[jdom-interest] jdom for servlet / jsp

[Jason Hunter]

> >>You don't really say what you're trying to do with XML and JDOM
> here.
> >>These technologies are so flexible that I suspect it's possible to
> do
> >>what you want, but I also think you might be wanting something
> that's
> >>not healthy for you.  :-)
> 
> First servlet converts Oracle BLOB field (image) to binary base 64
> encoding. Then servlet uses JDOM to parse image to XML document
> (preferable using DTD because I read Bob Gray's sample in vb and asp
> only using XML Schema).
> 
> Client browser receives XML Doc and activeX in client browser handles
> the decoding from bin base 64 to stream/olestream (delphi data type).

Sounds to me like you're trying to use every possible encoding on this
data possible.  Meanwhile, you never said what it is you're trying to
accomplish.  This sounds bad, but honestly, I suspect you're not sure
yourself.  Best you figure that out, then ask a specific question.

-jh-