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Mathieu Lirzin commented on OFBIZ-4274:
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I have been [studying for a
month|https://markmail.org/message/ulsnwg6vs53f5o5w] the various options to
expose OFBiz services and entities as an HTTP REST API.
The main parts of this endeavor consists in:
* Defining a Domain Specific Language to associate routes to services.
* Choosing a platform to handle the HTTP requests
Existing Web frameworks (Juneau, CXF, Vert.x, ...) provide solutions for
solving both aspects. However their DSL tend to not fit the XML configuration
idiom of OFBiz, and are generally tied to a particular Language (Java, Groovy,
...). Moreover I am a bit reluctant to make OFBiz dependent on a particular
framework which is not backed by a solid standard (like
[JAX-RS|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_API_for_RESTful_Web_Services]).
Besides those web frameworks, I have discovered [Apache
Camel|https://camel.apache.org/] which is a mature integration framework based
on the patterns described in the excellent [Enterprise Integration
Patterns|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Integration_Patterns] book.
Camel provides a [REST DSL|https://camel.apache.org/rest-dsl] which seems to
fit OFBiz idioms nicely since it can be written both in XML and Java, and it
handles generic endpoints.
While in the long run I think It might be interesting to [integrate Camel
within OFBiz|https://github.com/bibryam/ofbiz-camel] more deeply since it seems
that integration of OFBiz with external solutions seems to be the norm (in my
short experience), having to deal with its genericity would be a bit
overwhelming for me. So what I am proposing here is to take inspiration from
this REST DSL and adapt it to OFBiz. In term of infrastructure the HTTP routes
will be served by a basic Java Servlet. Of course like every initial plan it
will have to be reevaluated while implementing it.
Suggestions and comments welcome.
> Implement a REST Servlet
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>
> Key: OFBIZ-4274
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4274
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: framework
> Affects Versions: Trunk
> Reporter: Adrian Crum
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: REST
> Attachments: RestExampleSchema.xsd, RestXmlRepresentation.xml,
> rest-conf.xml
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> Implement a REST servlet that will map REST requests to OFBiz services.
> Details are in the comments.
> [here is the discussion which took place on the dev
> ML|http://markmail.org/message/ai6q2fbksowaayn4]
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