when I added to Ebay, I used generic calls that other ofbiz application could hook into. then at a lower level added my functionality. By keeping the services at the ofbiz level the same don't have to keep changing other application, unless they want to use the new functionality. the also works for backward compatibility. So the xml or api is transparent to the rest of ofbiz
Hans Bakker sent the following on 1/28/2010 8:32 PM: > 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? >
