JBoss communicating with Flash?

[isabella]

hello,

i would like to know how JBoss can communicate with Flash....i am trying to use Flash for the UI part and so, i needa know in what kind(s) of way can i do the communication between the two?

i think using xml as data exchange is possible, and what other ways are there?

and also, if i am using xml, can i read the xml in a session bean? if so, what object/method should i use?

i am sorry for raising so many questions at a time...

thx very much in advance,
isabella~

[blackers]

Yes it is possible, I am not sure if this is the best way, but in the past I have used a jsp where the output of the jsp is simply just something like:
param1=value1&param2=value2&param3=value3 etc...

and then I just read use getvariablesnum() function from actionscript. I will confirm this function asap.

[isabella]

hello blackers,

thx alot for your advice...

however, as i shall be sending at least 10 objects (each with a list of attributes themselves), it seems better (or easier to program) using XML....

pls correct me if i am mistaken...=P

cheers,
isabella~

[hoos]

isabella

If you are using flash mx you can open an xml socket to a servlet deployed onto Jboss, this works well for us but this approach does require a good level of understaing of servlets and xml parsing APIs (SAX or DOM).

I have been working on Flash front ends integrated with J2EE apps for a few weeks, my first aproach was simply post to a servlet from Flash and display the results.

Cheers Hoos

[isabella]

hello Hoos,

thx for your advice..i am quite interested in your suggestion and i would like to clarify a few points for the moment:

the xml socket u mentioned, is it the XMLSocket object in flash??

why must i use SAX or DOM?? can i use the XMLEncoder/XMLDecoder instead??

also, do u mind telling me a bit more on how to receive/send data thru servlet?? i am quite unknown to it...

thx alot,
isabella~

[isabella]

hello Hoos,

thx for your advice..i am quite interested in your suggestion and i would like to clarify a few points for the moment:

the xml socket u mentioned, is it the XMLSocket object in flash??

why must i use SAX or DOM?? can i use the XMLEncoder/XMLDecoder instead??

also, do u mind telling me a bit more on how to receive/send data thru servlet?? i am quite unknown to it...

thx alot,
isabella~