Hi Ahsan Thanks for the tip, I will check ROXML out.
Regards Erik On 30 Okt, 17:25, "Ahsan Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Today, I learnt that ROXML 2.0 now uses libxml (earlier versions used REXML) > - hurrah ! Roxml is a kick-ass library that maps Ruby Objects to XML > Elements :) > > http://ben.woosley.name/log/?p=45 > > Thought I'd share that with you. > > Best Regards, > > highandwild / Ahsan Ali > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Erik Lindblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips. WSF/Ruby sounds interesting indeed. > > > And also thanks to Yehuda, this is exactly what I hoped to hear. Of > > course Merb is agnostic in its nature but an awareness and ambition > > towards certain packages and libs from you and other core Merb > > developers will influence the community as a whole. So it is good news > > that SOA and WS-* is on your wishlist as well. > > > I see the SOA node role as one potential way for Merb to enter the world > > of existing enterprise solutions out there. With SOA one can easily > > substitute a Java powered node with Merb when a large refactorization is > > due or when a new node is introduced. This is a lot easier for managment > > to swallow than redeveloping an entire platform in Merb. > > > /Erik > > > Yehuda Katz skrev: > > > WSF/Ruby looks really interesting, except that the setup is draconian. > > > I'm going to contact them to see about making it possible to install > > > via rubygems. > > > > -- Yehuda > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:14 AM, Ahsan Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Speaking of libraries,http://wso2.org/projects/wsf/ruby/looks/ > > > like a pretty good alternative to SOAP4r. I haven't tried it > > > myself though ... > > > > "WSO2 WSF/Ruby is a complete solution for building and deploying > > > Web services, and is the only Ruby extension with the widest range > > > of WS-* specification implementations. Key features include, > > > secure services and clients with WS-Security support, binary > > > attachments with MTOM, works with Ruby on Rails and > > > interoperability with .NET and J2EE." > > > > Now I'm trying to recall why I chose soap4r - was it the facility > > > to generate ruby stubs/skeletons from a WSDL (wsdl2ruby) ? It > > > looks like WSO2 also has something similar in the works. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Ahsan Ali > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Erik Lindblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > My intention was to do both. Since I am designing Merb-based > > > nodes in a > > > SOA each node needs to be able to produce as well as consume > > > SOAP messages. > > > > I read in the pickaxe that Action Web Service does not support > > > document/literal SOAP messages, which is the de facto standard > > > in the > > > WS-I guidelines. I am not sure whether this is a restriction > > > in AWS or > > > in SOAP4R (or if AWS even uses SOAP4R). I guess a SOAP lib > > > that is based > > > on libxml-ruby would be preferable for performance reasons and > > XML > > > Schema usage. > > > > I realize that maybe this specific question is more > > > appropriate for a > > > SOAP4R list or a general WS list, but I think the subject as a > > > whole is > > > a valid Merb issue. > > > > I love RESTful development and the lightweight approach to web > > > services, > > > but in a legacy environment SOAP cannot be ignored. And in an > > > enterprise > > > environment, things like standardized policy enforcement, > > > intermediate > > > nodes and so on really rely on SOAP-based techniques. There is > > > a lot of > > > talk these days on whether Merb and other Ruby frameworks > > > (guess which > > > one :-) are ready for enterprise adoption and, in my opinion, > > > in many > > > areas they are. But with the upcoming second generation web > > > services > > > (WS-Security, XML Encryption, WS-Policy and so on) the Ruby > > > SOAP libs > > > are lagging far behind. > > > > And again, this is not a Merb-specific issue, since Merb can > > > use any lib > > > you want. But for me, and I think for a few other people as > > > well, it > > > would be a lot easier to argue the use of Merb if there existed > > an > > > active and up-to-date SOAP-lib that was mentioned in the Merb > > > pages and > > > supported in the same way as e.g. DataMapper. Managers rarely > > > go for the > > > "but you can use anything" argument :-) So if anyone have done > > > some work > > > with Merb/SOAP/SOA/WS-* I would be very happy to hear about your > > > experiences of it. Or maybe running Merb on JRuby using Java > > > libs for > > > SOAP integration. That would really be a strong selling point > > > to my > > > bosses :-) > > > > Kindest regards > > > > Erik > > > > Per Melin skrev: > > > > 2008/10/17 Erik Lindblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]>>: > > > > >> I would like to do the refactorization using Merb+DM but the > > > >> potential lack of SOAP support might be a showstopper. > > > > > Are we talking about servicing SOAP requests with Merb, or > > > using DM to > > > > collect data from SOAP services? > > > > -- > > > Yehuda Katz > > > Developer | Engine Yard > > > (ph) 718.877.1325 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" 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/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
