I'd like to stick my oar in here and be explicit about something I think Eddie 
Shin is hinting at-- it's hard to think of a use case where building FOXML is 
really the best way to get objects built. Using the APIs has always been more 
efficient and pleasant for us. I think I can accurately claim that all 
modifications that would appear in an object's FOXML representation are 
supported by the SOAP API-M, and almost all are supported by the REST API-M.

Can you describe your particular need?

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A. Soroka
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On Jun 17, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Edwin Shin wrote:

> Khaled,
> 
> Not sure what you're asking. FOXML is an XML serialization of a Fedora 
> object. So, for a given API-M operation that modifies a Fedora object, yes, 
> you are in effect updating an object's FOXML representation.
> 
> If you're looking for something that lets you create or modify FOXML on the 
> client side, then no, API-M won't do that for you. If you're using Java, 
> there's a org.fcrepo.utilities.Foxml11Document utility class that is included 
> in the fcrepo-server.jar which let's you generate FOXML documents 
> programmatically. I wrote that mostly for building test objects (see 
> ResourceIndexRebuilderTest and TestManagedDatastreams classes for example 
> usage). 
> 
> Depends on what your requirements and uses are, but I like building Fedora 
> objects programmatically using the REST API (e.g., ingest empty object, then 
> issue a series of requests to add/modify datastreams or properties).
> 
> On 17 Jun 2010, at 3:08 PM, Khaled Almahallawy wrote:
> 
>> Is it feasible to update object’s FOXML using API-M? if yes how? If no, what 
>> can I do?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Khaled
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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