Question on extend-entity

[Amit Shinde]

Hello,
        I am using extend-entity ability to add more fields to an existing OFBiz
entity. These fields are not relational. I am trying to extend TelecomNumber
table and add a field 'extn' to it. This field represents the Phone
Extension Number. This field is created in the table but no data is
persisted. We call 'createPartyTelecomNumber' service of OFBiz which in turn
calls 'createTelecomNumber'. Both these service take auto-attributes of the
TelecomNumber entity for input mode. So, inspite of passing the 'extn'
parameter, it is still not persisted. I cant figure out on what the reason
is. Any insight will be appreciated.


        <extend-entity entity-name="TelecomNumber">
        <field name="extnNumber" type="short-varchar"></field>
    </extend-entity>

    <service name="createTelecomNumber" engine="simple"
            location="org/ofbiz/party/contact/ContactMechServices.xml"
invoke="createTelecomNumber" auth="true">
        <description>Create a Telecommunications Number</description>
        <auto-attributes entity-name="TelecomNumber" include="all" mode="IN"
optional="true"/>
        <attribute name="contactMechId" type="String" mode="OUT"
optional="false"/>
    </service>

    <service name="createPartyTelecomNumber" engine="simple"
            location="org/ofbiz/party/contact/PartyContactMechServices.xml"
invoke="createPartyTelecomNumber" auth="true">
        <description>Create a Telecommunications Number</description>
        <auto-attributes entity-name="PartyContactMech" include="all"
mode="IN" optional="true"/>
        <auto-attributes entity-name="TelecomNumber" include="nonpk"
mode="IN" optional="true"/>
        <attribute name="contactMechPurposeTypeId" type="String" mode="IN"
optional="true"/>
        <attribute name="contactMechId" type="String" mode="OUT"
optional="false"/>
    </service>



Thanks in advance,

Amit Shinde

[David E Jones-2]

Probably because those services internally are not as generic as they  
should be...

BTW, there is already a place for a phone number extension, is on the  
PartyContactMech entity.

-David


On Oct 4, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Amit Shinde wrote:

> Hello,
> I am using extend-entity ability to add more fields to an existing  
> OFBiz
> entity. These fields are not relational. I am trying to extend  
> TelecomNumber
> table and add a field 'extn' to it. This field represents the Phone
> Extension Number. This field is created in the table but no data is
> persisted. We call 'createPartyTelecomNumber' service of OFBiz  
> which in turn
> calls 'createTelecomNumber'. Both these service take auto-
> attributes of the
> TelecomNumber entity for input mode. So, inspite of passing the 'extn'
> parameter, it is still not persisted. I cant figure out on what the  
> reason
> is. Any insight will be appreciated.
>
>
> <extend-entity entity-name="TelecomNumber">
>         <field name="extnNumber" type="short-varchar"></field>
>     </extend-entity>
>
>     <service name="createTelecomNumber" engine="simple"
>             location="org/ofbiz/party/contact/ContactMechServices.xml"
> invoke="createTelecomNumber" auth="true">
>         <description>Create a Telecommunications Number</description>
>         <auto-attributes entity-name="TelecomNumber" include="all"  
> mode="IN"
> optional="true"/>
>         <attribute name="contactMechId" type="String" mode="OUT"
> optional="false"/>
>     </service>
>
>     <service name="createPartyTelecomNumber" engine="simple"
>             location="org/ofbiz/party/contact/
> PartyContactMechServices.xml"
> invoke="createPartyTelecomNumber" auth="true">
>         <description>Create a Telecommunications Number</description>
>         <auto-attributes entity-name="PartyContactMech" include="all"
> mode="IN" optional="true"/>
>         <auto-attributes entity-name="TelecomNumber" include="nonpk"
> mode="IN" optional="true"/>
>         <attribute name="contactMechPurposeTypeId" type="String"  
> mode="IN"
> optional="true"/>
>         <attribute name="contactMechId" type="String" mode="OUT"
> optional="false"/>
>     </service>
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Amit Shinde
>
>