Yes, but in those cases, XML is just the protocol used for serializing/deserializing the data. In most web services stacks, for example, the programmer just deals with real objects in the languages they're programming in and the fact that XML is used for the remote transport protocol is completely hidden from view. Done correctly, the transport protcols could be XML/Soap, REST, CORBA, RMIIIOP, and the programmer would need to know the difference. In none of those cases is the data being sent back and forth considered to be "just strings".
Rick On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Mike Cowlishaw<m...@uk.ibm.com> wrote: > >> Up until the point where you wish to pass an array as an argument or >> have a return value that is some sort of non-string type. Not >> everything maps well to just string data. > > Hmmm, try telling that to an XML fanatic :-)) Just about anything can be > moved around using XML -- which is just strings... > > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
