Hi, I just downloaded xmlrpc 2.0: xmlrpc-current.tar.gz 25-May-2005 15:53 448K Apache XMLRPC downloads and want to try my hand at a simple "hello world!" client and server. Can someone please point me to a tutorial or a recently-updated howto?
I can't find any docs (aside from API docs) at: http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/ I also took a look here: http://wiki.apache.org/ws/XML-RPC but it seems that the wiki could use a little TLC... I read some of the howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XML-RPC-HOWTO/index.html but that seems to be sorely out of date (last updated April 2001). I tried sending an email to the maintainer (Eric Kidd), but it bounced back at me. Is anyone maintaining the howto? I'm guessing there's no Java- specific howto, since this one already has a Java section to it: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XML-RPC-HOWTO/xmlrpc-howto-java.html (though, it uses "import helma.xmlrpc.*;", so I'm guessing this section of that howto is also out of date). I'm pretty new to RPC and web services in general. I've implemented a small web service using Axis, but I'm really only using it for RPC, and also only passing simple args to my instance methods, so I'm thinking that I'd like something a little more lightweight. I've also heard about something called "REST", but have found very few docs about it on the net. It seems like REST is just like XML-RPC, except that instead of function calls, you're using URLs. Any insights appreciated! Also, I'm happy to update the wiki if folks are kind enough to reply on this list. Thanks, ---John ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
