[jira] Commented: (OFBIZ-4153) Make entity engine a standalone database access tool/API

["Adrian Crum (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Adrian Crum commented on OFBIZ-4153:
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Some preliminary work was done on this idea in a branch:

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/executioncontext20090716

That branch is a little old, and the changes in it encompass more than just the entity engine, but it should provide some general direction for this effort.


> Make entity engine a standalone database access tool/API
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-4153
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4153
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: framework
>            Reporter: Raj Saini
>            Priority: Minor
>
> From the user mailing list:
> I was picturing the entity engine as a lower level artifact - like a jar file. I don't have all of the details worked out yet, but what I picture is this:
> 1. An application needs a database-agnostic data store.
> 2. The application accesses the data store though the entity engine API/ jar library.
> Ofbiz has a very convenient way of defining databases, tables, and views as XML files. Plus, it has the ability to create/modify table/index structures during start-up. I believe that would be a very handy tool for anyone wanting to create any application that requires data storage.
> Wrapping the entity engine jar file in an OSGI bundle would be trivial.
> If anyone is interested in exploring this further, then they should create a Jira issue and we can take it from there. 

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