Hi Raj,
Could you please explain more the client-side section? Did you use something
GWT, or?
Thanks
Jacques
From: "Raj Saini" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "BJ Freeman" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: OSGi based OFBiz framework
Hi BJ,
Purpose of the demo is to show how to:
Service side
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1. Run OFBiz inside a OFBiz container using OSGi based runtime such as
Apache Felix and Eclipse Equinox and reap the benefits of OSGi. You can
find about OSGi benefits at this URL http://www.osgi.org/About/WhyOSGi.
2. Make OFBiz more modular that is separating the framework (entity
engine, service engine etc) from the applications.
3. Provide remoting capabilities to OFBiz services using OSGi remote
services.
4. Use other technologies such as JPA along with OGBiz entity engine.
Client side
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1. Create Rich applications with the similar capabilities and ease of
use of Desktop based applications.
2. Run the single client application either on web or desktop with
minimal or no changes to the code.
3. Plug-in based development of application that is, to add new
functionality to the application, you do not need access to source code.
You can simply create new bundles/plug-ins and they add to the existing
application, same as Eclipse Plug-ins.
To get the feel of the application, try double clicking on the examples
in the left pane. Try editing the example in the right pane. See how
changes are populated from one pane to another even without saving the
application. Try changing the column width, you will get the same feel
as a desktop application. Try emptying the name field and see the
validation decoration with a tool tip.
Regards,
Raj
On 16/04/10 13:59, BJ Freeman wrote:
could you explain what I am looking at and what it shows that you
consider important, relative to ofbiz?
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Raj Saini sent the following on 4/16/2010 12:37 AM:
Those who want to peek into running example without installing the
application, here is the link:
http://www.viithiisys.com:9999/demo?startup=example
Thanks,
Raj
On 16/04/10 01:51, Raj Saini wrote:
Hi,
I have been working on OSGi and OFBiz integration for a while. I could
successfully, run the OFBiz framework (entity engine and service
engine) as OSGi services. With this integration it is possible to run
Framework only OFBiz and use the OFBiz service engine for non form
widget applications (e.g. GWT, JSF etc). This should be interesting
for people wanting to use the service engine and entity engine.
For my experiment I have Eclipse RAP (http://www.eclipse.org/rap) for
presentation layer and ported the part of Example application. My RAP
example application is using OFBiz entity engine to fetch some of the
data and service engine to create and update the examples.
I have uploaded the installable bundle at SF and it is available at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ofbiz-osgi/files/osgi-ofbiz.tar.bz2/download
Requirements:
Platform - Current distribution works only on Linux (x86_64) systems.
This restriction is due to the executable including in the
distribution. It should be possible to run it using java -jar command
but it will need some configuration which is not ready yet.
Database - PostgreSQL DB server with database named 'ofbiz' and owned
by user 'ofbiz' and password 'ofbiz'. It is possible to use other
databases but there are not JDBC driver bundles yet. Database server
must be running on localhost. It is possible to use the server running
on other hosts but it will need the change in entityengine.xml.
Demo data - OFBiz demo data loaded in the database as I am using
example and other related entities in the demo application.
Install& Run:
1. Extract the tar achieve on your hard disk.
2. Change to osgi-ofbiz folder.
3. Execute ./ofbiz -console.
4. point your browser to http://localhost:8080/demo?startup=example
Example application is written using Eclipse RAP. On application
startup, you should see a table with existing examples in the left
pane. Try changing the length of the columns.
Double clicking on a example should open it in the right pane editor.
Changing a field value in the editor should show instantly in the
right left panel (table view). Try emptying the name field in the
editor and it should show you a validation decorator. Hovering mouse
on decorator should show you the validation message. As soon as you
change any field, an asterisk (*) should appear next to the title on
editor pane. Trying closing the editor and you should see a dialog box
prompting to save before closing. Save the example by clicking on save
button on toolbar.
3. Try creating an new example. Save the example and you should see
the newly added example in the left pane without browser refresh.
Should you need any further help, feel free to ask me. Look forward to
your feedback.
Regards,
Raj
