Posted by
David E. Jones on
Sep 07, 2005; 6:20am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Dev-EDI-Reader-tp165966p165969.html
It would generally work out much better to do the integration at a
process level rather than the data level. In other words, as EDI or
ebXML or UBL or whatever requests come in just map the data to
various service calls, then use the results of those service calls
(possibly supplemented by extra information retrieved through the
Entity Engine) to prepare the response. This generally results in
less duplication of logic, with all of the benefits that entails (in
fact maintaining a system without that is very expensive and is
rarely really done adequately).
-David
On Sep 6, 2005, at 1:08 PM, Chris Howe wrote:
> What exactly would be necessary to implement an edi or ebXML
> solution into OFBiz? I am just now looking into this, so there is
> a huge gap in my understanding. This is my understanding of how it
> works lets say for getting a product catalog from a supplier into
> OFBiz
>
> 1. Receive edi or ebXML file from supplier
> 2. Translate file into xml that the entity engine understands
> 3. Feed into entity engine.
>
> Is this correct, or am i missing something
> ---
[hidden email] wrote: EDI is a broad term.
> Basically you need a reader that is configured by a
> template to read
> each EDi format and form.
> This would require a service to monitor the folder
> for the edi data the
> call a service to decode and store the information.
>
>
> Chris Howe wrote:
> > Is there currently an EDI parser/reader in OFBiz
> and
> > if not, how difficult would it be to integrate
> > something like EDI Reader?
> >
http://edireader.sourceforge.net/> >
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