| Communication Server Support |
Application |
Benefits |
| HTTP (includes REST and RPC hybrids) ??-All |
Simple Widget-based applications; speed and real-time UI updates aren’t required. |
Easy implementation via the HTTPService object; RPC hybrid protocols can be invoked using RemoteObject. |
| SOAP/WSDL ??-All |
Data aggregation from external web services. |
Easy implementation; pull data from multiple outside resources regardless of platform. |
| AML ??-BlazeDS&LiveCycle Data Services(LCDS):Java, ??-.NETZend: PHP ??-AMFPHP: PHP ??-WebOrb: .NET,Ruby,PHP |
Approaching enterprise level; speed is important; data is usually pulled from server by polling. |
Binary data compression makes communications 12 times faster; strong data typing; multiplatform support. |
| RTMP ??-LiveCycle Data Services(LCDS), ??-Flash Media Server(FMS) |
Enterprise level,messaging,instantaneous UI updates; data can be pushed to the client; streaming media content; data intensive RIAs. |
Integrates into existing J2EE infrastructure; document management,rapid data transfer,clustering,data tracking,syncing,paging,and conflict resolution. |
| Flash Remoting ??-Native to ColdFusion |
Robust,enterprise platform for client/server Flex communications; native. |
Seamless integration with the Flash platform; removes the need for an intermediate code library to do data type mapping and date serialization. |
| JSON ??-All (JavaScript data objects are serialized and transferred in binary form.) |
AIR applications that use AJAX or Flex applications that use the ExternalInterface API. |
Easy implementation with the HTTPService object; part of the AS3CorLib library. |
