[opencms-dev] indipendent web application with OpenCMS

[M Butcher]

I suppose that there are a number of ways of doing this, but here are a
few ideas.

* Write a simple JSP that returns the information you need in XML.
Essentially, this would wrap data and metadata from OpenCMS in XML
documents. Since the documents themselves are already XML documents, and
XML parsers and utilities are already in the OpenCMS system, I think
this should be relatively fast to develop. Since this would be a "read
only" mechanism, the built in security should suffice.

* Write a SOAP interface to the system. I have that here on my list of
'to do' items, but while I've given it significant thought, I haven't
even begun implementing it. As I see it, there are really two different
ways of implementing SOAP: 1) Implementing it as a file-getting protocol
(e.g. 'fetchFile' or fetchFileNames' or things like that) or 2)
Implementing the entire CMS functionality (which would allow you do do
remote updating and publishing). (1) would be a LOT easier, probably
small enough to code in a week or two. (2) would be a very significant
amount of work, but would open all of OpenCMS up to external editors,
etc.

Matt

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 04:51, Marco Tizzano wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I have a question to submit you, and i hope someone can help me.
> 
> I need to implement a web application using the Java Servlet
> Technology having content management system characteristics.
> 
> I wouldn't implement a brand new CMS using (for example) the framework
> Jakarta Slide, but i would want use an existing CMS (open source),like
> OpenCMS. 
> 
> I've installed OpenCMS and i think that it has got very good
> characteristics of a CMS (it's quite complete being an CMS). 
> 
> The problem is that, likely, it cannot be used by an indipendent web
> application.
> 
> Someone can tell me the opposite thing? If so, someone can help me to
> understand how i can do to have access to the contents stored under
> OpenCMS from an indipendet web application (for example using an http
> request, or instantiating the OpenCMS classes, or so on)?
> 
> Thanks for all. Please, answer me soon.
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M Butcher <mbutcher at grcomputing.net>