Hi Keke, Now that GWT 1.5 M1 [1] is publicly available, it might be a good time to start playing with the GWT-Restlet extension.
Rob, does this sound reasonable regarding the current state of your prototype? Best regards, Jerome [1] http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/downloads/list?can=4&q=version%3 A1.5+quality%3Amilestone > -----Message d'origine----- > De : keke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : mercredi 12 mars 2008 03:49 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: Fat/Thick standalone client support > > Hi, Jerome, > > I am quite interested in the GWT implementation of Restlet > Client API. Is there any pre-release or SNAPSHOT version > available that I can take a look? > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Jerome Louvel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Keke > ----------------- > We paranoid love life >

