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Michael Kay wrote: >>Hello Mr. Kay, >> When you say, "probably not to encode it at all, >>i.e. send the XML document as is", do you mean send >>the XML document as a string? >> >> > >Yes. An XML document is a string. > > >>My sending application will create XML (for e.g. from >>browser input). I think best way to create a XML >>structure from discreet input values, would to use a >>DOM parser, and then serializing the DOM object into >>string? Is this the best way to create XML string at >>source application! >> >> > >That's one way. Alternatives to DOM, within the same architectural approach, >include JDOM and XOM - both are much easier to use. Other possibilities >include writing out SAX events to a SAX serializer, or writing angle-bracket >syntax directly. Which is easiest depends on your application. > > >>I recently came to know about 2 applications >>exchanging XML via email as transport. The sending >>application sends "XML file" attachments to a specific >>email address. The receiving application extracts the >>XML attachments from email. Is this a practical >>approach? >> >> > >It seems a bit kludgey to me, but as a cheap and cheerful way of achieving >asynchronous communication with minimal configuration overhead, it's >certainly viable. > > it's cheap and cheerful alright. but can be very effective. you have the advantage of the email filtering process to protect you from a lot of nasties. i've used it a lot where cheap and cheerful fits the bill. the biggest problem is congestion with other email traffic so you can't guarantee response times. if that's important then you need a more dedicated product or a more sophistcated email setup. i use sendmail for these little applications :) as it's pretty easy to configure these days. rick >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > >!DSPAM:42170c38157741199417861! > > > begin:vcard fn:Rick Marshall n:Marshall;Rick email;internet:rjm@z... tel;cell:+61 411 287 530 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
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