OFBiz has been characterized as having an "event-driven, service-oriented architecture". Long before it was fashionable to build complex enterprise computer systems using service-oriented techniques, OFBiz implemented a number of architectural features enabling a service-oriented design. These features include:
A context-aware Service Engine available for use across the entire framework or, if configured, externally through supported network interfaces. OFBiz Service consumers need not concern themselves with the location of the called Service nor with a Service's implementation details. OFBiz handles all that transparently to both the service provider and consumer.
Multiple invocation methods including: inline or synchronous with the calling program; out-of-band or asynchronous from the caller's processing logic and/or as a scheduled job for recurring execution. OFBiz handles all input, output, and context parameter transfers seamlessly to both Service provider and Service...