How to integrate web services with custom module in SugarCRM? - sugarcrm

Question

I'm using SugarCRM to develop a software for customers management. I created a custom module from basic template with custom fields. Is it possible to get rid of SugarCRM db and perform CRUD operations through external web serivices? Actually I was able to show web services data in the datailview by setting the bean property of a custom controller.
class CustomerController extends SugarController{
public function action_detailview(){
$customer = new Customer();
$customer = getCustomerFromWebService();
$this->bean = $customer;
$this->view = "detail";
}
}
I would like to do the same thing with listview, but I don't know how set the records of the list (if it exists) used by the default listview.

Answer 1

You can change list view by customizing view.list.php in custom/modules/modulename/views/view.list.php using following code:
<?php
if(!defined('sugarEntry') || !sugarEntry) die('Not A Valid Entry Point');
require_once('include/MVC/View/views/view.list.php');
// name of class match module
class modulenameViewList extends ViewList{
// where clause that will be inserted in sql query
var $where = 'like 'htc'';
function modulenameViewList()
{
parent::ViewList();
}
/*
* Override listViewProcess with addition to where clause to exclude project templates
*/
function listViewProcess()
{
$this->lv->setup($this->seed, 'include/ListView/ListViewGeneric.tpl', $this->where, $this->params);
echo $this->lv->display();
}
}
?>