Re: Loading standard web application

Posted by James Yong-2 on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Loading-standard-web-application-tp4705628p4705638.html

Hi Taher,

I am trying to develop an OFBiz plugin that consists of
a) Camunda workflow engine (published as a WAR); and
b) OFBiz web app that make use of the workflow engine.

Allowing OFBiz to load standard web applications will allow me to achieve the above setup using only 1 plugin, making things easy for end-users. They only need to download that plugin, and not worry about deploying the Camunda workflow engine (published as a WAR) on his/her own, as the WAR file can be downloaded automatically via gradle script during OFBiz starting up.

Regards,
James Yong

On 2017-05-05 18:07 (+0800), Taher Alkhateeb <[hidden email]> wrote:

> This topic is very much linked to the previous thread that you started
> earleri "Tomcat SSO" so they might as well be one topic. I think I answered
> most stuff in that thread.
>
> However, I would add that in my opinion, maybe it would be simpler if we
> avoid implementing it in this fashion (ofbiz webapp + standard webapp) but
> instead treat all of OFBiz as a single webapp by refactoring the catalina
> container. Having two ways of doing the same thing is perhaps an added
> complexity and more cognitive load on people for no added value that I can
> think of. Unifying, on the other hand, would be a huge added value IMO.
>
> My 2 cents .. and thank you for bringing up this discussion
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 11:35 AM, James Yong <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking into allowing OFBiz to load standard web application where
> > there is no controller.xml and the jar files residing in web-inf/lib folder.
> >
> > Proposing to add an attribute named 'type' to the 'webapp' tag at
> > ofbiz-component.xml, i.e.
> >
> > <webapp name="myapp"
> >         type="standard"  <--------------- new proposed attribute
> >         title="Myapp"
> >         server="myapp-server"
> >         location="webapp/myapp"
> >         mount-point="/myapp"/>
> >
> > This new attribute will help to differentiate standard web applications
> > from those in OFBiz, and allows Catalina Container to load them accordingly.
> > When type="standard", will load as standard web application.
> > When type is empty, load according to OFBiz way.
> >
> > Any feedback is welcome.
> >
> > Regards,
> > James Yong
> >
> >
>