Joseph Lubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am evaluating platforms for an upcoming project.
>
> As a developer with roots in Smalltalk and C, I am leaning to WebObjects
> because it appears to be a next generation set of tools, but, of course,
> I have to deal with the client who knows something about AppServers,
> Enterprise Java Beans, etc. So I have a few questions that I hope
> someone can help me with.
Specifically which functional of EJBs are you interested in? WO/DOES
come with a distributed object mechanism, the PDO, which I have used
in the past with much success. Apparently it can speak to CORBA 2.0
compliant, but I have not verified this with my own eyes.
> I assume EJBs are not supported on WO. Can anyone describe how their
> functionality is handled in WO? Or point me to some reading that I can
> do.
Since WO also works with Java, using EJBs would be no problem.
> I have seen no mention whatsoever of using OODBMSs with WO. Does
> anybody do it? If so, which, how? Is it as straightforward as I think
> it would be?
I've used mostly relational databases. I do not know of any adaptors
for the usual OODBMS vendors, but that does not mean they do not
exist. Hopefully someone else on the list can fill you in there.
> I am inclined to program in ObjC for the back-end. Is this a bad idea?
> Will Apple be moving strongly in the Java direction at the expense of
> ObjC? How stable is Java vs. ObjC? Is there any functionality missing
> in the Java implmentation? Performance issues?
I do all development in ObjC.
> Are there XML classes available?
Not that I know of, and if anyone else knows of them I would be
stoked. I supposed wrapping some ObjC around 'expat' or whatever Jim
Clark is calling his C-based XML parser, would be trivial.
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Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Less matter, more form! - Bruno Schulz
