We should, these days, add JSON to the mix. While not XML, it's rapidly becoming the format of choice for AJAX.
On 7/29/07, Dave Watts wrote: > > While the website looks modern the most recent download is > > 1999 and the last news item in 2001 talks about the new site > > openwddx.org opening. > > So ... is this an "old" technology that is begin replaced by > > a more mature XML environment? > > Yes, it's quite old - it dates from the CF 4 timeframe. I wouldn't say it's > being replaced by a "more mature XML environment", though - XML is XML - but > rather that programmers are becoming more familiar with working with XML > directly, and CF now provides the functionality to do so. The purpose of > WDDX is simply to describe common datatypes within XML. Most use of WDDX has > always been within CF programs, as well, rather than between CF programs and > other programs. The generic problem of data exchange and interoperability > has been solved (repeatedly) via SOAP, XML-RPC, and REST. > > All that said, if I have a complex datatype (query, structure, anything that > contains one of these such as an array of structures) and I want to quickly > convert it to a string and back again, WDDX is ideal and easy to use. -- mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
