Thanks Dale. Web services can pass around complex objects yes? I assume they need to be marshalled / unmarshalled first though?
If you don't mind me asking, I'm interesting to here why you wouldn't choose Java for the backend? And what your preference would be? On 7 July 2010 10:15, Dale Fraser <d...@fraser.id.au> wrote: > I don't see this as an issue, > > There will be a small performance hit calling java as web services, but > probably not noticeable. > > It provides you with a way to transition away from the legacy stuff over > time > > I would personally wouldn't choose Java for the backend, but I'm sure you > have your reasons. > > Regards > Dale Fraser > > http://dale.fraser.id.au > http://cfmldocs.com > http://learncf.com > http://flexcf.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaus...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Andrew > Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 9:55 AM > To: cfaussie > Subject: [cfaussie] Web Services - Architectural Question > > Hi Folks, > > We're currently looking at some architectural changes and I have a few > questions that maybe some experts can help me with. > > We currently have a lot of duplication of business logic in some Java Web > apps, a CF public website and some legacy fat clients. > > Ideally we want to move to an architecture where our desktop clients and web > apps to share the same back end codebase (likely to be Java). > > Is it feasible that the public website (CF) could make all its data accesses > via the Java stuff exposed as Web Services ? Or would this suck performance > wise? The CF server and web services would be hosted in the same data > center. > > All the samples with web services seem to be getting a stock price or a > weather forecast. I guess what I want to know is, is it scalable to > something bigger than that? > > Obviously deploying the Java code within the CF server instance and > accessing it via <cfobject> is an option too, however I think the goal is to > have all the clients (be they CF, Flex, Java, whatever) talking to a shared > set of services if this is feasible? > > Andrew. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "cfaussie" group. > To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "cfaussie" group. > To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en.
