The Encoding and Decoding module(axis conventions ,I suppose) is not independent enough to be used as standalone piece. If you could see there is one class called SerilializationContextImpl which does the ground job of s*zng and des*zng the objects, which should definitely suit the position of being a independent component, but it seems It's tied with the Messaging component of Axis(The MessageContext interface).Since the MessageContext of Axis is all about handling the objects as a part of soap envelope it is an overkill for the actual purpose queried for(S*n and des*n).
I too would like to know if somebody could go ahead and say that it's still possible to use the axis module for s*n and de-s*n. Regards, Jana http://www.orangescape.com -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Barlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie: Using Axis for serializing/deserializing only Yep if you need schema support and are maybe going to be using the XML in web services then xmlbeans look more like the thing. Sherman, Dennis (END-CHI) wrote: > You might want to take a look at XMLBeans: http://xmlbeans.apache.org > -- > Dennis R. Sherman > Endeavor Information Systems > 847-227-2976 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.endinfosys.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oleg Tkachenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newbie: Using Axis for serializing/deserializing only > > > Stuart Barlow wrote: > > >>Axis is complete overkill for this job. >>You will increase complexity many times over and get the job done slower. > > > Well, I sort of aware of that, but I'd like to know exactly how this can > be done to talk with customers. > > >>Do you want to use the XML to interact with web services? > > Sort of. It's a system for exposing Cobol apps as web services. But for > this particular task our customers want to be able to: > > Cobol record -> Java object -> XML -> their proprietary system > and > their proprietary system -> XML -> Java object -> Cobol record > -- Stuart