WEM 8.5 - Connecting to WEM via standalone Java Application without Application Server?

Thomas_Rehbein

Does the WEM 8.5 Java API support connections to WEM sites when you run a simple Java application from command line?

Or do you always need an application server (i.e. Tomcat)? So you would call a JSP file via HTTP request to run the code?

I just wonder if it's possible to create some small command line Java applications that only do some user defined import/export tasks for a given site (i.e. export channel structure to a simple CSV or XML file).

Or is there a way to implement some kind of agent that periodically runs and performs certain tasks?

Thanks in advance!

Evan_Bench

Quoted Thomas Rehbein on 2013-09-02 15:33:

Does the WEM 8.5 Java API support connections to WEM sites when you run a simple Java application from command line?

Or do you always need an application server (i.e. Tomcat)? So you would call a JSP file via HTTP request to run the code?

I just wonder if it's possible to create some small command line Java applications that only do some user defined import/export tasks for a given site (i.e. export channel structure to a simple CSV or XML file).

Or is there a way to implement some kind of agent that periodically runs and performs certain tasks?

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi Thomas! How are things in Schwerin? Yes, this is not only possible but is quite common (using WEM API in a POJO). So, you don't need a JEE environment. SImply create a pojo in eclipse that uses API (need to include appsvcs jars, thirdparty jars, weblogic jar in build path). then run from command line or from eclipse. You could then run this as a chronjob in Linux. Another way (that is even easier) is to deploy this jar and register it as a "listener" (using the config console), adding business logic to your class that fires this class for certain events (create, delete, etc.)

Evan