Re: IBM i GUI Frameworks

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 17, 2010, at 10:43 AM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> since the 5250 data stream is probably stable and not being enhanced  
> or changed at all, couldn't ibm quite easily have an  option, maybe  
> an hspec or fspec option, to write and read the 5250 data stream as  
> xml?

Well that to a degree was what they were originally going to do with  
Open Access but (thankfully) were talked out of it because it simply  
added overhead with no benefits. Anyone can write an OA handler that  
"wraps" the OA delivered data in XML if they want/need it - but as  
Profound, Look and VAI have proved XML is not needed.

A 5250 stream delivered as XML is already available in Zend Bridge -  
that is how it works and I suspect the additional overhead of the XML  
is what slows it down some - although I confess I haven't given it a  
test drive on Zend Server.

Jon Paris

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