We work with an ordering system that's been around for a long time. (Fat-Client Java. yeah!)
Way back, (waaay before I ever heard of Tapestry), we built a simple servlet-based reporting tool that would pull and display orders and thier line items. Used URLs like: (show an order) http://192.168.0.4:8080/l3_iw/COReport?ORDER_NUMBER=828661&REVISION=7 (potentially show a list of orders) http://192.168.0.4:8080/l3_iw/COReport?ORDER_NUMBER=828661 (show a list of orders that match) http://192.168.0.4:8080/l3_iw/COReport?TELCO_CIRCUIT_NUMBER=AD3456-345 Over time the ordering system has been integrated with Vitria Businessware (process engine) and part of that was passing in the URLs we use for the report into Vitria. This enabled users in other systems around the company to quickly have a look at any orders in our system. We also offered to provide enough info to the Vitria side to build the URLs on the fly, but they were not interested in that. Turns out that out there in Vitria-space, they are storing these URLs and using them often (1000 hits/day). This was not supposed to happen. Which brings me to the point of my message. Been toying with the idea of converting the reports (JSP based) to the Tapestry way. The old report system has expanded greatly and is ripe to be "tapestrized". But, the new system still needs to respond to the old URLs pumped in from Vitria-space. Been looking at Engine Services but I believe that the URLs produced and understood by Tapestry are not compatible with the old URLs. right? I could make some servlets that recieve the old URLs and transform them into Tapesrty friendly request parameters, then forward, but I'm wondering how hard it would be to avoid this. Oh yeah, I'm using Tapestry 2.1 ('cuz Spindle 1.1alpha1 isn't done! yet.) Any thoughts? Geoff Geoffrey Longman Intelligent Works Inc. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Tapestry-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tapestry-developer
