I will not answer all your questions, just one : you get automatically other standard parameters like userLogin, locale, etc. I
think that it's
obvious why : easier to work with.
Jacques
> Hi,
>
> when I implement a service in Java, I am supposed to use the following
> method signature:
>
> public static Map someService(DispatchContext ctx, Map context)
>
> Where can I find a description of the significance of these two
> parameters. Specifically, it seems that my context-map contains more
> than the parameters defined in the service-xml file. Where do these
> extra keys come from, and what are they used for?
>
> Why don't OFBiz use custom parameter objects instead of these very
> generic maps? It seems that errors like misspelling a key in
> context.get(...) could be avoided.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anders
>