Hi Markus, I have checked out the contents of the jar file and the entity beans look comprehensive.
If you are still working on this, can you provide a minimum patch to OFBiz trunk version so that we can test them out in stages. Personally, I am in favor of adopting JPA and agree it will be good for OFBiz. Regards, James Yong On 2016-12-15 02:52 (+0800), of...@mk-multimedia.de wrote: > 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 > ================================== > > 1. Download NetBeans J2EE Bundle: > https://netbeans.org/downloads/ > 2. Install NetBeans and Glassfish: > https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/install.html > > > Setup Glassfish > =============== > > 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 > =============================================================== > > 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 > ======================== > > 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 > ========================= > > 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: > ============= > > - 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 K�spert >