On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 04:26 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote:
Hi Andre,
Glad to see 'granddaddy' XML-RPC is still alive and kicking ; while I would agree that it is easier to use, nearly all of the Web Service implementations in development tools (such as in WebObjects 5.2, 4th Dimension 2003, and our beloved Revolution 2.0) are concentrating around SOAP. Granted, the specs for SOAP 1.2 are hefty (which is why it is no longer an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol) but they offer a lot of enterprise-level features, such as parts that are forwarded to and handled by different web services, etc. In most cases, overkill. But it's the standard, so we have to follow suit. However, implementing XML-RPC using the 'post' command and employing the revXML library, should be a breeze ; and I bet you could learn a lot from the SOAP toolbox if you were to build a library for it.
Best regards,
Jan Schenkel.
Jan,
Yes, SOAP do have enterprise level features that XML-RPC lacks... and sometimes it's just overkill, think for example a simple blog tool, the code required for soap transport would be bigger than the rest of the app... :D
I intend to buy Rev Studio this week, if I do, i'll try to implement a simple xml-rpc stack so others may improve upon!
Cheers
Andre Garzia 2003 imac2 ibook p100 e uma torradeira....
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