Interesting comparison for custom projects http://www.smooks.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Performance
Jacques On Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:21 AM Adrian Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > OFBiz uses XStream for object serialization. > > Adrian Crum > Sandglass Software > www.sandglass-software.com > > On 12/3/2013 3:49 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> Funny, I just stumbled upon it while estimating a project today :) >> Note that Smooks can't be embedded in OFBiz due to a license issue: >> http://www.smooks.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Licensing >> >> Jacques >> >> On Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:24 PM Fairuz Wan Ismail >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use Smooks to deal with conversion xml -> Java objects when consuming a >>> webservice. Hope it helps. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Fairuz >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: jadelomeiri [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:24 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: calling external SOAP service from Ofbiz >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> This is the solution I finally got. I hope it will be helpful for people >>> having the same problem as I had. >>> >>> 1) In my events java class I wrote the following code (which is an event >>> calling the method that deals with SOAP): >>> >>> * >>> public static String callMySoap(HttpServletRequest >>> request,HttpServletResponse response) >>> { >>> request.setAttribute("_EVENT_MESSAGE_", "You received this SOAP >>> response:" + MySoapClient()); >>> return "success"; >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> public static SOAPMessage MySoapClient() >>> { >>> try { >>> // Create SOAP Connection >>> SOAPConnectionFactory soapConnectionFactory = >>> SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance(); >>> SOAPConnection soapConnection = >>> soapConnectionFactory.createConnection(); >>> >>> // Send SOAP Message to SOAP Server >>> String url = "http://www.webservicex.net/geoipservice.asmx";; >>> SOAPMessage soapResponse = >>> soapConnection.call(createSOAPRequest(), url); >>> >>> soapConnection.close(); >>> return soapResponse; >>> } catch (Exception e) { >>> System.err.println("Error occurred while sending SOAP Request to >>> Server"); >>> e.printStackTrace(); >>> return null; >>> } >>> >>> } >>> >>> private static SOAPMessage createSOAPRequest() throws Exception { >>> MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance(); >>> SOAPMessage soapMessage = messageFactory.createMessage(); >>> SOAPPart soapPart = soapMessage.getSOAPPart(); >>> >>> String serverURI = "http://www.webservicex.net/";; >>> >>> // SOAP Envelope >>> SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope(); >>> envelope.addNamespaceDeclaration("web", serverURI); >>> >>> /* >>> Constructed SOAP Request Message: >>> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope >>> xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; >>> xmlns:example="http://www.webservicex.net/";> >>> <SOAP-ENV:Header/> >>> <SOAP-ENV:Body> >>> <web:GetGeoIP> >>> <web:IPAddressl>192.168.1.2</web:IPAddress> >>> </web:GetGeoIP> >>> </SOAP-ENV:Body> >>> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> >>> */ >>> >>> // SOAP Body >>> SOAPBody soapBody = envelope.getBody(); >>> SOAPElement soapBodyElem = soapBody.addChildElement("GetGeoIP", >>> "web"); >>> SOAPElement soapBodyElem1 = >>> soapBodyElem.addChildElement("IPAddress", "web"); >>> soapBodyElem1.addTextNode("192.168.1.2"); >>> >>> >>> MimeHeaders headers = soapMessage.getMimeHeaders(); >>> headers.addHeader("SOAPAction", serverURI + "GetGeoIP"); >>> >>> soapMessage.saveChanges(); >>> >>> /* Print the request message */ >>> System.out.print("Request SOAP Message = "); >>> soapMessage.writeTo(System.out); >>> System.out.println(); >>> >>> return soapMessage; >>> } >>> * >>> >>> 2) I added the following request-map to point to my event: >>> >>> * >>> <request-map uri="callMySoap"> >>> <event type="java" path="org.ofbiz.testapp.testapp.LearningEvents" >>> invoke="callMySoap"/> >>> <response name="success" type="view" value="FeedbackMessages"/> >>> </request-map> >>> * >>> >>> 3) I added the following view-map: >>> >>> * >>> <view-map name="FeedbackMessages" type="screen" >>> page="component://testapp/widget/TestAppScreens.xml#FeedbackMessages"/> >>> * >>> >>> which points to the following screen widget: >>> * >>> <screen name="FeedbackMessages"> >>> <section> >>> <widgets> >>> <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" >>> location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}"> >>> <decorator-section name="title"> >>> <label text="Exploring all placeholders for Feedback"/> >>> </decorator-section> >>> <decorator-section name="body"> >>> >>> </decorator-section> >>> </decorator-screen> >>> </widgets> >>> </section> >>> </screen> >>> * >>> >>> >>> Note: >>> step 3 is not necessary. I only used it to see something on my screen. >>> >>> >>> Result: >>> I can now see in real time the SOAP message that is being sent & the >>> response that is received. >>> and I can also this screen: >>> <http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/file/n4646047/result.png> >>> >>> >>> Now: >>> the only thing I still need to do is some parsing on the SOAP response >>> message to be able to deal with the variables that interest me in that >>> message. I also need to enhance my code to make it more "generic" so that it >>> becomes somewhat dynamic and works with not only that specific Web Service >>> that I had to hardcode. >>> >>> Do you have any suggestions for that? I do not want to be reinventing the >>> wheel!
