Here is the exact code that I committed in my feature branch, which was created from a fork of the OFBiz trunk.
https://github.com/diveshdut/ofbiz-framework/commit/4cbcd3c41be0f4e1bb6b8ffde1055dc5f67ea2c8 If this looks generally acceptable, I will create the Jira ticket and pull request for OFBiz trunk. Thanks -- Divesh Dutta www.hotwaxsystems.com On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM Divesh Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > While working on PWA apps for Manufacturing, I encountered the same REST > pagination logic in a few places. Since the need itself is generic and not > really manufacturing-specific, I thought it might make sense to move that > logic into RestApiUtil as reusable helpers. > > I’m thinking about adding these four methods to: > > framework/restapi/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/ws/rs/util/RestApiUtil.java: > > Here are the 4 methods: > > 1) getPagingParameters(Map<String, ?> parameters): > > This would normalize paging inputs into a standard pageIndex and > pageSize, including defaults and support for both pageIndex/pageSize and > VIEW_INDEX/VIEW_SIZE. > > > 2) getPartialList(EntityQuery query, int pageIndex, int pageSize): > > This would wrap the usual EntityListIterator.getPartialList(...) usage > so services avoid repeating paging calculations and iterator handling. > > > > 3) getPagedResult(int pageIndex, int pageSize, long totalCount, String > listName, List<?> rows) : > > > This would create a standard paged REST response map with metadata > like page index, page size, total count, and the actual result list. > > 4) getParameterValueIgnoreCase(Map<String, ?> parameters, String... names) > : > > This would help look up request parameters by accepted aliases > case-insensitively. > > > > The main goal is to avoid repeating the same small pieces of logic in REST > services and to keep pagination handling more consistent across endpoints. > > Although I first needed this while building Manufacturing PWAs, the > methods themselves are generic, so I think RestApiUtil is the right place > for them. > > If this sounds reasonable, I can prepare a Jira ticket and contribute the > code. > > Thanks > -- > Divesh Dutta > www.hotwaxsystems.com > >
