I am bumping this up because it seems some have not read it.
Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 4/19/2009 9:57 PM: > BTW I'm not advocating this solution. This mail was only to make you > aware. For instance it needs CVS and Maven 2 and OFBiz does not use > them, etc. > > Jacques > > From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> >> At this stage 2 points : >> >> 1) In OFBiz, there is already a basic ant task to create a component >> structure >> * ant -help and * ant -projecthelp are your friends >> * ant create-component is the task >> 2) Currently the Neogia team is buildind a concept of add-ons for OFBiz >> * It's not yet finished >> * But promising, see (mostly in French but there is an option to >> translate in English using when only in French) >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager_Design >> ** http://www.neogia.org/OFBiz_add-on/fr#Qu.27est_ce_qu.27un_Addon >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager >> >> Beware I don't think it's operational yet, but the documents above can >> give you an idea of the concept >> >> HTH >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "aswath narayana" <[email protected]> >>> I think it will be a good idea to do administration of components in >>> OFBiz. >>> OFBiz might get bloated with infrastructure and maintainance, when we >>> start >>> doing component development within OFBiz itself. >>> >>> An alternate would be to have a plugin in Eclipse that will help in >>> building >>> of OFBiz components (A wizard interface to build a directory >>> structure and >>> ability to create database and view entities visually). >>> >>> -Aswath >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Michael Xu (xudong) >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> hi Ruth, >>>> >>>> I really like your idea, which is very similar with JIRA and >>>> Confluence's >>>> plugin model. If users can use such a wizard to install/uninstall new >>>> component on the fly (without restart), that would be more helpful to >>>> promote ofbiz to next level in SaaS wise. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Michael Xu (xudong) >>>> www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) 135 >>>> 0135 >>>> 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Ruth Hoffman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi David: >>>> > Thanks for the quick reply. Given your response - I'm wondering if a >>>> useful >>>> > addition to OFBiz would be a feature in webtools to manage OFBiz >>>> components. >>>> > I can envision a wizard driven interface that builds the basic >>>> directory >>>> > structure and config file(s) such as the ofbiz-component.xml file >>>> necessary >>>> > to get a new component operational? This could be extended to >>>> allow for >>>> the >>>> > (sort-of) dynamic removal of components. What do you think? >>>> > >>>> > Ruth >>>> > >>>> > David E Jones wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> The best way to do this is just put it in the "hot-deploy" >>>> directory. >>>> When >>>> >> OFBiz starts up it will look in that directory for >>>> sub-directories that >>>> have >>>> >> a "ofbiz-component.xml" file which it will read to load resources >>>> for >>>> that >>>> >> component. >>>> >> >>>> >> -David >>>> >> >>>> >> P.S. It's good to see you around again Ruth! >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hello All: >>>> >>> I'm a big fan of OFBiz - nice job on the Apache site, BTW. >>>> >>> Congratulations - it is World class! >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I've been using OFBiz off and on for a few years now for a >>>> number of >>>> >>> different projects. Recently, I had a requirement to add a custom >>>> component >>>> >>> to the application section of the framework. After a brief >>>> search of >>>> the >>>> >>> mailing lists (I have been away from the OFBiz collaborative >>>> tools for >>>> >>> sometime) and documentation I have the following question: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Is there an automatic way to add a component to the framework - >>>> or is >>>> >>> this still a manual process? I don't see any obvious webtool or >>>> other >>>> >>> mechanism for doing this through OFBiz. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Regards, >>>> >>> Ruth Hoffman >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> >>> > > > >
