[rabbitmq-discuss] Data binding within the message payload

Mon Sep 3 14:59:38 BST 2007

Ben Hood wrote:

> I've been using Hessian encoding within my message payloads and there
> is also the use of JSON to achieve the same goal. I was just wondering
> if the AMQP type encoding is a viable candidate to encode the
> application layer data, as this makes no assumptions about the
> marshalling capabilities of other peers, or the encoding not suited
> for this layer? Has anybody discussed or made any practical
> experiences with this aspect?

The AMQP type encoding has not been designed as a general purpose data 
encoding. So Hessian, JSON, or similar would be a better choice, IMHO.

Matthias.