We've just published a new article, Rapid Web Services Development with Moose XML, by Michael Quigley. Moose XML is a framework Michael began working on after having "experienced some of the rough edges in existing XML marshalling solutions when used in web services environments." Michael says:
This article will give you a quick tour of Moose XML. I'll start by showing you the basics of creating a mapping. I'll finish by showing you how this can be plugged into Spring Web Services, creating a rapid web services development stack. We'll create a simple "purchase order" web service, allowing for storage and retrieval of simplified purchase order data.
The article has code snippets that illustrate how to utilize the Moose XML framework to both speed up and simplify the task of developing "contract last" web services (support of "contract first" development approaches is planned for future Moose XML releases). Michael illustrates:
Creating the Mapping (between object data and its XML representation)
Marshalling and Unmarshalling
Spring Web Services Integration with Moose XML
Building the Example from the Source Distribution
Early in the article, Michael notes that:
Moose XML's schema generator is what distinguishes it from the other frameworks. The schema generator can generate an XML schema directly from your annotated Java beans.
In his conclusion, Michael states:
There are many tools and frameworks for getting XML data into and out of Java applications. Moose XML tries to smooth some of the rough edges that are typically encountered when prototyping and rapidly developing XML web services. In these scenarios, generating the schema and contract information from code ("contract last") seems to be the least cumbersome methodology.
Take a look at Rapid Web Services Development with Moose XML if you're engaged in developing contract last web services, and you need a framework that will enable you to be more productive. And if your platform includes Spring, Moose XML is ready to assist there as well.
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