On 27 Jul 2006, at 08:19, Zhou, Jing (Jing) wrote:
All,
I have used XML-RPC for two monthes, but I don't know the
benefit of
XML-RPC. Can anyone tell me the defference between XML-RPC and
other RPCs,
for example Java RMI? Thanks very much!
XML-RPC allows you to provide a service without worrying about the
language or operating environment of the client. So clients can be
written in Perl, C, C#, Java, Python, etc.
If you have control over the client and server (e.g. they are both
implemented in Java) and you have no need to ever provide your
service to other environments then I can see very little advantage in
using XML-RPC.
Java RMI is really at the other end of the spectrum. You need very
good control over both endpoints (e.g. class file versioning) if you
want to use RMI successfully.
In the end what you choose is an engineering decision. To make the
decision you need to know the details of your environment, to make a
judgement as to how the environment is going to change over time and
to use you knowledge of the characteristics of the possible solutions
to choose the mechanism which best fits your needs.
John Wilson
The Wilson Partnership
web http://www.wilson.co.uk
blog http://eek.ook.org
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