Hi,
We are evaluating to integrate GroupDocs Viewer into
our OSGI GWT application. What is the best way to implement the integration? I.e.
communication from the viewer JS with our OSGI Backend.
I downloaded the Sample
from https://github.com/groupdocs-total/groupdocs-viewer-java-web-sample,
but it seems that the sample is not compatible with the latest Version (3.2.2). Is there any article or sample which could help me evaluating the gwt integration?
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Martin
Hi Martin,
Thanks for posting your query.
Please download GroupDocs.Viewer for Java showcase project from GroupDocs.Viewer
official repository. This
sample project will certainly mentor you in integrating GroupDocs.Viewer for Java 3.2.2 in your project.
You can learn more about the front end project from
Showcase Documentation. Furthermore,
Technical Overview, this article will explain back-end working of the project, how actions and methods are invoked.
Best Wishes
Hi Atir,
Thank you for your links. I cannot use Spring MVC in
our Application directly. When I understand the resources correctly, I have to
implement every call as an extra servlet and handle the Object marshalling on
my own. When I take the old viewer for java web code as a reference that would
be 19 servlets. I also have concerns regarding future software updates if the communication layer between your client and backend components is custom written. Is there a more simply way to integrate groupDocs Viewer
without coding that much? I.e. is there a way to generate the html pages in the
backend (GroupDocs.Viewer.Examples) and load pages with a single rest URL? Or
is it possible to generate the pages with the viewer in backend and only add
the whole html code to our application?
To better understand our needs, our use case is to
display a blob(docx,xlsx mostly) from the database in an html view.
Regards,
Martin
Hi Martin,
That showcase project developed in Spring MVC framework is just a demonstration. The best thing about GroupDocs.Viewer for Java 3.x is, it is a back-end API that is totally UI/Framework independent. Hence, it can be integrated in any preferred Java framework with full control.
As you have seen/implemented the simplest way to render any (supported formatted) document in HTML in our
UI-Less examples. You can write your own front end viewer to load rendered HTML pages.
Best Wishes