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As I understand it, Raj wanted to query the security services. RMI would
> Raj,
>
> Yes, in theory you should be able to access ofbiz as a backend service
> provider from any Java client that can make an RMI call via the
> RMIDispatcher. We use the RMIDispatcher to run our tests and
> utilities.
>
> That said you would have to consider a few things.
>
> 1. All services would have to be set as export="true"
>
> 2. Most ofbiz services require authentication which it gets by reading
> session variables in the container. If you use RMI those sessions
> will not be created. You would have to pass this information in with
> the call using the "userLogin" parameter.
>
> 3. Some objects don't serialize correctly from client to server. For
> example, you can pass a GenericValue between an RMI client and server
> but if a method in the object refers to the entity engine
> configuration the object will fail on the client. For these types of
> problems we usually just pass simple data types that just contain
> data.
>
> 4. RMI protocols are usually only support within an Intranet type network.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Brett
>
>
> On 7/5/06, Raj <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Yes Brett,I also did it ,how to solve this problem ,and one more thing Brett
> > If I get dispatcher from RMI Client .is it possible to bring ofbiz as a
> > backend for any external application
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brett Palmer [mailto:
[hidden email]]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:55 AM
> > To:
[hidden email];
[hidden email]
> > Subject: Re: binnding RMIDispatcher to client
> >
> > Raj,
> >
> > You will also get this error if you have compiled the server and
> > client differently.
> >
> > For example, if I build ofbiz with ant and startup the server as
> > normal and then try to connect to server via RMI from a client running
> > in Eclipse I will get this error.
> >
> >
> > Brett
> >
> > On 7/5/06, Raj <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I invoke the ofbiz RMIDispatcher from client to ofbiz server .I also
> > change
> > > latest ofbiz-service-rmi.jar from server to client.but I can't get through
> > > it ,please any body help me.here I listed log file
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling return; nested exception
> > > is:
> > >
> > > java.io.InvalidClassException:
> > > org.ofbiz.service.rmi.socket.zip.CompressionClientSocketFactory; local
> > class
> > > incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = -7751495693367440749,
> > > local class serialVersionUID = 830610525710844423
> > >
> > > at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
> > >
> > > at java.rmi.Naming.lookup(Naming.java:84)
> > >
> > > at src.ExampleRemoteClient.<init>(ExampleRemoteClient.java:36)
> > >
> > > at src.ExampleRemoteClient.main(ExampleRemoteClient.java:55)
> > >
> > > Caused by: java.io.InvalidClassException:
> > > org.ofbiz.service.rmi.socket.zip.CompressionClientSocketFactory; local
> > class
> > > incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = -7751495693367440749,
> > > local class serialVersionUID = 830610525710844423
> > >
> > > at
> > java.io.ObjectStreamClass.initNonProxy(ObjectStreamClass.java:463)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1521)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1435)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1626)
> > >
> > > at
> > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1274)
> > >
> > > at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:324)
> > >
> > > at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.read(TCPEndpoint.java:504)
> > >
> > > at sun.rmi.transport.LiveRef.read(LiveRef.java:254)
> > >
> > > at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef2.readExternal(UnicastRef2.java:54)
> > >
> > > at java.rmi.server.RemoteObject.readObject(RemoteObject.java:420)
> > >
> > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> > >
> > > at
> > >
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39
> > > )
> > >
> > > at
> > >
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
> > > .java:25)
> > >
> > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:838)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1746)
> > >
> > > at
> > > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1646)
> > >
> > > at
> > java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1274)
> > >
> > > at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:324)
> > >
> > > ... 4 more
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > P.Raj
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >