Question about implementation of a webservice

Question

Hi
I have successful implemented a webservice call in my webdnypro application. But I am not sure if I have done this the right way
Scenario: I have a view which displays data from a business partner. These data can be accessed over a webservice. The webservice requires a parameter with the id of the bussiness partner.
My solution: I have implemented a method in the component controller (*comp.java).
public void getBusinessPartnerInfo( java.lang.String businessPartnerCode )  {
    //@@begin getBusinessPartnerInfo()
       service = new BPService();
       Request_GetBPInfo request = new Request_GetBPInfo(service);
       GetBPInfo getBPInfo = new GetBPInfo(service);
       getBPInfo.setCardCode(businessPartnerCode);
       request.setGetBPInfo(getBPInfo);
       try {
            request.execute();
       } catch(WDWSModelExecuteException ex) {
       wdContext.nodeRequest_GetBPInfo().bind(request);
    //@@end
and I invoke this method from the wdInit method of the same controller.
public void wdDoInit()
    //@@begin wdDoInit()
       this.getBusinessPartnerInfo("c1000");
    //@@end
Therefor the data is available when the view is loaded. But I am asking myself if this is the right way to do that? Wouldn't it be better to call this webservice invocation from the init method of the view?
Additionally I do not know at the moment how to access the environment of the portal for information. E.g. the business partner code c1000 is hard coded at the moment. I would like to read this code from the environment, e.g. the portal. Over which API can I access data from the portal or better say from the ume (where i can map a field to the business partner code)?
Thanks for your answers,
Thierry

Answer 1

Hi,
As far as your first question is concerned you can access the controller method from the view linked with the controller as follows:
wdThis.wdGet<Contoller Name>Controller().yourMethod();
I have no idea that you can store generic information such as BP code specific to a user in EP. Lets see.
thanks & regards,
Manoj