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At 10:52 AM 04/03/02 +0000, Francis Norton wrote: >Yes - you can implement XML interfaces between components in at least four ways: > >[1] pass an XML document >[2] pass an XML DOM >[3] pass a schema-equivalent programming language object (using tools for automatic schema <-> class conversion) >[4] pass an event stream > >Our experiences suggest that [3] and [4] are best for high-volume performance-critical server-side finance applications. You're buying some performance. You're giving up a lot of the things that make XML worthwhile, in particular no binary dependencies on any particular hardware, OS, or whatever. Your call. But it feels like a lousy bargain, architecturally, compared to [1]. -Tim
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