User attribute mapping

[Vasily Pozhidaev <va...@paneris.org>]

Hello,

Suppose I have messageboard portlet.
My web application declared user attribute called "user.name.nickName"
in portlet.xml.
JSR168 requires that user attributes declared by web application should
be 
mapped at deployment stage to internal portal attribute names.
But is it allowed to map user attribute on portlet location level
(portlet window)?
So that attribute "user.name.nickName" for messageboard portlet will
have different values on various pages for same user.
Like it is done on groups.msn.com (you can have various nicks for
different communities).

-- 
Regards,
Vasily Pozhidaev 

Re: User attribute mapping

[Stefan Hepper <st...@hursley.ibm.com>]

yes, that would be a valid implementation, as the spec only requires to 
map the user.name.nickname to some internal representation say 
internalNickName. This internalNickName may have different values for 
different windows. As the Map with the user information is attached to 
the request the portlet can get always a new Map that depends on the 
current window.

Stefan

Vasily Pozhidaev wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Suppose I have messageboard portlet.
> My web application declared user attribute called "user.name.nickName"
> in portlet.xml.
> JSR168 requires that user attributes declared by web application should
> be 
> mapped at deployment stage to internal portal attribute names.
> But is it allowed to map user attribute on portlet location level
> (portlet window)?
> So that attribute "user.name.nickName" for messageboard portlet will
> have different values on various pages for same user.
> Like it is done on groups.msn.com (you can have various nicks for
> different communities).
>