Jim - Have you looked at Google's Javascript XSLT parser? It works fairly well - I'm rolling it into some projects right now. It's not a pre-built SOAP parser, but the tools are all there for client-side use.
http://goog-ajaxslt.sourceforge.net/ - Other Jim Jim Davis wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:28 AM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: Re: Ajax and CFCs >> >>On Monday 15 August 2005 20:12, Jim Davis wrote: >> >> >>>2) Passing structured data once you access them. >>>It's the second bit that gets confusing as hell. >>> >>> >>It's trival to write toXML() methods on all your objects. >>MM even have a query2xml on DevNet. >> >> > >People that say things are "trivial" annoy me. ;^P > >It IS trivial on the server-side - not so trivial on the client side. > >Also it's trivial to write _A_ packet on the server and _A_ consumer on the >client for that one packet... but as you build more and more one-offs it >gets less and less "trivial". > >Again (and again and again) what we really need is a decent client-side >parser for common formats. The only truly common format right now is >SOAP-based web services (although they're still flaky as hell). > >IF you had such a library, completely client-side, you could instantly (in >theory) consume web services from nearly all major server-side packages - >most with little to now extra coding. > >What we really need is a rich, client-implementable _standard_ for >transmission of structured data over HTTP. Something that (I think) needs >to be a little more complex than JSON but not as complex as SOAP. Something >like WDDX could have fit well... but it seems to have withered on the vine. > >Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215217 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
