Hi, Agreed, if that was my requirement.
However my requirement is rather different. A core part of my "Commons" application would be facilities, parties (party groups), contact information, address (with GIS information), geodata and some content management. I am keen not only on the data structures, but also all the out the box services for managing these data structures / entities. The OFBiz admin console would also make the idea tool for the central management of this type of data. Given the afore mentioned, and time to market, OFBiz seems like a fairly good option. What I was a little unsure about was how one might expose existing OFBiz services to external clients. WDSL or XML-RPC ? Any thoughts ? Kind regards Grant On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:03 PM, BJ Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > if your only reason to use ofbiz is the data structure, I suggest you get > the 3 volumes of the Data module books, ofbiz is based on and use the CD > data included to create a standard data sql to build your database. you will > find better ROI. > > The framework is meant more for those that use entities and the ease of > maintainence for dealing with the persistence layer and the UI layer. > > > > > > ======================== > > BJ Freeman > Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation < > http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52> > Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> > Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist > > Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man > > > Grant Edwards sent the following on 1/17/2011 2:46 AM: > > Hi, >> >> Ofbiz : a Commons Platform >> >> My client has a number of different applications each storing and >> maintaining data similar to facilities, parties, contact information, >> addressing, geodata, content, location based information etc ... >> >> There is a real need to consolidate not only the data but also the >> mechanisms to manage it. >> >> Taking the above into consideration I am contemplating the following : >> >> 1) Using OFBiz as a commons platform. >> 2) Exposing all existing OFBiz services relating to facilities, parties, >> contact information, address, geodata, content ... to external clients via >> web services. >> 3) Publish a WSDL for all necessary services. >> 4) Client applications can read the WSDL file to determine what operations >> are available on the server. >> >> To-date, I have not found anything comprehensive in terms of documentation >> or user experience as to how this might be achieved. Of all the OFBiz + >> "web >> services" posts I found this one ( >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3877) seemed the closest to >> the >> mark, but I get the impression that some of this is still work in >> progress. >> (If I am off the mark here, please feel free to correct me). >> >> Your thoughts and comments regarding "OFBiz : a Common Platform" would be >> most appreciated. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Grant >> >> >
