Chas, I'm not doing web services yet in my current project, but have plans to.
I've been using db4o as my backend, but am interested in Berkley DB. Do you know what license it's under? The Oracle website just says Open Source. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Charles F. Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing I'm working on is a two-part application that involves a Lift > interface app and a REST CRUD back end. I plan to do the back end in > Lift as well. > > One reason for the separation is that it allows me to build other front > ends for the web service (a desktop app, something on the iPhone, an > Android app, etc.). Another reason is that the data model is pretty > complicated, and instantiating a lot of objects is not really necessary. > If I can handle the back end as just data, rather than objects, passing > it in and out using XML, that would be faster and easier, I think. And I > could use an XML database to store the data. > > A big issue, of course, is authentication and authorization. I'm > wondering if anyone else here is doing web services and if so how you're > handling authentication/authorization. Are you using Lift, or are you > handling it through the container. Can anyone talk about pros/cons of > the different methods? Suggestions? > > We're thinking about using Berkeley DB XML as the database. Anyone tried > that? > > Thanks. > > Chas. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" 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/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
