From: Hugo Garcia <rubyhacker@...>
Date: 2001-12-07T01:07:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27707] Re: marshalling (incompatible marshal file format)

Has CORBA been implemented using Ruby?

-H

neumann@s-direktnet.de wrote:

> Dave Thomas wrote:
> 
>>Paul Brannan <paul@atdesk.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>>I need to read some data from a Ruby script running on a remote host.
>>>It was awfully convenient for me to simply marshal the data across the
>>>wire, rather than writing routines to read/write the data myself.
>>>
>>>However, I ran into a problem when trying to read data from a host
>>>running Ruby 1.6.5 to a host running 1.6.4.  Is there any way to either:
>>>  a) force the server to use a marshal format that the client
>>>     understands, or
>>>  b) teach the client how to read the newer marshal format, even though
>>>     it is an older version of the interpreter?
>>>
>>>In this particular case, I can simply install 1.6.5 on the client, but
>>>that may not be an option in the future.
>>>
>>You could use xmarshal and transfer the stuff across in XML. I _think_
>>that'll be version independent, although I've never tried it.
>>
>>   http://www.goto.info.waseda.ac.jp/~fukusima/ruby/xmarshal.html
>>
> 
> Alternatively use SOAP or XML-RPC to marshal your objects. Then you're
> not only platform and version independent but also completely language independent.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   Michael
> 
>