dynamically defined web methods
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| dynamically defined web methods |  I have a bunch of reports that are defined as metadata in a database.
Each report has an ID and a collection of filters (e.g. filter the
report where X is between 5 and 8). I need to expose the reports
through a web service.
I could write a single web method that takes in a report ID and an
ArrayList of parameters, and returns the output for the requested
report. That would work.
But I think the generic method above is too generic. I would like a web
method for each report. E.g. executeReportA, executeReportB etc., and
each method's parameters correspond to the report's filters. The
problem is, the reports' metadata can change any time, so I think I
need to dynamically define the web methods to match what is in the
database.
I thought of implementing the generic function anyway, but overriding
the WSDL via wsdlHelpGenerator, and using SOAP extensions to translate
requests to use the generic function.
Is there a better way to do this? Is my idea too far fetched?
thanks
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