From: Chris Morris <chrismo@...>
Date: 2002-03-19T12:06:31+09:00
Subject: RE: [ANN] Xml Serialization for Ruby

> > I'd rather see this xml:
> >
> >   <Person>
> >     <name>Chris Morris</name>
> >     <age>30</age>
> >     <height>72</height>
> >   </Person>
> >
> SOAP XML instance which does not include type
> informations looks like the formar.
>
> SOAP4R can dump typeless XML instance but cannot load
> it because I have not yet finished WSDL4R.  sigh.
>
> require 'soap/marshal'
>
> puts aspDotNetMarshal( o )
>
> =>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <env:Envelope xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>     xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
>     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>   <Person>
>     <name>NaHi</name>
>     <age>32</age>
>     <height>173</height>
>   </Person>
> </env:Envelope>

Thanks for posting, I'll have to take a closer look at this -- no need to
reinvent the wheel. In your opinion, do you possibly see a need for a
serializer like mine? Or do you think it'd mostly be duplicated effort? I'm
just wondering if there might be some pitfalls with soap4r because its focus
is maintaining the standard which might not always concise. For example, the
envelope stuff is superfluous for what I want.

It also confirms my thoughts about the C# serialization.

Chris