Yes Scott I agree with you the names are not good. We do think however we need both components. For simple stores the current ebay component can still be interesting.
The main difference is in the functionality, the new component is much more advanced.... so the name: Ebay Advanced or Ebay professional? thanks for your reply Regards, Hans On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 21:50 -0700, Scott Gray wrote: > Hi Hans, > > Is there any reason that you know of for us to retain the XML interface at > all? If the "API" is better then shouldn't we just use it alone? > > If we end up keeping both we might need better names, XML vs. API doesn't > mean much (I mean the XML interface is also an API) or is this how eBay > describes them? > > Regards > Scott > > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > On 28/01/2010, at 9:32 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > > > Hi follow OFBiz users. > > > > as you have seen at the latest commits we have extended the ebay > > component by using the Ebay API which allows an ofbiz user to (almost) > > maintain all Ebay functions within OFBiz. > > > > Up to now there was no overlap between the existing XML functions and > > the new API functions, however there now will be..... > > > > Uploading products in the existing ebay function does not allow > > maintaining inventory within in Ebay, but the new upload function does > > or does not allow it set by a flag, so there is overlap. > > > > We plan further to duplicate all XML functions using the API interface. > > > > So hereby we propose to rename the existing Ebay component to "EbayXml" > > and create a new Ebay component called "EbayAPI" both in the specialized > > directory. > > > > comments or suggestions? > > > > -- > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates > > > -- Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
