GSocProposalApplicationEclipseSTP

Google Summer of Code 2009 Application

Subject : Policy Derivation tool for STP Policy Editor + WS-Policy Awareness

Name  : U.S. Wickramsinghe

Email  : mastershield2007@gmail.com

Skype ID: u.s.wickramasinghe

Project Title

Policy Derivation Tool for STP Policy Editor + WS-Policy Awareness

Project Summary

The STP policy editor is an Eclipse editor for editing WS-Policy content or other XML content that is based on XML-Schema with a graphical editor. While based on the XML Editing Framework (XEF), STP policy editor provides nice and convenient framework for adding/deleting/editing xml elements for the instances based on the schema provided . Primary goal of the proposed project is to make use of this functionality of the STP policy editor to make way for a whole new policy tool which extracts the underline policy assertions of any XML based WS Standards compliant (ie:- WS Security xsd,WS RM, WS secure conversation ,WS Addressing , etc) Message that is provided to it.Among other objectives of the proposal are to make STP Policy Editor WS:Policy aware by providing collection of configuration options for the policy Editor tool while providing out of the box editing capabilities for editing xml instances accordingly to WS compliant standards and providing some useful patches for STP Editor

Project Proposal

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Commitment

I would like to commit my full time towards fulfilling requirements and milestones of this project since I am not committed to university academic activities during this period (We are into university vacation and June term during GSoc project period..). Hence I would be able to fully concentrate on this project being able to learn , code and interact with the community and participate in online activities as well..

I am very much willing to participate in community contributions to the best of my ability as I consider this as a great learning experience and a privilege as well. Hence i am certainly looking forward to continue working with you all , beyond GSoc project period as well while taking necessary efforts towards the continuation of this project and others as well.

Schedule of Code and Deliverables

Deliverables

1.Policy Derivation tool integrated into the STP Policy Editor .This new tool will be a fully  Extensible framework providing extension mechanisms 
to derive WS:Policy assertions for various WS standards while providing scalable support for various XML wire types (ie:-SOAP,JSON)  for different 
sources (ie:-File System, Live Streams,Database Support..)

2.WS:Policy Awareness configurations (collection of  examplars) for the editor comprising adjustments on both ui and backend.

3.Possible patches for current STP policy editor on WS constructs and functionality

4.Appropriate Documentation for usage of this tool with guidelines for possible extensions  as well for UI options for the system.

5.Test Cases and samples to validate the functionality of the policy builder tool

6.Comprehensive online tutorial including ‘Quick Start Guide’ , ‘Architecture Guide’ ,‘Development and Extesibility Guide ’ etc.

Project Schedule

April 15th to May 23rd

Google has included nearly 1 1/4 months for community bonding in GSOC 2008. I will use this period to execute my initial phase plans for the project. I would also like to start the second phase at the end of this period , for gathering requirements and discussions on architectural details.

April 15th  -  29th  → Getting familiar and further exploration of Eclipse platform, plugin architecture and related stuff with my project .    
Discussion of related issues with the community.  

April 29th  -  May 13th → Gathering requirements and use-cases of the newly proposed tool with some discussions with the community. Providing a   
requirement specification . Further discussion on design and architectural aspects.

May 13th  -  May 23rd  → Finalizing model,API, and framework . Start coding and implementing  the proposed design.

May 23rd to 15th June

I would commence coding for the project as planned for developing the Framework and API parts. Phase 2 mid and end stages will be executed in this period.

May 23rd  -  June 6th   → mid stages of coding API and the framework. Issues will be discussed with my  mentor as well as the community using mail 
lists, online discussions,etc. Deliver the code samples of the progress thus far.

May 23rd  -  June 6th   → adding final touches to the API + framework developed. Review on the complete code with my project mentor.

June6th  -  June 15th   → creating some stubs to test the API  + framework. Providing and discussing test results. 

June 15th to July 6th

At the the start of this period I will be finished implementing the API and framework and some prototypes. Executing the 3rd phase , I will be drawn into Bulk of the development work as planned .I will get feedback from the community for work and progress so far.

June 15th  -  June 29th   →  Actual  implementations of some of the extension scenarios for message sources and outputs. Discussing issues,progress 
and results.

June 29th  -  July 7th   → Focusing on UI aspects and integrating with the core framework. Discussion on usability and issues. Delivering code and 
progress .

July 7th to July 13th

Mid term Evaluation period. After submission of mid evaluation work I’ll continue my work on the 3rd phase which will be on it’s middle stages and try to end the 3rd phase with the end of this period.

July 7th  -  July 9th   →  Submission of mid evaluation work.

July 9th  -  July 13th   →  Reviews and discussions on the mid evaluation results. Planning future developments. 

July 13th to August 10th

Fix bugs discovered .Reviews with mentors respective to the mid evaluation Results. Start phase 4 of the project plan . Finish most of the work in the 4th phase with the end of this period.

July 13th  -  July 27h   →   Further Implementing and working out different input/output scenarios for standards discussed. Working the way into  
standards support implementations. Working out issues and coming up with strategies 

July 27th  -  August 10th   →  Testing and Reviewing Bugs. Working around unfinished implementations if any. 

August 10th to August 17th

Executing final stages of the 4th phase ,writing tutorials and documentation regarding the policy builder tool and related aspects. Engaging in additional goals and any missed targets that has not been full filled yet and end of the 4th and final phase of work.

August 17th to August 24th

Submission for final evaluation after a full comprehensive review.

August 25th

Final Results for GSoc 2009