This sounds like a good idea ! Jacques
De : "Adrian Crum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Skip, > > If your service is loaded after the OFBiz service, then your service will > replace the existing one. > As an alternative, you might want to consider a service ECA. > > -Adrian > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Jonathon > > > > Thanks for the input. However, I guess I didn't ask the question right. > > "calculateProductPrice" is defined as a service in services_pricepromo.xml > > as: > > > > <service name="calculateProductPrice" engine="java" > > location="org.ofbiz.product.price.PriceServices" > > invoke="calculateProductPrice" auth="false" use-transaction="false"> > > ... > > > > and this is loaded from ...product/ofbiz-component.xml as > > <service-resource type="model" loader="main" > > location="servicedef/services_pricepromo.xml"/> > > > > The question is, how can I override the original definition without > > modifying Ofbiz code. i.e. can I put an identically named service > > definition in hot-deploy or somewhere and have all of Ofbiz use my new > > calculateProductPrice? > > > > Skip > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jonathon -- Improov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Complicated pricing > > > > > > Yes, overriding that method will mean you won't touch the OFBiz codes. That > > could mean you can > > continue to use your custom method, while still conveniently watching the > > community's updates to > > the original method. > > > > Such a method override will also kinda "document" your custom method as > > "being related to some > > original OFBiz method", so you know what original OFBiz codes to use for > > side-by-side comparisons > > of your codes. Making huge overhauls to the original method can make it > > difficult to do such > > comparisons. > > > > One gotcha here. Make sure you fully understand the original method you're > > overriding, so that you > > don't break any dependencies on that method. > > > > As far as possible, I do try to touch as few OFBiz codes as possible. If any > > OFBiz codes need to > > be enhanced, it is possibly to make them more generic and more base-level or > > more fine-grained or > > more customizable building blocks. > > > > Jonathon > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>I have had another discussion about pricing with my customer today and the > >>pricing is more complicated that I remembered. Their pricing is based on > > > > a > > > >>percentage above cost and package quantity, i.e. 30% above cost for one > >>package (12 pieces), 25% above cost for 2 packages (24 pieces), and 100 > >>percent above cost for any broken package plus a fixed abount depending on > >>cost, i.e. + a buck for all below 1 dollar, + 2 for all below 5 and > > > > nothing > > > >>for above 10. > >> > >>This is outside what I see in the ofbiz pricing module in > >>PriceServices.java, and so it appears as if I will have to write my own > >>price calculation service. > >> > >>What I would like to do is write a subclass of PriceServices so my > >>"calculateProductPrice" subclass gets called whenever > >>runSync("calculateProductPrice") gets called. I would like to do this in > >>such a way that I don't bother the core Ofbiz code as I'll still be using > >>the shoppingcart, etc. > >> > >>Can anyone offer any advice or point me to samples? > >> > >>Skip > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >
