RE: XML Documents

Creating XML is easy.  Parsing XML is more difficult, but easier to do if
you use java vs. RPG in my opinion.  Awhile back I posted an app I wrote to
do something almost exactly similar to what you need to do.

Check out this page:
http://rpgenerationx.com/e-rpg/DSPMSG?forum=cvJava&msgid=0000004
I used jdom (jdom.org) to parse and build my XML.  In all reality you don't
need a parser to build XML.  You could just code stuff like the following:

eval XML = '<xml><PO
number="12345"><item>hat</item><item>shoes</item></PO></xml>'

and then send that to where ever it needs to go whether it be a response to
an HTTP request or if something made a RPC (Remote Program Call) to your RPG
program.

Also, check out IBM's alpha works site: http://alphaworks.ibm.com/ which
will give you a ton of info on XML (more than you want and maybe not
everything you need).  Basically you just need to dive in head first and see
what works best for you.

Hope that helps,
Aaron Bartell


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From: Justin Houchin [mailto:jhouchin9@charter.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:30 PM
To: web400@midrange.com
Subject: [WEB400] XML Documents


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Can anyone point me in the right direction for creating XML Documents. I
have to create an XML document, send it to ups's server, it will calculate
the shipping cost, receive the data back on my 400 and write the data back
to the browser via CGI. I have no clue where to start!


Thanks,

Justin Houchin
Programmer
Reliatek, Inc
jhouchin9@charter.net
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