For Java<->Java, Hessian works well - no fuss, just Java methods and Java objects.
Jeff On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Wilson MacGyver <[email protected]>wrote: > there are plenty of examples of people using GAE with non-browsers. > Using it as a web > service isn't uncommon. I know there are android apps and iOS apps that > uses GAE > as the backend web services. So I don't think you are doing anything > unusual or uncommon. > > JSON, XML is all fair game. Heck, python side google even added ProtoRPC. > > On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Eric Atkinson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > For various reasons, I don't want to use a browser as my client. Why? > > Because, for example, although the Chrome browser can render my rather > > complex GWT client just fine, IE can't render it even if you install > > the Chrome Frame Plug-In, so I simply don't trust browsers as clients > (too > > many uncontrollable unknowns). Consequently, instead of using a browser > as > > client, I want to use a Java Application as client installed from GAE > using > > JNLP (and I've got this part working on GAE after a bit trial and error > on > > my part). My question is: If I use a Java Application as client then the > > GWT (not GAE) documentation seems to be saying that I'll need to > > use com.google.gwt.http.client.* to make my calls to the servleta using > XML > > to pass data, and then converting the XML into JDO objects for the > > datastore. Does this sound right? I only ask because I don't want to do a > > lot of work trying this if GAE requires the client to be a browser (in > which > > case I have to forgo using GAE because I hate browsers as clients). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/tK37sl8zhngJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
