HI Dennis, This will be a nice test of Axis2's pluggable data binding capability. We still have played with XMLBeans only. And if you could plugin JiBX with our extensions, we can prove the plug ability, at least a bit more.
This pluggable data binding thing was one of the desires or expectations of the attendees at ApacheCon. -- Chinthaka > > I definitely agree that start-from-Java can be very useful, Robert. I'm > planning to work on adding support for my JiBX data binding framework > (http://www.jibx.org) to Axis2, starting after the next release. I think > JiBX is one of the nicest start-from-Java frameworks around, though it's > also being extended to better support start-from-schema. > > - Dennis > > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > >On 8/10/05, Sanjiva Weerawarana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ><snip> > > > > > > > >>Actually, even if Glen's doing an "old style" data binder, I would say > >>that does not in any way preclude doing a dynamic start-from-java binder > >>in any way. If yours comes out better we can figure out how to make it > >>be default. > >> > >> > > > >i'm a big xmlbeans fan and think it's a good match for axis2. there > >are a couple of use cases where i think it (and most start-from-schema > >binders) are weak: > > > >1 when faced with a unexpressive schema > >2 fast prototyping especially when adding a web service interface onto > >an existing application and in particular by developers with strong > >java backgrounds but weak xml. > > > >IMHO start-from-java is a better match for these cases. (though in the > >second, it would probably be replaced later by a generative solution.) > >so, maybe there'd be some reason why people might want to use a > >start-from-java binder even if it turns out to be better to directly > >port the old style stuff. opinions? > > > >- robert > > > > > >
