From: Sam Roberts Date: 2004-01-16T12:03:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Quick Input -- Sockets vs. HTTP I don't know about Ruby's XML-RPC implementation, but there is nothing about xml-rpc which would force you to do any kind of "invocation", though I'm not to sure what you mean. The XML you posted looks very much like what xml-rpc marshals calls and returns into, you could probably just use the marshalling code. Sam Quoteing dhtapp@cox.net, on Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 11:16:34AM +0900: > Hi, > > Thanks for the thought. I'm keeping that on the back burner for now. I'd > prefer to pass data only at this stage, without invoking anything > directly... > > - dan > > > "Joel VanderWerf" wrote in message > news:400727B5.6080105@path.berkeley.edu... > > dhtapp wrote: > > > So, to anyone with more network programming experience in both Ruby and > > > Java, my question is: if you were in my position, which approach would > you > > > take? Or, maybe more appropriately, what kinds of questions should I be > > > asking myself to help make the determination? > > > > What about XML-RPC? That's in the ruby stdlib as of 1.8.0. > > > > > > > > >