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> I have a requirement to pass XML between 2 different
> applications. The 2 applications are running on
> different machines, and are Java based. The sender
> application will generate XML to be sent, and would
> send the XML to the receiving application.
If the two applications are on different machines, then the document needs
to be serialized to be sent from one to the other. For nearly all practical
purposes, the best serialization format for XML documents is... XML.
>
> I want to know the possible approaches for this.
>
> The following two approaches are coming to my mind.
> 1) Create a DOM object at the sending application, and
> send this DOM object to the recieving application. I
> have some doubt with this approach..
The Java serialization of a DOM is going to be vastly less efficient than
the XML representation.
>
> 2) Encode XML as string at the sending application,
> and send this XML string to the receiving appliction.
Far better.
>
> I want to compare the above approaches from
> feasibility and performance point of view. I also want
> to know other approaches..
>
> As a secondary requirement, I want to make the XML
> transmission reliable(i.e. guranteed and 1 time
> delivery). I belive, I can use messaging softwares for
> this (like WebSphere MQ and others). What are the best
> practices for reliable transmission? Should I pass DOM
> object, String.. etc.?
That's a requirement on the transport layer, which is quite independent of
the message syntax chosen.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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