[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-10317) Allowing XML-RPC and SOAP to pass GenericValue objects to services as IN fields

[Nicolas Malin (Jira)]

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Taher Alkhateeb commented on OFBIZ-10317:
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After lots of research, noting here that I suspect that maybe the best place to tackle this problem is in the conversion api located in package org.apache.ofbiz.base.conversion

More specifically, I suspect we can add the conversion from java.util.HashMap->org.apache.ofbiz.entity.GenericValue using the converter interface.

The logic to trace from is definitely in package org.apache.ofbiz.webapp.event.XmlRpcEventHandler. But it is relatively complex, I need to switch constantly between many classes (a major need of refactoring here!).

Anyway, Work In Progress, we'll see how it goes. The unit tests provided are extremely helpful.

> Allowing XML-RPC and SOAP to pass GenericValue objects to services as IN fields
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>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-10317
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-10317
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: framework/webtools
>    Affects Versions: 16.11.04
>            Reporter: Rajesh Kumar Mallah
>            Priority: Major
>         Attachments: not-working.xml, working.xml
>
>
>  
> The existing framework allows invoking  various services via XMLRPC or SOAP
> as per their argument expectations. However only basic types are handled
> like String , Boolean , Int etc. If a service is expecting a GenericValue eg: 'calculateProductPrice'   it is not possible to invoke it via SOAP or XMLRPC.
> The reason being SOAP or XMLRPC can support Map and that is the closest
> it can provide in lieu of any custom Object that a Service might be expecting.
> A generic solution needs to be found so that the full potential of the plethora of
> exportable services can be utilized by external systems that looks for integrating and
> banking upon OfBiz via XMLRPC or SOAP.
> h6. related Threads:
> [How to pass org.apache.ofbiz.entity.GenericValue using XMLRPC]
> [https://markmail.org/message/dwako4nsu4h3zgmu] [ dev ]
> [https://markmail.org/message/iuffmakor3ru2yce] [user]
>  

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