Re: Which data format for end-to-end application

I spent sometime looking into this, into JSON, as I haven't used before
for data exchange. I'll say that I actually like JSON due to its
simplicity, and its structure, that is based on name/value pairs.

There is a good comparisson of JSON vs. XML here:
http://www.json.org/xml.html

And a JSON parser source code in Java at:
http://www.json.org/java/

That said, JSON doesn't seem to support a clear or a good way to
represent binary data, such as the images that you want to transport.

ceo


[email protected] wrote:
> Thank you all for your replies and support.
>
> I'm now hesitating between the pros and cons of JSON vs RMI.
> I am going to be sending a lot of images (PNG) to the midlet so the lightest the interchange format, the best.
>
> >From what I understand (correct me if I'm wrong):
>
> Using JSON will ensure more portability as the output could be used on other non JAVA based clients as well. BUT it will be heavier in terms of data transfer.
>
> Using RMI and sending serialized objects directly will be lighter in tems of bandwidth but less portable as the client will inevitably need to be a JAVA client.
>
> I guess I will go for RMI for now and eventually adapt my server code to provide JSON or XML format when needed.
>
> Let me know what you think.
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