one advantage to having a document centric approach is change - you are free to change the format of the xml document and still have the same method signature for your method -
Every once in a while I see people having issues with cross platform webservices, most platforms can interpret an xml document returned as a string. On 2/1/06, John Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We need to set up a webservice that in response to a request returns details > of approx 60 people. The attributes returned will be First Name, Last Name, > Age. > > It seems clear cut to return this data as an XML document. But what are the > (dis)advantages of writing a 'proper' CFC-based web service complete with > generated WSDL file rather than the way I've traditionally done it: receive > request, generate XML document, return to client? > > Are there any differences? > > John > > ________________________________ > Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to > cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the > email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting > (www.cfxhosting.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org > > -- KOla BLOG:http://coolskool.blog-city.com/ SKYPE:kola.oyedeji ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org
