Improving Data Transmission in Web Applications via the Translation between XML and JSON

This paper analyzes the form of two data serializing approaches used in web applications, XML and JSON. Considering that though both widely used, highly-efficient data transmission between these two methods is still a problem in application development. The features of these two data objects were analyzed and it was point out that how to translate correctly between these two objects. A recursive algorithm used to translate between these two types of data serializing forms was given based on the multi-tree data structure of XML and JSON objects. The efficiency of this algorithm was proved by translation experiments. When applied in web applications, this paper gives how to add the translation method in system structures of the applications. It gives how this method can improve system structure and the performance of the web applications.