Doubt regarding 'GenericValue' support provided in OFBiz web services.

[pradeepruhil85]

Hi,
I have a doubt regarding the support of data types provided in OFBiz for web services. I have a web application which uses services defined in OFBiz to access and retrieve data from database.

Now the service defined in OFBiz has 'GenericValue' as a OUT parameter. As currently OFBiz provide support for custom and complex object parameter support, so I will get this object on the client side I.e. my web application.

 Now in the client side how will I process this 'GenericValue' object as this class is specific to OFBiz. So I will not be able to typecast that to GenericValue.
So do I need to create a jar file  of "GenericValue" class and then set into my web application classpth ? And If I am doing this  then it's like just copy pasting the OFBiz framework into my web application.

My second doubt is :
How to write the client to access the OFBiz web service in my web application ?
Do I need to write that the same way as code written in 'SoapClientEngine.java' file  like serialize the input parameters and then send them.
Because otherwise If I am using axis to call the OFBiz web service , I am getting 'Not able to deserialize the 'inputMap' parameter.

Kindly help me to clear my doubts.

Thanks & Regards
Pradeep Ruhil

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[David E. Jones-2]

If your client application is written in Java, then check out the ExampleRemoteClient.java file in OFBiz (there are comments there about how to use it).

If you have to use SOAP (and if so, I'm sorry for your pain, there are so many better alternatives) then the easiest way is to write a custom SOAP service that lives in an OFBiz component and calls the OFBiz service when it is called, and returns the result you want in whatever flavour of SOAP you require.

-David


On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Pardeep Ruhil wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I have a doubt regarding the support of data types provided in OFBiz for web services. I have a web application which uses services defined in OFBiz to access and retrieve data from database.
>
> Now the service defined in OFBiz has 'GenericValue' as a OUT parameter. As currently OFBiz provide support for custom and complex object parameter support, so I will get this object on the client side I.e. my web application.
>
> Now in the client side how will I process this 'GenericValue' object as this class is specific to OFBiz. So I will not be able to typecast that to GenericValue.
> So do I need to create a jar file  of "GenericValue" class and then set into my web application classpth ? And If I am doing this  then it's like just copy pasting the OFBiz framework into my web application.
>
> My second doubt is :
> How to write the client to access the OFBiz web service in my web application ?
> Do I need to write that the same way as code written in 'SoapClientEngine.java' file  like serialize the input parameters and then send them.
> Because otherwise If I am using axis to call the OFBiz web service , I am getting 'Not able to deserialize the 'inputMap' parameter.
>
> Kindly help me to clear my doubts.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Pradeep Ruhil
>
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[pradeepruhil85]

Hi David,
Thanks for showing me the right way.
Also David, Is there any example of demo SOAP client in Java written for accessing OFBiz web service, will be highly
appreciated, actually the ExampleRemoteClient is using RMI. But I want to access it via SOAP.

Thanks & Regards
Pradeep Ruhil

-----Original Message-----
From: David E Jones [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:56 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Doubt regarding 'GenericValue' support provided in OFBiz web services.


If your client application is written in Java, then check out the ExampleRemoteClient.java file in OFBiz (there are comments there about how to use it).

If you have to use SOAP (and if so, I'm sorry for your pain, there are so many better alternatives) then the easiest way is to write a custom SOAP service that lives in an OFBiz component and calls the OFBiz service when it is called, and returns the result you want in whatever flavour of SOAP you require.

-David


On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Pardeep Ruhil wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I have a doubt regarding the support of data types provided in OFBiz for web services. I have a web application which uses services defined in OFBiz to access and retrieve data from database.
>
> Now the service defined in OFBiz has 'GenericValue' as a OUT parameter. As currently OFBiz provide support for custom and complex object parameter support, so I will get this object on the client side I.e. my web application.
>
> Now in the client side how will I process this 'GenericValue' object as this class is specific to OFBiz. So I will not be able to typecast that to GenericValue.
> So do I need to create a jar file  of "GenericValue" class and then set into my web application classpth ? And If I am doing this  then it's like just copy pasting the OFBiz framework into my web application.
>
> My second doubt is :
> How to write the client to access the OFBiz web service in my web application ?
> Do I need to write that the same way as code written in 'SoapClientEngine.java' file  like serialize the input parameters and then send them.
> Because otherwise If I am using axis to call the OFBiz web service , I am getting 'Not able to deserialize the 'inputMap' parameter.
>
> Kindly help me to clear my doubts.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Pradeep Ruhil
>
> ________________________________
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>
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[Jacques Le Roux]

Did you look into FAQ ?

Jacques

From: "Pardeep Ruhil" <[hidden email]>

> Hi David,
> Thanks for showing me the right way.
> Also David, Is there any example of demo SOAP client in Java written for accessing OFBiz web service, will be highly
> appreciated, actually the ExampleRemoteClient is using RMI. But I want to access it via SOAP.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Pradeep Ruhil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David E Jones [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:56 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Doubt regarding 'GenericValue' support provided in OFBiz web services.
>
>
> If your client application is written in Java, then check out the ExampleRemoteClient.java file in OFBiz (there are comments there
> about how to use it).
>
> If you have to use SOAP (and if so, I'm sorry for your pain, there are so many better alternatives) then the easiest way is to
> write a custom SOAP service that lives in an OFBiz component and calls the OFBiz service when it is called, and returns the result
> you want in whatever flavour of SOAP you require.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Pardeep Ruhil wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have a doubt regarding the support of data types provided in OFBiz for web services. I have a web application which uses
>> services defined in OFBiz to access and retrieve data from database.
>>
>> Now the service defined in OFBiz has 'GenericValue' as a OUT parameter. As currently OFBiz provide support for custom and complex
>> object parameter support, so I will get this object on the client side I.e. my web application.
>>
>> Now in the client side how will I process this 'GenericValue' object as this class is specific to OFBiz. So I will not be able to
>> typecast that to GenericValue.
>> So do I need to create a jar file  of "GenericValue" class and then set into my web application classpth ? And If I am doing this
>> then it's like just copy pasting the OFBiz framework into my web application.
>>
>> My second doubt is :
>> How to write the client to access the OFBiz web service in my web application ?
>> Do I need to write that the same way as code written in 'SoapClientEngine.java' file  like serialize the input parameters and
>> then send them.
>> Because otherwise If I am using axis to call the OFBiz web service , I am getting 'Not able to deserialize the 'inputMap'
>> parameter.
>>
>> Kindly help me to clear my doubts.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Pradeep Ruhil
>>
>> ________________________________
>> This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended
>> recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended
> recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>