Swap Binary for XML and vice versa

damnyanks · 30-12-2005 11:48pm #1

Anyone any idea on how difficult it would be to transfer a file from binary format to xml.

Thats of course assuming you have access to the original binary format (if thats even possible

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Mutant_Fruit · 30-12-2005 11:59pm

About as simple as decoding the binary, and writing it out to a text file (which is all XML is). If you can decode the binary, its simple.

The Corinthian · 31-12-2005 12:14am

Could you be more specific? WBXML? Something else?

damnyanks · 31-12-2005 5:21pm

The Corinthian wrote:

Could you be more specific? WBXML? Something else?

Sorry no specifics yet. Just bouncing idea's off in my head

rsynnott · 31-12-2005 5:57pm

As long as you have the spec for the binary, it should be quite simple.

Hobbes · 31-12-2005 8:28pm

http://www.perfectxml.com/articles/xml/binary.asp

Although IMHO XML is not the do all end all of data transfer. I'd go with just sending the binary as a binary object. It would go faster.

rsynnott · 31-12-2005 8:40pm

Hobbes wrote:

http://www.perfectxml.com/articles/xml/binary.asp

Although IMHO XML is not the do all end all of data transfer. I'd go with just sending the binary as a binary object. It would go faster.

That's just putting the binary in an XML field tho, it's not putting the data in XML. That said, there's nothing wrong with transferring data as binary. And XML, though it has its uses, is a little over-hyped.

The Corinthian · 02-01-2006 1:29pm

damnyanks wrote:

Sorry no specifics yet. Just bouncing idea's off in my head

You're not going to get anything other than the most broad and generic of responses then.

Swap Binary for XML and vice versa

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