[SoapRMI] newbie: CORBA -> XSOAP

[Aleksander Slominski]

Randy Heiland wrote:

> Thanks for your reply, Alek.  To answer your first question, I was simply
> wondering whether replacing CORBA with XSOAP would offer a "lighter-weight"
> solution to my problem.  The CORBA implementation that I use (TAO) is a real
> BIG pkg and I dread the times that I update it with a new version.  Also, I'm
> not (currently) using CORBA in its full capacity -- basically I just use the
> naming service.  I read (obviously, pro Web Svcs) articles that compare the
> "gorilla" of CORBA to the "gazelle" of Web Svcs and I just thought I'd try to
> educate myself more.

hi,

as of naming service in XSOAP we use currently  JNDI/LDAP and it works pretty good.

> Based on your performance and binary/BASE64 encoding comments, I guess I'll
> stay with CORBA for now.

i would probably try very simple use case and evaluate how CORBA and SOAP differs
for your requirements (like sending binary data in CORBA and BASE64 encoded byte[]
that is of realistic size). with ever faster machines and network it may be good
enough :-)

alek