46-690 Object-Oriented Programming III                 Homework 3

Legacy Code Web Services                               Due: Thursday, February 26
                                                       Midnight 
 
Assignment:

   (A) Write a program in C++ and publish it as a web service. The web service 
       must be accessible via standard SOAP.

   (B) Write a GUI client in C# that accesses the web service. The client must 
       use a proxy that is generated by running the wsdl.exe program on the WSDL 
       document.  


Requirements:

   If you have completed OOP I and OOP II during the previous term then you are
required to use your genetic algorithm for the C++ part of this project. Your GUI
will collect the input from the user, package the data into a SOAP request and
ship it out to the service. The service will execute the genetic algorithm and
return a function. The function will be displayed to the user on the GUI. 

   If you were unable to complete the genetic programming project
or did not complete OOP I and OOP II then you may select a different C++
program as a web service. 

   I will speak to Professor Rohrig about those students who chose not to use 
the C++ genetic algorithm and he will confirm your need to choose a different 
program. If he feels that you should have been able to use your project from 
his course I will assign a low mark for part 5 below. 

Submission requirements:

   Please submit a Microsoft Word document with screen shots showing your 
program running.

   Include a source listing of your C++ code and a source listing of your C# 
GUI client.   


Grading:

    1. The code represents a serious attempt at a solution: ______ 60 Points

    2. The GUI and web service are in working order as evidenced by
       multiple screen shots: ______  10 Points

       To capture a screen shot, hit Alt+PrtScreen on the window you want to copy. 
       You can paste the screen shot into the Word document with the Edit/Paste menu. 
       To capture the entire screen, use Ctrl+PrtScreen. 


    3. Good GUI design (appropriate buttons and text fields): _____  10 Points

    4. Good GUI documentation: ______ 10 Points

    5. Good selection of non-trivial C++ code: ____ 10 Points
       If you are not using the genetic algorithm then you must select
       some other existing C++ program as your web service. It should
       take several parameters, including an array of double, and compute
       an interesting result. Please be sure to include documentation in this
       code so that we can quickly understand what it does.