WebService or other integration point

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I was wondering if there is a web service or another integration point built for this system. I have to integrate this web app into an existing system, but I dont want to redirect to jforum. Instead what I need to do is use some sort of service layer or web service to read messages, send a message and register a user. All other functionality will be redirected to the actual jforum. Thanks in advance.
[originally posted on jforum.net by rcasta]

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I'm looking at a similar project, and just started examining the particulars today. I believe for my own needs much can be accomplished with the SSO and the RSS feeds available, but before I decided that, I spent some time looking at the code, and there are relatively straightforward extension points. So if you're looking to code your own enhancements, you can probably add extenstions in these places. Most notably, you can create your own URL-mapping by adding an entry to WEB-INF/config/modulesMapping.properties, which together with some entries in WEB-INF/config/urlPatterns.properties, will let you output whatever you like from the system.

I don't think there is any general web-service layer already in place, however.

Good luck,

-- Scott
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Thanks for the input. What I have built so far using Spring is a service which exports itself as a web service. I then connect from a remote client (the main web application) with ease. The problem stems from null pointers thrown from the jforum code. It seems like the whole environment is not loaded at startup and I since I haven't combed the code thoroughly, some singletons are null. Thats my guess. Any help on this issue would be a life saver.Thanks in advance.
[originally posted on jforum.net by rcasta]

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rcasta wrote:The problem stems from null pointers thrown from the jforum code. It seems like the whole environment is not loaded at startup and I since I haven't combed the code thoroughly, some singletons are null. Thats my guess.

As I said, I'm brand-new to this code, and have nothing to offer you on this but moral support. However, you've got that!

Good luck,

-- Scott
[originally posted on jforum.net by scott_sauyet]