Re: XMLSERVICE

Actually I have never seen programming like the one in XMLSERVICE:



XMLSERVICE is a BATCHJOB under QSYSWRK that when idle has a status SEMW
(waiting for a semaphore)

XMLCGI is a REST job (in my book) running under APACHE.



When XMLCGI gets a request it seems that all the processing is passed to
XMLSERVICE but not in one call, XMLSERVICE more acts like a service program
or command processor if you will. It has something with the semget,
semop,shmget, shmat, shmdt and ftok QC2LE API’s to do. Maybe Scott has a
better explanation?



<JonMessage>

perhaps this isn’t the right forum, but since we are discussing XMLSERVICE
and since many frequently writing authors and “opinion makers” are already
onboard in the tread, I found it right to post my findings and idea’s.

</JonMessage>



XMLSERVICE appears to be much a “project” like CGIDEV2, it has IBM
copyright written all over it, but as I read it, it is allowed to include
XMLSERVICE in your own “package”.



Since I already tries to consolidate and enhance a number of Open Source
projects into a common platform XMLSERVICE may be a way to also include
ZEND CE and thereby PHP and thereby create an environment and a common
ground where you can run RPGLE and PHP side by side.



In regards to JSON I have decided to intercept the result from
XMLCGI/XMLSERVICE and rewrite XML to JSON – this is a 20 statement rewrite
off/add to XMLCGI in the XMLSERVICE package and a couple of new sub
procedures to my project.



But the changes I will do to XMLCGI will be simple and general – I will
simply add a couple of more input possibilities and add an exit function
that has the %addr and %size of result set from XMLSERVICE, rebuild the
output buffer and shoot it away to the client.



The bad thing is that it creates an overlay – the good thing is that I got
it up and running in less than 2 hours.



The bottom line is – you can now use the power of XMLSERVICE scripts and
use the result raw, in PHP or whatever or you can use it in CGIDEV2 or
POWEREXT.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

On Jan 26, 2012, at 4:28 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have now been testing XMLSERVICE on a CCSID 277 (danish) system and

here

are some general comments:

Not to disagree with anything you said Henrik, but have you also posted
this on the project site? Not a lot of point in listing it all here.

Considering Zend's involvement and IBM's international thrust I confess I
am surprised at some of the things you encountered. But again this is not
the right forum.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com




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