Just checked out that link. this looks pretty cool. Anyone else in the WO community use it? If so, what are your impressions?
> http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/ On 2011-07-13, at 2:14 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Calven Eggert wrote: > >> Geesh, after reading this I've realized that I missed a 'minor' detail. >> hehe > > :-) > > >> My task is for a current WO application to import data from a new source, >> which happens to be a given URL. Far as I know it's read-only. (I can't >> imagine having to rewrite all my WO apps of over 10 years work. yikes, that >> would be scary) > > OK, that should be a lot less scary. You will need them to provide some > documentation on what exactly that URL returns. Then use something like this: > http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/ > > to get the content. Parsing / handling the content depends on what the are > sending back. > > >> one reply to this subject talked about REST. is this my solution? > > I thought that ERRest was mostly on the production, not consumption side. I > could be wrong. It may be of some use in parsing the response in any case. > > > Chuck > > > > >> On 2011-07-13, at 1:12 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 6:57 AM, Calven Eggert wrote: >>> >>>> I've just been told that instead of getting data from a database within my >>>> organization that I should be opening a URL and get the data that way. I >>>> have no clue how that would be done in Webobjects. Can someone please >>>> gently lead me in the right direction? >>> >>> >>> Read only? Full CRUD? >>> >>> If you still want the result in EOs, then you need to write an EOF adaptor >>> (e.g. like the JDBCAdaptor and the JNDIAdaptor). That is going to be a >>> good bit of work. Maybe a lot of work. They want to replace what EOF does >>> with an HTTP service that will (most probably) be slower. Unless you are >>> using D2W, you might find that something other than WO is a better option. >>> >>> If you just want dictionaries of read-only data, that can be considerably >>> easier. >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development >>> >>> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall >>> knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. >>> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development > > Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall > knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. > http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
