Using CDL

• How would one use CDL?

  • One would use the CDL through a validating design/editing tool - say, one implemented as an Eclipse plug-in.
  • One would describe your multi-party contract in terms of a global model and it would be rendered in CDL.
  • One would use additional CDL-based tools to generate:
    • Skeletal code (in Java, C#, BPEL etc) that ensures behaviour of a service conforms to the CDL description,
    • Test programs that generate appropriate messages based on the CDL description