SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING XQUERY FILES AS A MIDDLEWARE TO PROVIDE WEB SERVICES

摘要

A system for using XQuery files as a middleware to provide Web services is provided. The system includes a Web server. The Web server includes: an XQuery file definition module 410 programmed for defining an XQuery file, including defining input parameters for accepting data from data sources and defining addresses of the data sources; an XQuery file parsing module programmed for extracting the input parameters from the XQuery file and parsing the XQuery file according to the input parameters to create a source file of the Web service; a compiling module programmed for compiling the source file to an executable file of the Web service; and a WSDL file generating module programmed for generating a WSDL file of the Web service according to the executable file. A related method is also provided.