Jared Nedzel <jnedzel <at> broad.mit.edu> writes: > So I'm considering return data as XML. > > So on the server side, I'm starting with a small network for Java objects that > have retrieved from the database (using Hibernate). I need to convert that > XML > and return the XML. I'm NOT starting with static XML files and don't want to > write out XML files, only to read them back in as DOM objects.
Hi Jared, Consider using JAXB. It provides a runtime that allows to easily translate between XML and Java objects given an XSD. It is certainly more efficient that using DOM and a lot easier. I created a JaxbRepresentation that was similar in nature to the DomRepresentation and a JaxbFilter that is responsible for translating incoming XML into objects and outgoing objects into XML. This allows the server and Java clients to use only objects while allowing the service to talk XML. Sean
