SoarLexicon

This middleware provides dynamic service component WADL lexicon and individal service ?wadl lexicon. If /lexicon is requested on a service component, this middleware compiles a WADL document describing all routes registered with the router meta object provided. If a specific service endpoint is requested, appended with ?wadl, this middleware compiles a WADL document describing that service.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'soar_lexicon'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install soar_lexicon

Usage

Ensure that your rack env includes a 'lexicon' key that is configured with route descriptions of the following form:

lexicon = {
  '/route-path' => {
    'description' => 'Business question answered here',
    'service_name' => 'business_service',
    'path' => '/route-path',
    'method' => 'get',
    'params' => {
      'pattern' => {
        'required' => 'true', 'type' => 'string'
      }
    },
  }
}

If you are using SoarAspects, this can be accomplished so:

SoarAspects::Aspects::lexicon = lexicon
use SoarAspects::Aspects

Then, in your config.ru, place:

  use SoarLexicon::Lexicon

Visualizing

SoarLexicon delivers a WADL XML document and delivers an expectation of a style-sheet for display in a browser to be located on the service component at the path /wadl/wadl.xsl

Contributing

Please send feedback and comments to the author at:

Ernst van Graan ernst.van.graan@hetzner.co.za

This gem is sponsored by Hetzner (Pty) Ltd - http://hetzner.co.za

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.