Hi, just looking to see if netkernel could be used for our project. Our server currently returns large lists of data (2000+) to various clients. From what i can see, this part should not be implement via netkernel since the lists will need to be returned via http / xml. Have i read this right?

Hi and welcome to NetKernel and the forum.

If your project requires the delivery of data sets of 2000+ data items to various clients in XML documents via HTTP then NetKernel would be well suited.

From your question it sounds like the data originates in a database. If so, then you can use a service call to

active:sqlQuery

to obtain the information in an XML document. You can then either send that back directly to clients via HTTP or perform processing using XQuery or XSLT also with single service calls such as

active:xslt

If you can provide more specifics about the project or requirements I can give you more details about a solution using NetKernel.

-- Randy

Hi,

there are many examples of NetKernel using transports other than HTTP, for example, SMTP and JMS. What connectivity do you need for your project?

NetKernel uses XML for the configuration of a lot of the internal services it provides but is completely neutral when it comes to what kind of data you can host and serve. There are examples of serving dynamic images, RDF, plain text, etc.

Therefore I don't think, from what you have said, NetKernel would have an problem with what you want to implement.

Hope this helps?
Tony