[Helma-user] Question: Is there an easy way to allow app to exchange data?

[Joshua Paine]

Kris, that seems pretty hazardous. Why not build some simple actions  
to provide access to the data you need, e.g. with JSON, so your apps  
won't be so tightly entangled.

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On Feb 2, 2008, at 7:16 PM, Kris Leite <kleite at imcsoftware.com> wrote:

> One solution that I found was:
>
> var server = Packages.helma.main.Server.getServer();
> var dev = server.getApplication('dev');
> var devData = dev.getCacheNode();
>
> 'devData' now contains a pointer to 'dev' applications data cache
> (app.data).
>
> If there is any easier or better way, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
>
>
>
> Kris Leite wrote:
>> Sorry, but I could not find in the documentation where two different
>> apps can exchange data between them.  The Manage app scans all the  
>> apps
>> and retrieves information concerning each.  I reviewed the code and
>> could duplicate some of it's function but I was hoping there might  
>> be an
>> easier way to pass data between two running Helma apps.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>> Kris
>>
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