http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Formatting-Data-in-XML-or-JSON-tp139799p139804.html
This is exactly how it happens even on JSON-RPC-Java. The server function
> BJ,
>
> JSON-RPC-Java can only call existing functions on the server which
> should authenticate requests like any other type of call.
>
> Regarding XUI for POS, unfortunately I am not familiar with it so I
> don't know whether it can do the same thing.
>
>>From my research yesterday, I also get feeling that this kind of
> communication (AJAX) is clearly moving from XML encoding to JSON
> encoding because of its ease of use in Javascript. I saw Yahoo
> services becoming available with JSON encoding and IBM using it in its
> Eclipse plugin for AJAX (through dojo toolset).
>
> Regards,
> Vinay Agarwal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> On Behalf Of BJ Freeman
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 8:19 AM
> To: OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Formatting Data in XML or JSON
>
> one question, if a page has sensitive data on it, could some one uses
> the information in JSON, being java script, to gain access to the
> complete database?
> The one thing now is all data is created on the server side, so no
> information about how to access the data is not available to the end user.
>
> Also ofbiz now uses XUI for POS, I would think that a RMI client that
> supports that would be something to consider.
>
>
>
> Vinay Agarwal sent the following on 6/10/06 7:45 AM:
>
>>BJ,
>>
>>JSON and JSON-RPC-Java can get information from server into the
>>browser without disturbing the current page. This can be used to
>>implement richer
>
> UI
>
>>or simplify server to browser data transfer. I don't know if RMI can
>>do that.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Vinay Agarwal
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:
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>>[mailto:
[hidden email]]
>>On Behalf Of BJ Freeman
>>Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 8:14 PM
>>To: OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
>>Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Formatting Data in XML or JSON
>>
>>There is already an RPC (RMI) framework in ofbiz.
>>what dos json-rpc offer, above this?
>>here is a non ofbiz example
>>
>
>
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/rmi/exercises/UMLDefiniti> on/ind
>
>>ex.html
>>
>>I have taken the sourceforge AS2 (java EDINT) and integrated it as a
>>separate application. this is more so I can interface with VANS and
>
> create
>
>>my Own VANS between ofbiz installations.
>>
http://faq.businessesnetwork.com/default.asp?Action=Cat&ID=15>>
>>Vinay Agarwal sent the following on 6/9/06 5:59 PM:
>>
>>
>>>David,
>>>
>>>You are right that deserialization of a somewhat complex data
>>>structure, from xml to javascript, can be complex. On the other hand,
>>>JSON can be deserialized in javascript by a single statement.
>>>Therfore, I am looking to use org.json library to serialize java
>>>objects for now. Another library JSON-RPC-Java
>>>(
http://oss.metaparadigm.com/jsonrpc/) makes data transfer completely
>>
>>transparent but possibly requires interfacing with servlet.
>>
>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Vinay Agarwal
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From:
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>>>[mailto:
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>>>On Behalf Of David E. Jones
>>>Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:49 PM
>>>To: OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
>>>Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Formatting Data in XML or JSON
>>>
>>>
>>>You could try the XmlSerializer class in OFBiz to see if it does what
>>>you need/want. Of course, then you need something on the other side
>>>in JavaScript to do something with the XML. You might want to
>>>consider more special purpose formats to make that easier. Of course,
>>>I have no experience with this... just some thoughts on it.
>>>
>>>-David
>>>
>>>
>>>Vinay Agarwal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I want to send a somewhat complex data structure (made up of Maps
>>>>and
>>>>Lists) from server to client in either XML or JSON format as
>>>>response to xmlHttpRequest using a regular request url. Since OFBiz
>>>>already does SOAP, it has functionality to convert data structure into