RE: HTTPAPI vs. XMLToolKit

[Shahar Mor <shahar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I guess you are refering to the web service client stuff provided by ibm - it is terrible and it took me days just to make it slightly work it never worked well it did not support non english strings very well and it had to use c++ . I use httpapi toghether with wsdl2rpg and I consume web services in matter of minutes to each service.

Let me talk to your boss :) 

-----Original Message-----
From: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl Woods
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:27 PM
To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
Subject: HTTPAPI vs. XMLToolKit

Not sure if this is the forum for this question, but here goes.

There are two AS/400 programmers in our shop. We are quite happy with HTTPAPI and use it in a lot of places to access web services.

However, the web services folks (not as/400 oriented - MS drones) are insisting that we look into XMLToolKit as an alternative to HTTPAPI. We do not see a need to look into the tool, but they have the ear of our common boss.

So, does anyone out there have any experience with XMLToolKit? If so, how does it compare to HTTPAPI? I've heard that XMLToolKit is cumbersome and requires some functions to be written in C++ and then placed in a C wrapper just so they can be used on a 400.

Thanks,
Karl B. Woods
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Professional Services
1960 S. Milestone Dr., Ste B
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Tel: (801) 433-9426 (office)
Fax: (801) 487-2775
E-mail:  karl.woods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                                                                                     
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