-Stace
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From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:51 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Flash Remoting with Blue Dragon
Sounds good, where can I find it? Maybe the Flash on that site was too
much for me, but I just didn't see it.
-Matt
On Jan 14, 2004, at 1:40 PM, Clint Tredway wrote:
> openamf is a java implementation of Flash remoting. it is said to be
> more robust than MM's flash remoting for java.
>
> clint
>
> Matt Liotta wrote:
>
> > Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anything like an open source
> > implementation of AMF, which is what I assumed I would find given
the
> > domain name. What am I supposed to find there?
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2004, at 5:40 PM, Brian LeRoux wrote:
> >
> > > Give openamf.org a go. Solves all these issues you mention.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: January 13, 2004 10:56 AM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: Re: Flash Remoting with Blue Dragon
> > >
> > > > Depends on how you look at "portable". At the end of the day a
> Flash
> > > > app
> > > > can only access a server resource if it resides on the same
> server as
> > > > the published SWF file or if crossdomain.xml allows it. If you
> have
> > > > access to the server it really only makes sense to take
> advantage of
> > > > the
> > > > Remoting performance boost. Remember Remoting works with SOAP
> but the
> > > > deserialization occurs on the server not the client so the issue
> of
> > > > SOAP
> > > > vs Remoting really isn't there.
> > > >
> > > It might make sense to use Flash Remoting, but you have to
remember
> > > that Flash Remoting is a product that costs money, so even if you
> have
> > > access to the server, you will still need a license to Flash
> Remoting
> > > before you can use it. On the other hand, there are plenty of
> server
> > > products that have built-in support for SOAP meaning that adding
> Flash
> > > Remoting to the mix will actually cost more.
> > >
> > > > 3. I have found Flash Remoting and AMF to be more robust than
> the web
> > > > service implementations I have used. I have forced myself to
> use web
> > > > services in newer projects rather than Flash Remoting just to
> get the
> > > > experience, and I have found bugs in both the Flash
> implementation
> > > and
> > > > in Apache Axis which caused a lot of frustration and would have
> been
> > > > avoided if I had used Flash Remoting. So far, I have not run
> into
> > > any
> > > > significant bugs with Flash Remoting that I can recall.
> > > >
> > > > Very true.
> > > >
> > > Maybe true for some, but there are plenty of Flash Remoting issues
> that
> > > still haven't been addressed. For example, you still can't consume
> > > services from Java classes and CFCs in the same context as both
> rely on
> > > different gateways that are not compatible. Further, there is
> serious
> > > marshaling challenges for Java-based services that Flash Remoting
> > > consumes not the least of which is corrupted objects.
> > >
> > > -Matt
> > > _____
> > >
> >
>
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