Re: [Laszlo-user] Consuming web services
I agree with this advice, I would advise you to stay away from SOAP unless you absolutely cannot avoid it for some reason, and even then. It is worth noting that a number of the high profile public web services that deployed SOAP support a few years ago, such as Amazon, have subsequently abandoned it, and moved to simpler and more robust protocols using REST, XMLRPC, and/or JSON. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Geoff Crawford wrote: > At 03:45 PM 4/9/2010, Chris Freyer wrote: > >> Hi all. I'm new to OpenLaszlo but not to web apps or UI design. >> >> I'm attempting to consume some of my own web services from an OL >> frontend. The web services are just EJBs that are exposed using Java >> EE's "@WebService" annotation. I'm attempting to use the tag, >> but there seems to be a lot of XML overhead on the OL side. Am I >> missing something? Is there a simple way to do it? Should I prefer >> the tag instead? Any best practice info appreciated. >> >> FYI: This is a new project, and I don't have to use EJBs. Its just >> an easy way to generate XML-based services. >> > > Have you looked at the full SOAP spec? It's not just that > there's overhead in the XML, which by the way is there in > *any* consumer because the WSDL is passed across. There's > the whole overhead of building the responses from the > prototype's. There's very little simple when it comes > to SOAP. You'll be a lot happier if you want something > trimmer with JRPC, but you may be happiest with the > fullest set of functionality with some kind of JSON > interface. But that's up to you. > > > === > Geoff Crawford Phone:(973) 361 - 4224 > Innov8 Computer Solutions, LLC FAX: (973) 537 - 6946 > 711 Route 10 East, Suite 204 Email: ge...@innov8cs.com > Randolph NJ 07869Web: http://www.processwareerp.com > > ProcessWare ERP for the Chemical Industry > > -- Henry Minsky Software Architect hmin...@laszlosystems.com
Re: [Laszlo-user] Consuming web services
At 03:45 PM 4/9/2010, Chris Freyer wrote: Hi all. I'm new to OpenLaszlo but not to web apps or UI design. I'm attempting to consume some of my own web services from an OL frontend. The web services are just EJBs that are exposed using Java EE's "@WebService" annotation. I'm attempting to use the tag, but there seems to be a lot of XML overhead on the OL side. Am I missing something? Is there a simple way to do it? Should I prefer the tag instead? Any best practice info appreciated. FYI: This is a new project, and I don't have to use EJBs. Its just an easy way to generate XML-based services. Have you looked at the full SOAP spec? It's not just that there's overhead in the XML, which by the way is there in *any* consumer because the WSDL is passed across. There's the whole overhead of building the responses from the prototype's. There's very little simple when it comes to SOAP. You'll be a lot happier if you want something trimmer with JRPC, but you may be happiest with the fullest set of functionality with some kind of JSON interface. But that's up to you. === Geoff Crawford Phone:(973) 361 - 4224 Innov8 Computer Solutions, LLC FAX: (973) 537 - 6946 711 Route 10 East, Suite 204 Email: ge...@innov8cs.com Randolph NJ 07869Web: http://www.processwareerp.com ProcessWare ERP for the Chemical Industry
[Laszlo-user] Consuming web services
Hi all. I'm new to OpenLaszlo but not to web apps or UI design. I'm attempting to consume some of my own web services from an OL frontend. The web services are just EJBs that are exposed using Java EE's "@WebService" annotation. I'm attempting to use the tag, but there seems to be a lot of XML overhead on the OL side. Am I missing something? Is there a simple way to do it? Should I prefer the tag instead? Any best practice info appreciated. FYI: This is a new project, and I don't have to use EJBs. Its just an easy way to generate XML-based services. Thanks! - Chris Freyer cfre...@gmail.com
