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Note: this is a DRAFT

Introduction

Note: The following Integration Guide is aimed at OFBiz Developers with a Basic Knowledge of the actual System.

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java
java
package org.brandsparadise.cms;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.net.*;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.ofbiz.service.DispatchContext;
import org.ofbiz.service.ServiceUtil;

/*\*
* Base class for OFBiz Test Tools test case implementations.
\*/

public abstract class Magnolia extends TestCase {

public static final String module = Magnolia.class.getName();
public static String cmsUrl = "http://www.google.com";

/*\*
* runs a query on a url and return the results
\*
\*/
public static Map runCMSQuery(DispatchContext dctx, Map context) {

try {
// get Connection
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
byte\[\] buffer = new byte[8192];

InputStream s;

URL url = new URL(cmsUrl + context.get("query").toString());
s = url.openStream();

int size = 0;

do
{                 size = s.read(buffer);                 if (size != -1)                     result.append(new String(buffer, 0, size));             }
while (size \!= \-1);
context = ServiceUtil.returnSuccess();
context.put("queryResult", result.toString());

} catch (MalformedURLException e)
{             // TODO Auto-generated catch block             e.printStackTrace();             context = ServiceUtil.returnError(e.toString());          }
catch (IOException e)
{             // TODO Auto-generated catch block             e.printStackTrace();             context = ServiceUtil.returnError(e.toString());         }
// Debug.log("Query Result: "+results.toString());
return context;
}

public static void main(String\[\] args)
{         junit.textui.TestRunner.run(Magnolia.class);         System.exit(0);     }
}

Left to be Done

The above should fetch and render any content available. Of course, this is only a basic step to what you wish to accomplish. If you actually want to further integrate the system, I recommend to create XML files in Magnolia in which the content is moved between numbered boxes (remember to use the <![CDATA[ Placeholder ]]> brackets if you wish to include html content in the xml file) and have OFBiz handle these xml data files accordingly...

Though this is a working solution, I am not 100% satisfied with this approach, as Magnolia is left as an independent platform. There is a way to integrate Magnolia even further, but it would require the content to be access through both magnolias' and Ofbiz' filter chains...