Friendly co-existance

[Marc Logemann <spam1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta wrote:

> > your iSeries knowledge and have no doubt that your solutions really
>
> work
>
> > well. Perhaps mine also work well so that there is space for more than
> > one approach to a solution.
>
>
> Hah!  You may well be right, Marc!
>
> In fact, when my RPG/Java 3-tier system needs to speak to your EJB-based
> system, chances are I'll be using a Java class to transfer XML to you to
> do it (although it may be XML-RPC instead of a Web Service, and I'll
> probably generate the XML myself in RPG <grin>).
>
> Joe


Do you use XML-RPC because its easier to generate the XML when not 
having an API for it? Or is it because of the performance advantage, 
which makes XML-RPC a really useful option in the land of http based 
remote protcols. Are there any APIs for RPG when it comes to XML-RPC or 
SOAP at all? (sorry, but this is really a home match for java isnt it? ;-))

And i just want to make sure that i dont defend every piece in the java 
world. Lets take EntityBeans in their current manifestation. Its really 
a painfull spec.

And we totally agree regarding the DB2 for iSeries. I have never seen a 
more robust database on any platform. This is why i love this machine, 
but i still think that the java implementation could be faster, but i 
have not benchmarked this on various iSeries machines, so its just a 
feeling.

Peace, Love and IBM ;-)

regards
Marc Logemann