We have some things you might want to check out at CFDEV... first CFX_SOAP tag, uses Apache SOAP, its very basic, and only works on simple web services but its free and open source. That tag was written before Apache Axis existed, I would recommend that you use axis if possible. If you have a WSDL file for the web service you need to access, you can use the WSDL2Java utility and create Java stub objects. Then compile the stubs, and you can access your web service with <CFOBJECT> or write a simple CFX tag.
Another option we have is CFX_JSocket another free open source tag that you can use for creating a socket connection to something (HTTP, or whatever). You can get them both here: http://www.cfdev.com/products/ and you can get Axis here: http://xml.apache.org/axis/ _____________________________________________ Pete Freitag CTO, CFDEV.COM http://www.cfdev.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Hannum Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cf-xml] general question Question: are there any existing CFX tags out there (for CF 5) that allow you to pass SOAP packets back and forth? I know there are XML parcers (SOXML and the such), but I need send XML packets to a web service. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [cf-xml] general question I use WDDX ALL the time for a ton of different things. - Easily convert CFML queries over to javascript - Send the queries back to CFML from javascript - Pass complex information in hidden forms so I can do a multi-page wizard style app without committing data into the database until every step is finished - Storing complete data in files on smaller applications so there is no need for a database, making setting up the application much easier - Passing complex data from one server to another - Storing queries, structures, arrays in client variables in a database - Building Windows applications with Delphi and passing data from the database to the client machine without requiring an ODBC datasource - Used WDDX with Flash before they built in the Flash remoting What WDDX sucks at... If the XML schema already exists, WDDX won't solve your problem. If all you want to do is pass complex data around, WDDX kicks ass because it's so simple. If you're trying to build a human readable XML format WDDX isn't the best solution. Steve Nelson Saul Rothbart wrote: > > Hi, > I'd like to ask if anyone would care to share some insight on the pros and > cons of cf-xml and wddx. > > On the surface, it seems like wddx has a number of advantages with respect > to faster learning curve, rapid deployment and cross platform integration. > > Thanks in advance. > Saul Rothbart > > -----------------------+ > cf-xml mailing list > http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm
