Hi Chris, We're also a big fan of REST but have not taken time to work on a solution like you mentioned. Are you willing to share what you have done so far?
Thanks, Jeroen van der Wal Stromboli b.v. +31 655 874050 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Christopher Snow < [email protected]> wrote: > Sorry - just seen this. > The approach we currently use is having a dedicated web app in ofbiz which > is used to expose ofbiz services using REST (the organisation favors REST) . > We are using the jersey rest libraries. > > I believe our flex guy is using HTTPService to communicate with rest. > > Cheers, > > chris > > > Abdullah Shaikh wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> I don't want to use xml-rpc but instead would like to use Flex >> HTTPService, >> I guess xml-rpc would work with HTTPService. >> >> Basic idea is to create a xml over http communication between ofbiz & any >> other RIA, so that we can make ofbiz communicated with flex, gwt etc. >> >> I will have a look at the link provided. >> >> Thanks, >> Abdullah >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Christopher Snow < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Abdullah, >>> >>> On my current project, we initially used xml-rpc using a flex xmlrpc >>> library sent to me by Andrew Zeneski. >>> >>> We had tried using the new ofbiz soap implementation, but it didn't play >>> nicely with flex. >>> >>> Have a look at XMLRPC in the faq: >>> >>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo >>> >>> If you want a more optimised communication between flex and ofbiz, you >>> can >>> try BlazeDS: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://langhua.org/portal/portal/default/OFBiz/OFBizBlazeDSModulePortletWindow?windowstate=maximized >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Abdullah Shaikh wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I want to develop a flex application which will interact with ofbiz >>>> using >>>> xml. >>>> >>>> I just had a cursory view of xmlrpcclient & xmlserializer, has anybody >>>> done >>>> this ? what will be the best way to have ofbiz output xml ? >>>> >>>> I have seen that GenericValue can be easily converted to xml form. >>>> >>>> The request can be in xml form or can be a normal http request, but the >>>> response from ofbiz should be in xml form, for example something like >>>> this, >>>> >>>> <Orders> >>>> <Order id="1" status="Approved"/> - all the required fields >>>> <Order id="2" status="Created"/> >>>> </Orders> >>>> >>>> <Parties> >>>> <Party firstname="abc" lastname="xyz"> - all the required fields >>>> </Parties> >>>> >>>> This way we can have a flex application communicate with ofbiz using xml >>>> over http, I think flex don't understand json, so we need to go the xml >>>> way >>>> and also the benefits of xml is that with this approach ofbiz can >>>> interact >>>> with any kind of RIA technology. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Abdullah >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
