Re: XML and JSON

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maurice O'Prey wrote:
> Would it be too much to ask for a description of a 'real world'
> implementation of JSON, one where XML and web services would not fit nor
> perform very well?
>
> I don't doubt the usefulness of JSON, I just need to learn by example (and
> learn to live within standards)
>
> Maurice O'Prey
>   
Did you see my initial post?

JSON:

[ "customerid" : 1123454, "name" : "Joe Pluta", "email" : 
"junkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ]


*By itself*, the *raw* XML is nearly the same:

<customer customerid = 1123454 name = "Joe Pluta" 
email="junkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" />


But this assumes that you use attributes rather than children.  Many people don't and children fatten XML considerably:

<customer>
  <customerid>1123454</customerid>
  <name>Joe Pluta</name>
  <email>junkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</email>
</customer>


That's almost a 50% increase, I think.  But then go to a standard web 
service using SOAP, and you're talking about typically at least 300 
characters of SOAP envelope, which would more than quadruple the size of 
the original message.

Joe