Re: GWT + Open API

Thanks, Rogelio, for your instructions.

I'm working on this now. I'll report on the progress later.

On 23.03.2017 22:56, Rogelio Flores wrote:
> No, I have not tried generating API interfaces for a CXF client. I
> don't remember even seeing that option when we first created the api
> (more than a year ago). I might try that out.
>
> To create our GWT "Models" module, we simply add a gwt module file
> with these 3 lines:
>
> |
>
> <modulerename-to='Models'>
> <sourcepath="model"/>
>
> </module>
>
> |
>
> to the generated Java source code, package it into a jar file, and we
> can import and use that module on any GWT app (and also on the server
> side along with the rest of the generated files, so we can call the
> same api programmatically).
>
> Our API is externally available (to customers that buy our enterprise
> product) so that customers can request/manipulate the data with their
> own RESTful clients if they choose to.
>
>
> On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 5:16:58 AM UTC-6, Irek Szczesniak wrote:
>
> Thank you, Rogelio, for your input.
>
> I like the idea of generating the data model from the OpenAPI
> specification, because I will not have to write some boring
> error-prone code. I also like the optimization of the GWT compiler.
>
> The swagger-codegen can output Jaxrs Cxf Client, which has the API
> interface defined with JAX-RS annotations. So it seems that even the
> interfaces could be auto-generated. You only have to modify them so
> that they extend RestService, required by RestyGWT.
>
> Have you tried auto-generating the API interfaces with Jaxrs Cxf
> Client?
>
> In your previous message you wrote that you auto-generate a GWT
> module. What do you specifically mean by a module here? Do you use
> some publicly-available tools, or do you have something home-grown?
>
> On 22.03.2017 23:51, Rogelio Flores wrote:
> > Yes, those are the Models I was referring to.
> >
> > I can't compare my approach to JsInterop +
> > RequestBuilder/XMLHttpRequest because I haven't tried it, but
> having
> > used RequestBuilder (and direct XMLHttpRequest) before, I can't see
> > how you will write less code using that approach. A benefit of
> doing
> > things in Java is that GWT will optimize the resulting javascript
> > (Java classes/methods from the generated api that don't get used
> > aren't included).
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10:39:09 PM UTC-6, Irek Szczesniak
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Rogelio!
> >
> > When you auto-generate Java source code, do you use
> > swagger-codegen to
> > generate Java client code, so that you get Java classes
> implementing
> > the types from the OpenAPI #/definitions?
> >
> > On 21.03.2017 20:50, Rogelio Flores wrote:
> > > We do auto-generate Java source code out of the swagger api
> > (including
> > > a GWT module). That allows us to use the Models on both
> client and
> > > server side. So we don't have to write much code.
> Basically all
> > we do
> > > is specify some options for RestyGWT and specify the
> endpoints.
> > >
> > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 11:32:41 PM UTC-6, Irek
> Szczesniak
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you, Rogelio, for your info.
> > >
> > > But I guess no code is generated automatically, you
> have to
> > > develop it
> > > yourself. Is this right?
> > >
> > > I'm not fully for code generation (such code is usually
> > messy and
> > > hard
> > > to read), but generating some bits, like a model of
> the data
> > > structures could be useful.
> > >
> > > On 20.03.2017 18:24, Rogelio Flores wrote:
> > > > We use RestyGWT to consume a swagger REST API and
> are very
> > pleased
> > > > with it:
> > > >
> > > > https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html
> <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html>
> > <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html
> <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html>>
> > > <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html
> <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html>
> > <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html
> <https://resty-gwt.github.io/index.html>>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 7:06:08 AM UTC-6, Irek
> > Szczesniak
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I need to develop a web client with GWT, which
> > consumes a web
> > > > service defined with Open API (formerly Swagger).
> > > >
> > > > I wonder whether someone could offer some advice on
> > how to
> > > do it
> > > > best with GWT.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Irek
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