Sean, Ahh! I didn't catch that part. Thank you!! So when I update the JetspeedSecurity.properties file to use my custom user class (UnifocusUser), does that mean that the runData.getUser() method will return a User class of type UnifocusUser, or is it still of type TurbineUser? Or does updating the JetspeedSecurity.properties file have anything to do with the object type that the runData.getUser() method returns?
Thank you for pointing out where my mistake was. Celeste -----Original Message----- From: Doherty, Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:34 PM To: 'Jetspeed Users List' Subject: RE: Question on Extending the BaseJetspeedUser Object in Jetspeed 1.4 You need to update the JetspeedSecurity.properties file to specify your class as the User class. Specifically, you need to update the "services.JetspeedSecurity.user.class" property. You may also need to provide your own implementation of the UserManagement class if your UnifocusUser class needs additional initialization. Regards, Sean -----Original Message----- From: Celeste Haseltine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:28 PM To: 'Jetspeed Users List' Subject: Question on Extending the BaseJetspeedUser Object in Jetspeed 1.4 I'm having a problem extending the BaseJetspeedUser class to handle additional fields that we need to add to the Turbine User table. Bottom line, how do I go about accessing this custom object in a portlet? If I cast the TurbineUser object returned by the method runData.getUser() to my UnifocusUser object in a AbstractInstancePortlet portlet, I get a run time class cast exception, as I would expect. I thought I would post this and see if anyone can advise me on exactly where/how I am suppose to use my custom User object in Jetspeed. To create my custom User class (UnifocusUser), I did the following per the web site and the BaseJetspeedUser API: Added the new columns in my table to build/torque/security_schema.xml Modified the build/torque/build.properties file to generate DDL for SQLServer 2000 Rebuilt Jetspeed 1.4 source to generate the OM objects. Extended class BaseJetspeedUser to create UnifocusUser, per the BaseJetspeedUser API. My UnifocusUser object is as follows: public class UnifocusUser extends BaseJetspeedUser { public void setWebLoginID(String ID){ setPerm("WEBLOGINID",ID); }//end method public String getWebLoginID(){ return (String) getPerm("WEBLOGINID"); }//end method }//end class definition So far so good. The problem comes in trying to figure out how to use this class in a portlet. If my understanding of Jetspeed is correct, the object returned by the runData.getUser() method is a TurbineUser object. So exactly how do I utilize this UnifocusUser object in my own portlets? Here is the test portlet I used to verify that I could access the additional fields I added to the TurbineUser table: public class PortletTestUnifocusUser extends AbstractInstancePortlet{ public ConcreteElement getContent(RunData runData) { StringBuffer text =new StringBuffer(); text.append("Hello "); //THIS WORKS, I CAN ACCESS THE ADDED FIELD. String ID = (String)runData.getUser().getPerm("WEBLOGINID"); //THIS DOES NOT WORK, CLASS CAST EXCEPTION, AS EXPECTED //UnifocusUser user = (UnifocusUser) runData.getUser(); //String ID = user.getWebLoginID(); String name = runData.getUser().getFirstName(); if (name ==null) name =" Anonymous"; text.append (name); text.append ("!"); text.append (" Your ID is " + ID); return (new StringElement(text.toString())); }//end method }//end class definition What am I missing here? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! Celeste --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
