How they differ?
Does the to_xml method of the classes array/hash/object is based on
ROXML lib?
As I see in http://roxml.rubyforge.org/#quickstart, roxml needs we
define the class (class Book in the guide) before to convert a object
to xml. Moreover, the method to_xml (when not using “include ROXML”)
just accepts any existing object, what is much suitable.
I need to compare and tranfer some records between local and remote
systems periodically. The tables (mysql) has simple varchar/integer/
date/decimal types.
Which type of xml mapping is recommended to achieve this task? ROXML
or pure to_xml method?
Thank you!
On 5 Jan 2009, at 20:08, Tom L. wrote:
roxml is trying to solve a more general problem - if you models aren’t
activerecord models then they are not going to have a particularly
useful to_xml on it (the time i used it was generated xml to pass to a
webservice)
It’s also pretty handy for parsing incoming xml.
Fred
On 5 jan, 18:16, Frederick C. [email protected] wrote:
roxml is trying to solve a more general problem - if you models aren’t
activerecord models then they are not going to have a particularly
useful to_xml on it (the time i used it was generated xml to pass to a
webservice)
Sorry my bad english. Im not sure if I understood your answer. My model is activerecord based, but has just simple attributes (strings, integers, dates). Do you mean I dont need ROXML in this simple case? The non-
roxml
to_xml/from_xml methods can do the job?
On 5 Jan 2009, at 20:40, Tom L. wrote:
Sorry my bad english. Im not sure if I understood your answer. My model is activerecord based, but has just simple attributes (strings, integers, dates). Do you mean I dont need ROXML in this simple case? The non-
roxml
to_xml/from_xml methods can do the job?
I would have though to_xml/from_xml would be quite enough here.
Fred
On 5 Jan 2009, at 21:18, Tom L. wrote:
ok, thank you very much!!
I will try it.
Anyway, What are the “more general problem” you said?
Just the more general case of mapping xml fragments to objects.
Fred
ok, thank you very much!!
I will try it.
Anyway, What are the “more general problem” you said?