Hi Nick, On the server-side, Restlet can meet your needs, exposing RESTful services as JSON or XML. If you prefer the RPC paradigm, (XML-RPC, JSON-RPC or SOAP), Restlet may not be the best fit. If you are not sure, let us know, we can provide more advices.
On the client-side, Rob Heittman is working on an implementation of Restlet API on top of GWT API (based on XmlHttpRequest). But it's not ready for usage now. However, you can still use GWT HTTP classes directly to invoke your Restlet backend. Best regards, Jerome > -----Message d'origine----- > De : news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Nick Baker > Envoyé : mardi 11 mars 2008 14:54 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Fat/Thick standalone client support > > Hello, > > We're working on an abstract UI framework based on Xul. It's > well under way with > SWT and Swing support. Our plan is to use Java2JavaScrpt to > reuse UI models and > event handlers. > > However, we need to abstract Business Object calls in a > generic way. Web clients > would XMLHttpRequest calls, Fat clients would resolve such > service calls to > local objects. We've investigated Java-JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, > SOAP and some custom > solutions. My question is, can Restlet meet our needs? > > Any insights appreciated, > > Nick Baker >
