On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Adam Wolff wrote: > There's a subtle and related issue with all of the RPC formats > (especially SOAP.) In general, when class implementors design the public > methods of their class, they're not truly thinking of it as a remote > object, and often multiple method calls to the class are required to > complete a single transaction. Using REST forces the application > implementors to put a layer between the frontend and the backend, and > that layer can be optimized to accommodate the needs of the frontend. In > practice, certain UI related operations need to be done on the server > (like sorting and filtering a large dataset.)
Right. I meant to add to my last email -- when you are lucky enough to control the front and back ends, why make extra work for yourself? It's a chance to generate XML that is customer-tailored to your client's real needs. gse _______________________________________________ Laszlo-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-user
