Result formats

[rmarp]

Hi folks,



I'm trying to decide what communication mechanism to use
between my Flex app and my Java server. The three options I see
are: HTTP, SOAP, and Remoting. I understand how these work in
concept but the key question I have here is:



I know I can set the resultFormat property of the HTTPService
object to various values, do I have the same control over
RemoteObject and WebService? If not, what format does it come back
in? XML? Object? An thoughts on the merits of either being used as
by the Model as binable business objects?



Thanks in advance for your thoughts.



Ryan

[aBill]

Hi,



My opinions on HTTP, SOAP and Remoting: (order is not my
preferences)

1. WebServices(Soap)- It supports other clients not only
flash ones. The package size is big since it is xml. It also makes
the flash clients able to talk to third party services.



2. HTTPService - I don't consider it as remote procedure
calls. It works more likely as html's form. It doesn't like
remoting or webservice have seperate methods in the destination. It
is easy to verify the data load to your app. Just call it with your
query parameter in a browser. The service can be a static file or a
server dynamic page.



3. RemoteObject - compact protocol and better performance.
More manageable and extensible, it is java classes which make your
services develope in Object Oriented Models



There are more articles which you can find for in-dept
analysis.



William Chan

[rmarp]

Hi William,



Thanks for the response.



Good point about HTTPService not having multiple
operations/methods. I was really only considering using XML over
HTTP because it appeared to give me more control over the format of
the result. I would prefer to use SOAP as a minimum. I'm just not
sure about the result formats. Do you know what format data comes
back in when using WebServices? ObjectProxy's? XML?



Ryan