CDF2DDL

CDF2DDL 

generates a Data Definition Language (DDL) file from a Client Definition File (CDF). The DDL file contains interprocess message definitions that correspond to each of the Web service methods defined in the CDF. In turn, you will use the NonStop DDL Compiler to generate language-specific "copybooks" or "include" files that you can incorporate into the application that will call the Web service method.

tacl> run CDF2DDL / run-options / [ command-line-parameters ]

run-options

The standard TACL run options.

command-line-parameters

@<command-file>

Reads command line parameters from <command-file>. Parameters specified on the command line override any specified in the file. At most, one '@' parameter may used. The file itself cannot contain an '@' parameter (i.e., no nesting).

-cdf <file name>

The Guardian file name of an existing Client Definition File. This parameter is required.

-ddl <file name> [!]

The name of a new or existing DDL source file to be created or replaced. If the file already exists, specify the '!' option to indicate that the existing file should be overwritten. This parameter is required. 

-help

Displays documentation for the program command line options.

Remarks

If multiple occurrences of the same command line parameter are encountered, the last occurrence is used. 

CDF2DDL may change the names of some elements as it generates output in order to comply with DDL naming rules. Refer to Element Name Considerations for more information. 

It is possible that CDF2DDL may produce a DDL definition that represents a structure larger than 32,767 bytes (the maximum size of an interprocess message). In this case, the DDL compiler won't be able to process the definition. To avoid this situation, edit your CDF and reduce the bounds of arrays or strings that comprise the offending definition and rerun CDF2DDL. Refer to Editing the Client Definition File for more information.

Examples

tacl> run CDF2DDL -cdf echocdf -ddl echoddl