Welcome to the list, Leland. I don't know the exact differences, but Key Ray has created an alternative library for XML in Revolution - many users say it's a better implementation.
http://www.sonsothunder.com/products/xmllib/xmllib.htm sqb On 21 October 2010 09:29, Leland Vandervort <lel...@dev.discpro.org> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Apologies in advance if something along these lines has already been raised > on the mailing list ‹ having just joined the list at the suggestion of > runrev support. > > I did try via the forums and looking around the wider net for some > information, but have drawn blanks. > > Please see below the cruxt of the question/problem that I posted to the > forums. > > Thanks in advance for any guidance, advice, pointers, etc. > > Regards, > > Leland > > -- > > >From the forums: > > I have an application that I'm trying to prototype that makes extensive use > of XMLRPC, including advanced data structures (such as arrays/array-refs, > hashes/hashrefs, and even arrays with embedded hashes which themselves may > contain additional arrays with further embedded hashes etc.) > I can manage to do just about any manipulation that I need to do for XMLRPC > in Perl, but I'm finding the revXMLRPC functions to be very cumbersome with > unclear documentation and almost no working examples available that I've > been able to find. To be honest, I'm not even sure of the revXMLRPC > functions even de-serialise the encapsulated XML data to return standard > data structures, or if I then have to use additional functions from revXML > to do that. > > Perl, of course, contains a number of various libraries to work with XMLRPC > and simply deserialises the data to return a data structure with which I > can > work. > > Given that LiveCode/Revolution is toted as "less coding, and more > productive", I'm at a loss to find an equivalent to the types of things > that > I'm trying to do here. > > For example, with just a few lines in Perl, I can use (in this example) a > couple of XMLRPC calls to obtain a list of virtual machines from a cloud > provider, and the current data concerning those machines. (using the > Frontier::RPC library for this) .. example: > > --- code --- > # other stuff snipped here to get to the nitty gritty > my %vms ; #empty hash to store the details of my VMs > > # login to rpc server > my $rpc = Frontier::Client->new( url => $server_url ); > my $key = $rpc->call('login',$username,$password); > > # got my key now start calling various methods... > my $vm_list = $rpc->call('vm.list',$key); > > # now iterate the vm.list and get the info for each vm and store it into a > local hash for manipulation > foreach my $vm (@{$vm_list}) { > my $vm_info = $rpc->call('vm_info',$key,$vm->{id}); > # store the data in my %vms hash > $vms{$vm_info->{id}} = $vm_info ; > } > $rpc->close(); > > # now I can do whatever I like with the data... > # like iterate through the list and display some useful data... > > foreach my $vm (keys %vms) { > print "VM ID: $vms{$vm}->{id} -- Hostname: $vms{$vm}->{hostname} -- > State: $vms{$vm}->{state}\n"; > > # get a list of interfaces in the VM: > print "Interface List...\n"; > > foreach my $if (@{$vms{$vm}->{ifaces}}) { > print "Interface ID: $if->{id} -- Speed: $if->{bandwidth} -- Status: > $if->{state}\n"; > } > } > --- end code --- > > > I can't seem to find a "reasonable" way to do this in livecode/revolution > with the limited examples/documentation that I have available (and I have > hard-copies of the RunRev 4.0 user manual, and the 3.0 dictionaries volumes > 1 and 2) -- Just wondering if there is a relatively straightforward way of > accomplishing the equivalent of the above in livecode as I cannot find any > suitable examples after spending hours searching the forums, and the wider > net... > > > Thanks in advance for any pointers, tips, or references that may be useful! > > Regards, > > L. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution