</span>
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*[http://download.eclipse.org/stp/documents/sca/090910SCAToolsDemo.htm SCA Tools 2.0.1 Quick Tour (video - about 7 minutes)]. See the ease-of-use features of SCA Tools.
  
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== Tutorials for SCA Tools developers ==
  
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Build|How to build SCA Tools project from the code]]?
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA MMExtension|How to extend the SCA meta model]]? <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15px;">Update me!</span>
* You can also download Eclipse with all requirements (Eclipse Modeling Tools) for SCA Tools, and then install SCA Tools from the Ganymede Update site.
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA CompositeDesignerExtension|How to extend the SCA Composite Designer]]? <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 15px;">Update me!</span>
# Download [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-modeling-tools-includes-incubating-components/ganymeder Eclipse Modeling Tools]
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*[http://build.eclipse.org/soa/sca/ Last builds]
# Install it, and start it
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*[[SCA/Components/SCA UpdateVersions|How to update the version of SCA Tools in the code]]?
# Go to the '''Help menu''' > '''Software Updates'''
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# Select the tab '''Available Software'''
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# Select '''Ganymede Update Site''' > '''SOA Development''' > '''SCA Composite Tools Feature 1.0.0'''
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# Click on the '''Install''' button in the upper right corner to start the installation
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# And that's it...
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* [http://download.eclipse.org/stp/downloads/ Update site] for SCA Tools 1.0.1.
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= Articles =
  
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Signature|How to track changes made in an SCA model]]?
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*[[SCA/SCA Component/SCA Tips|SCA Tools tips]].
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/sca-tools/SCAToolsCreationReview.pdf SCA Tools project Creation Review].
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/project-slides/SCATools-MoveReview-1.pdf SCA Tools project: Move Review from the STP TLP to the SOA TLP].
  
<h2>SCA Tools 1.1.x (Integration)</h2>
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<br> Intermediate model and SCA  
'''Prerequisites''': EMF 2.4, GMF 2.1, Web Developper Tools 3.0, and jdom (for the SCA XML editor).
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*Webinar: [http://live.eclipse.org/node/505 Bridging SOA Editors in Eclipse STP with the Intermediate Model].
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*[[STP/IM Component/Transformation Approaches/To SCA|Approaches to transform from STP-IM to SCA]].
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*[[STP/IM Component/Sample scenario involving the intermediate meta-model|Sample scenario involving the intermediate meta-model]].
  
* Download [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-modeling-tools-includes-incubating-components/ganymeder Eclipse Modeling Tools].
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* Install it, and start it
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* Go to the '''Help menu''' > '''Software Updates'''
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= Conferences =
* Select the tab '''Available Software'''
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* Select '''Ganymede Update Site''' > '''Web and Java EE Development''' > '''Web Developer Tools'''
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*Eclipse Con 10: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2010/sessions/?page=sessions&id=1180 Eclipse SOA TLP: Lock, Stock and Barrel].
* Click on the '''Install''' button in the upper right corner to start the installation
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*Eclipse Con 10: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2010/sessions/?page=sessions&id=1207 Painless (?) Metamodel Evolution].
* Download and install jdom from [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/ Eclipse Orbit web site]
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*OW2 Annual Conference 2009: [http://www.ow2.org/view/Events2009AnnualConference/Session2#0004 SCA Tooling in Eclipse STP].
* Then, install SCA Tools 1.1.0 with this [http://download.eclipse.org/stp/sca/last update site] or [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Build| build the SCA tools with the latest code]].
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*Eclipse Con 09: Tutorial [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=368 Towards Integrated SOA Development with Eclipse STP and Swordfish]. [[Media:EclipseCON_2009_SOA_Tutorial_Toward---SCA.pdf|SCA Tutorial]].
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*Eclipse Con 09: Short talk: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sessions?id=516 SCA Tools: new &amp; noteworthy]. [[Media:EclipseCon_2009_-_SCA_Tools_shortTalk.pdf|Slides]].
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*Eclipse Summit Europe 2008: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/ SOA Tools - New and Noteworthy]
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*EclipseCon 2008 material: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/?page=sub/&id=206 Building Easily and Quickly an SCA Composite].
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= Planning =
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SCA Tools will be part of the next Eclipse release, Eclipse "Indigo" 3.7.<br />
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This version is planned to be released in June 2011.
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Take a look at the [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=soa.sca project plan].
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Previous plans are [[SCA/PreviousPlans|here]].  
  
 
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<h1>Articles</h1>
 
* Eclipse Summit Europe 2008: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/ SOA Tools - New and Noteworthy]
 
* [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_Build|How to build SCA Tools project from the code]]?
 
