Re: Java and XML

[Yale.Xiao@choicepoint.net]

I think the PetStore example has it. You may want to check it out.



                                                                                              
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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,

Kevin O'Neill Stoll
http://kevinstoll.org/
(770) 569-7251