Got a question about Java and
XML:
Let's say you are
interacting with some sort of Session bean and the method you are going to
access is going to return a collection. It seems to me that you could do
this just as easily by returning an XML string to the client. The problem
that I am having is that I can't find anyone who supports this idea, via
examples or in technical articles, so it makes me wonder if I am wrong but I
just don't know it yet :P
As well, I spoke to a VB
developer friend of mine and they use XML to pass a method parameters. He
said this was extremely useful because if he wants to add a parameter to a
public method that he does not have to break his binary compatibility. Once
again, this sounds great for Java but I have not been able to find any
examples in how-to's or technical articles.
I'm interested in hearing
some feedback on the up's and down's of using XML to send parameters and
return collections or lists. As well as, where I might find some examples of
how someone else has implemented it.
Thank you,