They provide a method of creating something similar to stored procedures, a handsome addition to any DB server ;-) They could also be the foundation for triggers and other server side additions to Xindice.
I have been using Xindice 1.0 in production for a company since 4/4/02 as a single-user automated storage facility that makes use of XMLObjects to move documents from one collection to another for archiving as well as a few other functions. Not much code, fast, and very handy! As for how many people are using them, I have no idea. There was some discussion of them on the users list some time back. At one point there was a bug that would not allow them to execute. Not sure if this was fixed in 1.0 or not, but I could take a look. Kurt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gianugo Rabellino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:02 AM Subject: Re: Xindice 1.1 > Kurt Ward wrote: > > There is another issue of 1.1 that may or may not create havoc with our > > current users: XMLObjects (or lack thereof). We need to add this back or > > create a viable replacement, if not for 1.1, but for sure a 1.2+ (keep in > > mind that this is what was originally planned to drive things such as > > triggers, etc.). > > Do you have an idea of how many people is actually using the XMLObject > code on 1.0? I didn't really find a good use case for them, and in my > understanding almost nobody is using them ATM. I think that a much more > useful feature would be adding support for BinayResources, so I'd rather > work on that. > > Anyway, I don't even know why they were removed, and how painful would > be to bring them in again. Do you have any idea? > > > If we can manage to get into the "release often" way of things, we should > > not have a problem stepping the product up to the level that everyone wants > > (and needs) it to be. Do we vote on moving the XMLObject code back into the > > tree or create another solution entirely? > > I'd like to have some good use cases for XMLObjects first, so that I can > finally understand how they will be useful to the end user. > > Ciao, > > -- > Gianugo Rabellino
