On 24 Sep 2004 at 13:52, Also Sprach Kjetil Kjernsmo: > On fredag 24. september 2004, 11:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The question is, should I stick with the cgi approach or use the > > content provider class? Which offers more flexibility? > > Any caveats/experiences appreciated. > > I'd not think twice about writing a Provider.... :-) CGI is 1996-style > technology, and I wouldn't be using it at all.
Hmm. Well I've looked into it a bit and the Provider method seems a bit weighty resource wise, especially for large xml files. With the simple perl scripts I can just print to stdout, no probs. >However, I think you > might be interested in SAWA, which is currently being developed. It > sounds like exactly the right thing for you. Ah, I had a look at that, once I'd found it, (it's not on CPAN), and it made my eyes bleed :) Tho as you recommend it I'll look into it some more. > I'm not quite positive the > SAWA hackers are going to recommend it yet, but if they are, I'm sure > they will speak up. Aye :) John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]