Hi all,
as I announced recently with the email "OFBiz Delegator that uses JPA",
I am working now on a drop in replacement that uses JPA as entity model.
While the work on the replacement is still in progress, a JAR with the
JPA entities has reached a beta state. It can be downloaded from here
(about 6MB, source code included):
http://www.mk-multimedia.de/ofbiz/ofbiz-entity-jpa.jar
Because JPA (and J2EE) does not only offer a standard replacement for
the database layer but can also improve and accelerate the development
of the presentation layer, I like to suggest to consider using (de
facto) standard libraries like PrimeFaces
(http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/) for improving the UI.
For those of you who are not aware about the power of JPA in an IDE,
here is a little tutorial:
Install NetBeans with J2EE-Support
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1. Download NetBeans J2EE Bundle:
https://netbeans.org/downloads/
2. Install NetBeans and Glassfish:
https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/install.html
Setup Glassfish
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1. Start NetBeans
2. Klick on the "Services" tab, right click on "Servers" -> add
3. Select "GlassFish Server" and enter a name
4. Set the installation location and choose "Local Domain"
5. Choose a domain location and ports (watch out for conflicts with
OFBiz ports!)
Create a database connection, connection pool and JDBC resource
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IMPORTANT: My JPA library expects a JDBC resource with the JNDI name
"jdbc/ofbiz" (specified in "/META-INF/persistence.xml")!
-> https://netbeans.org/kb/docs/javaee/ecommerce/setup.html
Create a Web-Application
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1. File -> New Project
2. Choose the following Project:
Categories: Java Web
Projects: Web Application
3. Enter the Project Name, e.g. "OFBiz-UI"
4. Choose the Server Settings:
Server: Choose the installed one
Java EE Version: Has to be "Java EE 7 Web"
Context-Path: The absolute path of the OFBiz-UI URL
5. Select the framework:
a) Choose JavaServer Faces
b) Click on "Components" tab and select "PrimeFaces"
Create a UI for an entity
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1. Download the JAR with the JPA entities:
http://www.mk-multimedia.de/ofbiz/ofbiz-entity-jpa.jar
2. Add the JAR to the libraries of the Web-Application
3. Right click on the Web-Application -> New -> Other:
Categories: Persistence
File Types: JSF Pages from Entity Classes
4. Choose only one entity Class, e.g.
"org.apache.ofbiz.party.party.Party", click "Add >" and disable "Include
Referenced Classes"
5. Choose packages, folders and templates:
Session Bean Package: org.apache.ofbiz.party.ejb
JSF Classes Package: org.apache.ofbiz.party.jsf
JSF Pages Folder: /
Localization Bundle Name: /org/apache/ofbiz/party/PartyBundle
Choose Template: PrimeFaces
6. Choose Provider and Database (as specified in
"/META-INF/persistence.xml"):
Persistence Unit Name: org.apache.ofbiz
Data Source: jdbc/ofbiz
7. Right click on the Web-Application -> Run
Improvements:
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- Use Payara instead of Glassfish because it is much more reliable
-> http://www.payara.fish/downloads
- Use PrimeFaces 6.0 community release
-> http://www.primefaces.org/downloads
- Use PrimeFaces community theme
-> http://www.primefaces.org/themes
Greetings
Markus Küspert
