[android-developers] Re: JSON OR SOAP ?

My "9 out of 10" comment was more with regard to XML -- there are
occasions where the ability to have tag attributes in XML makes for a
neater, more coherent interface than using JSON.

On May 30, 8:29 am, "Jonas Petersson" <jonas.peters...@xms.se> wrote:
> On 2011-05-30 15:16, DanH wrote:
>
> > SOAP has high-level functions that JSON doesn't (over and above the
> > simple protocol level differences).  Not really necessary for simple
> > database queries and the like, but useful for more sophisticated
> > stuff.  (Disclaimer -- I've never actually used SOAP -- it's always
> > been too complex for my uses.)
>
> > Certainly when faced with the simple choice between JSON and XML, JSON
> > is the right choice 9 times out of 10.
>
> Well, I've used SOAP in several projects (as in "I've been given a SOAP
> service someone else has built and had to conform to it") and I'm sure
> there ARE real life cases where SOAP is the correct tool for the job,
> but I have yet to find one. My personal estimate is that JSON is the
> right choice almost 10 times out of 10 (at least when it comes to stuff
> that you are likely to want to implement on a phone). Data overhead is
> important to most users both when it comes to cost and time so that
> pretty much disqualifies SOAP IMHO.
>
>                         Best / Jonas
>
> PS. My biggest gripe is that SOAP services often base64 encode
> everything twice. Sure it is "binary safe", but you can easily add that
> to your tailored JSON data too. YMMV.

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