Objects are not data - they are a proprietary/binary representation
of data that need 'object-interpreters' on both ends. And the wire
may not be a wire - it might be a message bus which understands
those objects.
XML is data without any assumption of 'interpreters' on either
end plus it does not impose a medium of transmission.
regards,
Anupam Singh
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> > XML is data, not objects. Understand this for it is the zen of XML.
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>But Master, what is an object over the wire but data?
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