[OpenLayers-Users] openlayers,geoserver in external web app

[Tue Topholm]

That is the "normal" way to do it....

You also have the option to provide a proxy url that does exactly what you
want.


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Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Tue Topholm
Sugee
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2012/12/27 pierre de fermat <fermatslittletheorem at gmail.com>

> Hi
> I am creating a web app (dojo/struts/postgres/postgis) which amongst
> other things, need to deliver GIS capabilities.
>
> The base infrastructure (security,logging,caching etc) is in place and
> other modules are under development. I took up openlayers as my
> frontend js for rendering maps from geoserver.
>
> For other modules, the request (ajax and regular) goes through my
> struts filter layers -> action class->dao->db route. However,
> openlayer requires configuration of wms services URL (provided by the
> geoserver) . I can't direct those requests directly to geoserver. I
> need my app to trap requests do bunch of validations and then process
> it. I am sure any app developer would have gone through the same issue
> that i am facing right now.
>
> i am thinking of 'tricking' openlayer by giving the URL of a struts
> action which captures the parameters from the request URL, and then
> requesting the geoserver internally for the response.This way i could
> manage session, security etc and keep geoserver internally facing. Is
> this recomendded? Is there a better way to make openlayer work with
> external web app?
>
> Regards
> Pierre
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