> While the website looks modern the most recent download is > 1999 and the last news item in 2001 talks about the new site > openwddx.org opening. > So ... is this an "old" technology that is begin replaced by > a more mature XML environment?
Yes, it's quite old - it dates from the CF 4 timeframe. I wouldn't say it's being replaced by a "more mature XML environment", though - XML is XML - but rather that programmers are becoming more familiar with working with XML directly, and CF now provides the functionality to do so. The purpose of WDDX is simply to describe common datatypes within XML. Most use of WDDX has always been within CF programs, as well, rather than between CF programs and other programs. The generic problem of data exchange and interoperability has been solved (repeatedly) via SOAP, XML-RPC, and REST. All that said, if I have a complex datatype (query, structure, anything that contains one of these such as an array of structures) and I want to quickly convert it to a string and back again, WDDX is ideal and easy to use. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
