[OFBiz] Users - Batch XML export

[T E Schmitz]

T E Schmitz wrote:
> I know this topic was discussed a few months back 
> (http://lists.ofbiz.org/mailman/htdig/users/2005-March/006884.html). 
> Sorry for bringing it up again but I'm afraid I need a bit of 
> hand-holding :-(

I figured it out myself, and indeed, with hindsight what seemed daunting 
initially turned out to be quite simple.

Just in case another OFBiz newbie should be interested in exporting 
orders automagically, here's what I did:

I decided to export the orders one by one producing an XML file just 
like the Webtools XML export. Each export file is named after the 
orderId and placed in ${ofbiz.home}\data\sync\orders from where Unison 
or whatever can beam it to wherever it is going to be imported.

I created a service which exports an order when it is approved.

1) applications\order\entitydef\eecas.xml

define eca:

<eca entity="OrderHeader" operation="create-store" event="return">
   <condition field-name="statusId" operator="equals" 
value="ORDER_APPROVED"/>
   <action service="exportOrder" mode="sync"/>
</eca>

2) applications\product\servicedef\services_facility.xml

define service:

<service name="exportOrder" engine="java" require-new-transaction="true" 
max-retry="3" location="org.ofbiz.order.order.OrderServices" 
invoke="exportOrder">
   <description>Export Order to XML</description>
   <attribute name="orderId" type="String" mode="IN" optional="false"/>
</service>

3) applications\order\src\org\ofbiz\order\OrderServices.java

write method orderExport, which does the actual export



Maybe the above is just a fudge rather than a solution but for the time 
being it works for me.

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Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz