topic Re: Java access to non Alfresco DMS in Alfresco Archive

Java access to non Alfresco DMS

fstar — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:33:17 GMT

We implemented a Java search application to search a non Alfresco DMS. The results should be displayed in Share.Can somebody propose how to call the Java search application within share and how to display the results?We were looking for examples to create Java based webscripts in Share, but we are n

Re: Java access to non Alfresco DMS

mrogers — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:47:56 GMT

Although you can probably "kludge" something into Share, Share is view tier software so the way it works is to call data access webscripts from the the repo tier. The repo tier web scripts are the ones that provide the data.

One solution would be to provide a web script interface to your search program then call it from Share. Or add a repo tier web script that access your external DMS.

Re: Java access to non Alfresco DMS

fstar — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:51:28 GMT

Thanks a lot! Can you also propose an example? Or maybe give a hint which classes or webscript packages to use?