Of course, if you're only going to read a small part of an XML representation from a REST query, why did you have the unwanted info transmitted in the first place??
On May 30, 8:28 pm, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would make this argument instead: REST or SOAP? > > A big part of creating a seamless experience on mobile devices is to be able > to handle* limited connectivity* (temporary loss of connection) and to have > *stateless* (remote) services available (user can access data directly > without going through a list of other prior service-calls to get there). > > SOAP can't handle this very well. SOAP is very stateful. It's much like RPC > where the caller often needs to be aware of the server's state to make > correct calls. > SOAP calls are hard to cache. And you'll need a cache if you want to handle > limited connectivity. > > REST is better suited to deal with this. True RESTful services are stateless > (you could have a cookie for authentication, for example, but no more than > that should be stored in a stateful session). RESTful services are designed > to handle caches efficiently. > > In addition, SOAP is more involved, more complex to handle. REST is much > easier. > > If you choose REST, then there's another choice you can make: Which format? > You can choose XML (applicatin/xml) or JSON (application/json) (GSON), which > are 2 of the most popular formats for REST. > Personally, I would choose XML because Android already includes pull and > push parsing of XML data from the server. Pull and push parsing allows you > to only read the parts of the REST response in which your app is interested > and skip the rest: somewhat better performance, much better memory usage for > larg REST responses. > > In short: If you can chose everything, i would choose REST services using > XML. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
