Re: RPG and XML or JSON

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

YAJL and YAJLGEN/YAJLINTO are great tools.

But I'm mystified.  Why on earth is anybody converting the XML from/to JSON in the first place?  The only possible outcome is an increase in processing time.

I'm baffled.


Jon P.

> On May 19, 2021, at 4:51 PM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need help to decide if  the YAJL Open Source JSON Tool is the right
> choice for us.
>
> I'm working on a new application that will accept and return data in JSON
> format.
> The company that will be sending the data already receives it in XML format
> from their client and converts it to JSON that it sends to us. Then, on
> receiving our JSON response, it will convert it back to XML for the client.
> We are currently only used to dealing with XML formatted data only and have
> no JSON experience. We have a couple of possibilities that would enable us
> to convert the data from JSON to XML and back which would be a shame to
> have to do.
>
> We need to weigh up the cost between implementing a solution that we know
> how to do and one that we don't but looks better.
> How can I go about estimating the time to install and deploy the YAJL
> solution? Is it an easy solution to implement?
> Is there any way of estimating the effect on the response times if we were
> to convert the JSON to XML? That would mean 4 conversions of the data from
> XML to JSON and back.
>
> Thanks!
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