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Also note, these are not AMF specific either, You can introspect ANY traffic. Sniff what your XML response really looks like before Flex gets it for example. Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM, eric decoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John, > > I will add this information to my growing arsenal > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM, John Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yep, so AMF is the serialization protocol so you'll find it in several >> messaging patterns get/post, remoting objects, messaging and streaming. As a >> flex developer, you will usually always want to use AMF for performance >> (bare in mind it does nothing for security). James Ward has a benchmark app >> to better explain the performance of the various protocols such as SOAP, >> AMF, JSON, etc. It's at http://www.jamesward.com/census/ >> >> So normally you can hook your browser to Charles so you can read the AMF >> packets from a flash or flex app. The problem with AIR is that it's a >> standalone app which isn't contain inside of a browser. On windows you >> simply hook Charles to the network monitoring service, and Linux will be >> something similar. >> >> John >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> OK, I see. Charles lets you parse the AMF packets details. AMF still >>> does Get/Post from what I understand. But data is in a bandwidth saving >>> binary protocol. >>> >>> However explain the following quote >>> >>> >>> * In my situation, I'm using Charles with normal flex development, but * >>> with this AIR project I have to figure out how to hook it up to the OS * >>> level network system. >>> >>> I've never done AIR before but I assume it is the difference between >>> developing Java apps versus Java applets. However what I dont understand >>> what do you mean by the 'OS level network system' and how is that different >>> from using Flex's equivalent. >>> >>> In Flex I have a Flex/Rails project that originally used Soap. Now we use >>> AMF and when talking to legacy (pre web) server apps we use Binary Sockets. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in >>> the subject line >>> >>> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >>> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in >> the subject line >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >
