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The Common UI Metadata service can be accessed both as an ordinary non-GWT webservice and as a GWT webservice.
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Non-GWT Webservice API
All Common UI Metadata services are accessed using urls of this form:
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where <method-name> represents the name of a java method of the org.pentaho.common.ui.metadata.service.MetadataService class.
The non-GWT Webservice API has both XML and JSON capabilities. Application developers can choose to use either JSON or XML, or mix and match as desired.
Methods
For an up-to-date overview of the available methods, refer to the source. At the time of writing, these methods are known:
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