On Jan 26, 2010, at 2:43 AM, Chris Snow wrote: > David E Jones wrote: >> Your best bet to find things in OFBiz is to gain an understanding of the >> data model, and then to use tools like the Artifact Info stuff in web tools >> to find related artifacts (ie controller requests and views, screens, forms, >> service definitions, service implementations, and so on. When you do this >> you'll see a number of process snippets that are modeled as services (like >> creating an order), or triggers that get other processes going in the form >> of ECA rules (like creating an invoice for part or all of an order when >> items from that order are in a packed shipment). >> >> > Perhaps an eclipse ofbiz plug would be more useful than process > documentation? I.e. being able to "efficiently" navigate all this meta data > from within the development environment?
The original intent of the Artifact Info stuff was to gather the information that would be necessary for something like an Eclipse plugin. Until someone writes and Eclipse plugin the information is only available through the web-based UI. -David
