Seaside to return (only) xml data?

>
> Can anyone point me toward an example of Seaside
> being used to return xml data (as in an RSS feed)?
>
> In other words I want to load some data into xml (using
> YAXO probably) and then have the renderContentOn:
> method return that data.   On the receiving end would
> be, say, a Flash application (no actual Seaside GUI).
>
> I'm using Seaside because it handles multiple users,
> in terms of serving and tracking instances of the application.
> (Something I assume SOAP for instance does not do?)
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Jay
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> On 6/5/07, Jay Hardesty <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> So I assume that my renderContentOn: method
>> should contain something like:
>>
>>         self session returnResponse: (WAResponse new
>>                 contentType: 'text/xml';
>>                 nextPutAll:  (some xml formatted string here...);
>>                 yourself)
>
> Code's right, placement's wrong - you shouldn't use #returnResponse:
> from within a #renderContentOn: , use it from within a callback.
>
> If your application is purely XML based, I wouldn't use WASession or
> WAComponent at all, but just subclass WAEntryPoint and override
> #handleRequest:.
>
> Avi
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>
> Thanks for the response.  I see #handleRequest: in WAApplication,
> but not WAEntryPoint - is that the place?
>
> Does this chunk of code in #handleRequest: maintain the connection
> between particular users and particular object instances (as happens
> transparently when using WAComponent)?
>
> self useSessionCookie ifTrue:
> [aRequest cookies at: self name ifPresent:
> [:v |
> aRequest fields at: self handlerField ifAbsentPut: [v]]].
>
> Thanks again,
> Jay
>
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2007, at 8:02 PM, Avi Bryant wrote:
>
>> On 6/5/07, Jay Hardesty <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> So I assume that my renderContentOn: method
>>> should contain something like:
>>>
>>>         self session returnResponse: (WAResponse new
>>>                 contentType: 'text/xml';
>>>                 nextPutAll:  (some xml formatted string here...);
>>>                 yourself)
>>
>> Code's right, placement's wrong - you shouldn't use #returnResponse:
>> from within a #renderContentOn: , use it from within a callback.
>>
>> If your application is purely XML based, I wouldn't use WASession or
>> WAComponent at all, but just subclass WAEntryPoint and override
>> #handleRequest:.
>>
>> Avi
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> In other words I want to load some data into xml (using
> YAXO probably) and then have the renderContentOn:
> method return that data.   On the receiving end would
> be, say, a Flash application (no actual Seaside GUI).
>
> I'm using Seaside because it handles multiple users,
> in terms of serving and tracking instances of the application.
> (Something I assume SOAP for instance does not do?)
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Jay
> [hidden email]
> _______________________________________________
> Seaside mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside
>