> [late reply: Just got back from holidays.] Pah, it's alright for some... ;o)
> You get any response on this issue? > What you trying to do? There is a great XML-RPC book by Oreilly. Was attempting to use XML-RPC to grab information from a SecPay account. Got it working OK using the <cf_xmlrpc> with a spot of "customisation" but since we're now running on MX I can use the java classes directly that the SecPay XML-RPC app is just an interface into. That's the job for this afternoon. Ho hum. But, to continue the XML-RPC line, we are looking at starting a project that will act as a web service "backend" -- there will be a number of sites built on top of an API but everything must run via some sort of remote calls. Anyone got any thoughts on the best way to do this? XML-RPC is an option and the current thought is to build a series of CFCs that "clients" can use, rather than messing around with the calls themselves. This will of course mean creating a more thorough version of <cf_xmlrpc>, one that allows for things such as changing the method of connection between http/https and forcing of datatypes rather than casting to the most "appropriate" type: for instance, one of the params we had to send needed a "string" type, but was actually an int val and was sent as such -- that caused a long while of debugging (especially as we didn't have the complete API!) Of course, that's just one implementation of the client, people could actually connect using whatever the hell they liked; it just happens that I'm developing in CFMX ;o) Also, the client side of things is secondary to the actual API implementation, because without that, there's nothing to call! Has anyone got any thoughts on alternative methods? SecPay has a load of java classes available, but I'd rather stick to something that's platform independent. Also, I don't want everything to become over-complicated by the sematics of it all, so haven't really looked at the likes of SOAP... Any pointers appreciated. Ta. Tim. ------------------------------------------------------- Tim Blair Web Application Engineer, Rawnet Limited Direct Phone : +44 (0) 1344 393 441 Switchboard : +44 (0) 1344 393 040 ------------------------------------------------------- rawnet ltd Atrium Court Bracknell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berkshire Tel : +44 (0) 1344 393 040 RG12 1BW, UK http://www.rawnet.com ------------------------------------------------------- This message may contain information which is legally privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorised disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this information is strictly prohibited. Such notification notwithstanding, any comments, opinions, information or conclusions expressed in this message are those of the originator, not of rawnet limited, unless otherwise explicitly and independently indicated by an authorised representative of rawnet limited. ------------------------------------------------------- -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