* [http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/sca-tools/SCAToolsCreationReview.pdf SCA Tools project Creation Review].
 
* EclipseCon 2008 material: [http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/?page=sub/&id=206 Building Easily and Quickly an SCA Composite].
 
* Tutorial: [[STP/SCA_Component/SCA_First_Steps_With_Composite_Designer|First Steps with the SCA Composite Designer]].
 
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<h1>Planning</h1>
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= Links  =
  
[http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=stp.sca Project Plan]
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The SCA Tools project:
  
'''June 2008, release V1.0 in Ganymede''':
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/soa/sca/ SCA Tools Website]
*SCA Common: SCA nature, wizard for the creation of new SCA assembly files, preference pages, basic samples.
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/38/ SCA Tools forum]
*SCA Meta Model: SCA specifications 1.0 from OSOA + additional validation rules which apply on the SCA assembly description files.
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=soa.sca Project's summary page]
*SCA Composite Designer: support of Tuscany SCA elements.
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*Update of the web site and the wiki.
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*Tutorial that explain how to use SCA tools.
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'''December 2008''':
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<br /> Development links:
*Possibility to extend the SCA metamodel and the SCA Composite Designer with new bindings, implementations and interfaces
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*SCA Commons: complex samples.
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*SCA Meta Model:  full support of the additional validation rules.
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*SCA Composite Designer: support of Frascati SCA elements.
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*SCA Composite Form editor.
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*SCA Composite XML Editor: completion on service, reference, and enhanced outline.
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*Integration with the STP Policy Editor component.
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*Integration with the STP Service Creation component.
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*Integration with the STP SOA System component.
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*Support Babel project for translating.
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'''March 2009''':
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*[http://git.eclipse.org/c/sca/org.eclipse.sca.tools.git Git repository] - Latest SCA Tools code (Git)
*SCA Meta Model: support of SCA specifications that should be published in december 2008 by OASIS.
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*[http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/soa/org.eclipse.stp.sca-tools/org.eclipse.stp.sca/ SVN repository (old)] - Archives for SCA Tools code (SVN)
*SCA Composite Designer: update with the new meta model.
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*[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=SOA&product=SCA SCA Bugzilla] - Review and create Bugzilla entries
*SCA Composite Editors: update with the new meta model.
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*[https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/tycho-soa.sca.trunk-juno/ SCA Tools on the Eclipse Hudson server]
*SCA Introspector: support of POJO and EJB introspection.
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*[http://git.eclipse.org/c/www.eclipse.org/sca.git Website sources] - The sources for the SCA Tools website (Git)
  
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<br /> Eclipse SOA:
  
<h1>Links</h1>
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/soa/ SOA website]
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/soa-dev soa-dev] - Developers mailing list for SOA (used also for SCA)
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/soa-users soa-users] - Users mailing list for SOA (used also for SCA)
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/soa-pmc soa-pmc]
  
Eclipse SCA Tools:
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<br /> Eclipse STP:  
* [http://www.eclipse.org/stp/sca/index.php SCA website]
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* [http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/sca-tools Declaration for the SCA Tools Project]
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* [news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.stp.sca-tools SCA newsgroup] - The starting point for questions (you need a password to access the newsgroup: [http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/register.php registration])
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* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=STP&product=SCA SCA Bugzilla] - Review and create Bugzilla entries
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* [http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/stp/org.eclipse.stp.sca-tools/org.eclipse.stp.sca/ SCA SVN repository] - Get the latest SCA Tools code
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* [http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/sdrapeau/ Eclipse SCA Tools Blog] - [http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/sdrapeau/feed/ RSS feed] [[Image:rss2.gif]]
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* [http://help.eclipse.org/stable/index.jsp?nav=/40 STP SCA User's Guide]
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* [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=stp.sca Project Plan]
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Eclipse STP:
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*[http://www.eclipse.org/stp/ STP website]  
* [http://www.eclipse.org/stp/ STP website]
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*[http://wiki.eclipse.org/STP STP wiki]  
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/STP STP wiki]
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/stp-dev stp-dev] - Closed
* [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/stp-dev stp-dev] - Developer mailing list for STP (used also for SCA)
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/stp-commits stp-commits]
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*[https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/stp-pmc stp-pmc]
  
