A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi
Right on the money! Actually, if XML services are the only option, then I have no problem buying a book and learning. I'm more partial to a free service, but will pay if there are no reliable alternatives. I also don't limit myself to java, if anyone has any other java or non-java alternatives.Originally posted by Stan James:
...This may quickly lead to your next question if you haven't done it before - how to consume XML web services!
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Carl Trusiak, SCJP2, SCWCD
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Carl Trusiak, SCJP2, SCWCD
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Originally posted by Joel McNary:
I would see if any of the services provide XML data streams. You could open up a java.net.URLConnection to the provider and obtain the XML data stream , parsing it with the javax.xml package.
I did just this to obtain real-time airline information for a limousine company who needed to see if thier clients' flights were delayed. (And thus could dispatch the drivers at a later time, so the drivers wern't waiting time waiting at the airport for a delayed flight...)
Originally posted by Jamie Robertson:
OK, here's the skinny. This is supposed to be a small task. I think that learning SOAP, XML, AXIS, Web Services for this piddly little task might be overkill not to mention that we don't have a webserver, or any of that web jazz. The environment I work in only utilizes core Java, and some fringe network stuff like LDAP, and security, but nothing fancy.
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Carl Trusiak, SCJP2, SCWCD