xml-dev - Re: XML-RPC or SOAP

[mark hu <mark@fintrack.com>]

Our product just simply send HTTP request with message wrapped in XML to
server side and server side listener pick up the message and un-wrap the
message and make relative Object Invokes ( we're using Java/CORBA - can
smoothly plug in COM as well, and the server side message listener can
re-direct message to anywhere that is wired up .... )  - So, I did see any
needs for XML-RPC, what it's fitting in ????????? - our product is
targetting Equity Trading floor - very high data volumes, and so far this
archi. works very well, and every one likes it - for using SOAP, we can just
simply make the message SOAP compatible and that's it, again, I did see any
needs for XML-RPC, what kind of big project we are talking about here
????????

mark
"Make Your Life More Enjoyable"
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
To: <xml-dev@xml.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: XML-RPC or SOAP


> At 09:03 AM 8/4/00 -0700, Dave Winer wrote:
> >XML-RPC is alive and well.
> >
> >SOAP is coming along, but there aren't many interoperable
implementations,
> >and none of them implement all the possibilities. So interoperability is
> >still a challenge in SOAP-space, where it's trivial in XML-RPC, and done,
> >and demonstrated.
> >
> >So my advice is this, if XML-RPC does what you need to do, use it.
>
> For once, I'll agree with Dave 100%.
>
> SOAP may be more 'advanced', but XML-RPC is very convenient and easy to
> learn.  For small projects, and maybe even for some relatively simple big
> projects, XML-RPC makes a lot of sense.
>
> (I like to say that XML-RPC gives you enough rope to hang yourself, but
> SOAP gives you enough rope to hang yourself and a lot of other people too.
> Rope is, of course, useful for other things as well!)
>
> Simon St.Laurent
> XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
> http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
>