External links:
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<br /> External links:  
* [http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Home Open SOA] - The Open SOA Collaboration
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* [http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/ Tuscany] - Open source implementation of SCA
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* [http://www.scorware.org/projects/en SCOrWare] - Open source implementation of SCA
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* [http://fabric3.codehaus.org/ Fabric 3] - Open source implementation of SCA
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*[http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Home Open SOA] - The Open SOA Collaboration
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*[http://www.oasis-opencsa.org/ OASIS Open CSA] - The OASIS Open CSA Member Section
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*[http://tuscany.apache.org/ Tuscany] - Open source implementation of SCA
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*[http://frascati.ow2.org/ FraSCAti] - Open source implementation of SCA
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*[http://fabric3.codehaus.org/ Fabric 3] - Open source implementation of SCA
  
<h1>The Team</h1>
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Committers:
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* Stéphane Drapeau ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo]) - project lead
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* Oisin Hurley ([http://www.iona.com/ IONA])
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* Etienne Juliot ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo])
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* David Porter ([http://www.iona.com/ IONA])
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* Vincent Zurczak ([http://ebmwebsourcing.com/ EBM Websourcing])
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Contributors:
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= The Team  =
* Norihiro Kubo ([http://www.iona.com/ IONA])
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* Maxime Porhel ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo])
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Committers:
  
A large part of the SCA Tools project was implemented in the scope of the [http://www.scorware.org/projects/en SCOrWare project] funded by the [http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Intl French Research National Agency (ANR)].
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*Stéphane Drapeau ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo]) - project lead - [http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/sdrapeau/ (Blog)]  
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*Damien Fournier ([http://adam.lille.inria.fr/ INRIA])
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*Oisin Hurley [http://oisinh.wordpress.com/ (Blog)]
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*Etienne Juliot ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo]) - [http://www.mda4eclipse.com/ (Blog)]
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*David Porter ([http://www.iona.com/ Progress Software])
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*Lionel Seinturier ([http://www.univ-lille1.fr/ University of Lille])  
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*Vincent Zurczak ([http://petalslink.com/ EBM WebSourcing]) - [http://vzurczak.wordpress.com/ (Blog)]
  
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<br> Contributors:
  
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*Norihiro Kubo ([http://www.iona.com/ IONA])
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*Maxime Porhel ([http://www.obeo.fr Obeo])
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*Jamil Shaikh ([http://www.rim.com/ RIM])
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<br> A large part of the SCA Tools project was implemented in the scope of the [http://www.scorware.org/projects/en SCOrWare project] funded by the [http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Intl French Research National Agency (ANR)].
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Latest revision as of 05:39, 19 February 2013


Welcome to the wiki home of the SCA Tools project that provides a set of tools for the Service Component Architecture (SCA) set of standards. This page is an entry point to last information about the SCA Tools project.

SCA Composite Designer
SCA XML Editor

The SCA Tools project has seen an enormous amount of new development since the 2008 Ganymede release. We've added an XML editor to make editing and updating SCA-standard assembly files really easy. For Java developers, it's now possibly to create an SCA assembly definition and then generate Java code from it. And, if you want to start with some Java you already have, we've added a special introspector that will investigate your code and automatically produce an SCA assembly. Once you've created your Java SCA project, you can then run and debug it using the great facilities that Eclipse provides. We also have made sure that the SCA artifacts you might create are properly validated, helping you spot mistakes early in the process. We even took the time to update the graphics, giving us a prettier SCA Composite Designer.

One of the most exciting feature is how we've developed the core SCA model to be extensible by people who want to write in extra capabilities into the tools. The heart of the model contains the SCA standard specifications, and different extensions have been created to support the key Open Source SCA runtimes - Apache Tuscany 1.4 and Frascati 0.5. Using the extension mechanisms, it is much more straightforward to add new concepts to SCA and extend the tools to include them.

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Latest News


Read all the news

Overview

Take a look at the new & noteworthy changes.
The project structure is described on this page.

Available components and tools:


2 components are still in developpement:

  • SCA Form Editor: an editor based on Eclipse forms for SCA assembly files.
  • SCA Composite Introspector: construct SCA assembly files in a bottom-up approach from POJO and component type files.


Ideas for new components:



Tutorials

Tutorials for SCA Tools users


Tutorials for SCA Tools developers


Articles


Intermediate model and SCA


Conferences

Planning

SCA Tools will be part of the next Eclipse release, Eclipse "Indigo" 3.7.
This version is planned to be released in June 2011.

Take a look at the project plan. Previous plans are here.


Links

The SCA Tools project:


Development links:


Eclipse SOA:


Eclipse STP:


External links:


The Team

Committers:


Contributors:

  • Norihiro Kubo (IONA)
  • Maxime Porhel (Obeo)
  • Jamil Shaikh (RIM)


A large part of the SCA Tools project was implemented in the scope of the SCOrWare project funded by the French Research National Agency (ANR).

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