[fpc-pascal] Re: RESTful JSON: Your thoughts about implementation

[bsquared]

On 11/08/2012 09:56 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, bsquared wrote:
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>> On 11/08/2012 09:47 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, bsquared wrote:
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>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I thought I would put this out to see what helpful information I could
>>>> gather.
>>>>
>>>> I am in need of some JSON and HTTP functionality.  I am thinking about
>>>> using some pieces from WST and I was looking for some input on this.
>>>>
>>>> What I am doing is pulling data from a JSON-RESTful web application
>>>> and storing it in SQLite as Key / Value Pairs along with some meta
>>>> data.
>>>>
>>>> This data will be pushed back to same web application on some interval.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, I would like cross-platform compatibility between
>>>> Linux/Windows{,-mobile?}/Android.
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>>> Why do you need WST for this ? if it is REST (something WST knows
>>> nothing about), then you'll work just fine with only the fpJSON and
>>> synapse stacks ?
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>>> Michael.
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>> I was looking at the TJsonRpcBaseFormatter as well as the factory
>> implementations *_http_protocol units.
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>> Seemed like some of the work had been done here.
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> These protocols are aimed towards RPC, which is not something I
> associate with REST implementations, so your solution seems confusing.
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> Without more details it is hard to give advice...
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> Michael.
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After some rudimentary testing I believe that TJsonRpcBaseFormatter is 
not suitable for this implementation.  Although I may draw inspiration 
from the code.

Thank you for your insight.

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Regards,
Brian