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Posted to slide-user@jakarta.apache.org by Claus Goettfert <cl...@gmx.net> on 2002/03/14 12:56:17 UTC
the use of slide
hi all,
I've tried to get aquainted with slide over the past 2 weeks, but utterly
failed as it seems.
I've read all the documentation (I only found the one at
http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/), the global faqs and the slide guide. and
as far as this is concerned I think I understood most of this, so how slide
authenticates users, manages namespaces and so on.
it is difficult to explain, but it seems that I have quite missed the point
of slide.
so I'm going to ask questions, and hoping for answers which would clarify
the use of slide for me.
1) I don't have to implement anything further to use slide except eg if I
want to use some other storage systems (eg not db or filesystem) where
drivers for are not implemented yet
I also don't have to implement any jsp pages or java servlets for the
interface because there is no interface, because the webdav client is the
interface.
but if so, how I'm going to use a database when I eg want to have some
atricles (date, teaser, header, text of article) stored without an (eg
html) interface?
I know that I can configure how data of certain nodes is stored (so file
system or db etc), but those two usages are quite different. using a db
would need an interface. where is this interface or where do I have to put
it (are there examples?)
or
2) the only use of slide is to authenticate users, manage namespaces, have
an acl to provide rights for different users. probably use versioning or
logging.
3) the only thing a end-user really needs is a webdav client. with that, he
can look up eg versioning, write and read files.
4) can someone point me to a real example, where slide is used? where I can
go through the files and hopefully understand how this all works together
and make sense out of it.
if there is some explanation about this on the net, I would be grateful if
someone can point me there.
I also had troubles using the documentation for configuring slide because
at some points the documenation simply misses important information (eg
where to change things and how the syntax looks like). so probably there is
some other documentation somewhere?
a big thank you to you all,
claus goettfert
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Re: the use of slide
Posted by Claus Goettfert <cl...@gmx.net>.
Hello Chad,
thank you again for your input.
my web.xml looks exactly as you suggested, but unfortunately, I can't
access the servlet via my browser. I doesn't even show the "welcome-file"
as stated in web.xml. there is simply the namespace listet in the
"tomcat-manager", I can access this namespace but no other file is listed
there. I can access the servlet if I deploy the war file in tomcat standalone.
the same happens with slide.war, if I deploy it in server/webapps/. there
is a namespace (which is already there as far as I know) but nothing else.
so, to have everything correct:
1) deploying SlideTestServlet.war into /jakarta-slide/server/webapps/
2) starting slide with /jakarta-slide/server/bin/startup.bat
3) trying to access via http://localhost:8080/SlideTestServlet/test
when trying to access I get a 404 and:
type Status report
message /test
description The requested resource (/test) is not available.
mhm ...
1) do I have to add any contexts somewhere?
2) do I need to add my namespace to /jakarta-slide/server/conf/slide.xml ?
I tried various versions and configurations, but nothing worked.
regards,
claus goettfert
At 13:32 15.03.2002 -0600, you wrote:
>You need to map the servlet via the web.xml. Your web.xml to deploy a war
>file with JUST the one test servlet would have to be configured like this.
>Assuming this is in a war file name slidetest.war you would access the
>servlet by the url http://<server>/slidetest/test
><web-app>
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>SlideTestServlet</servlet-name>
> <servlet-class>com.slide.SlideTestServlet</servlet-class>
> </servlet>
>
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>SlideTestServlet</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/test</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
></web-app>
>
>You will not be able to access the test1 via webDAV because the webDAV
>servlet is not in that context. You must deploy the slide.war because this
>is where the webDav servlet is configured
>
>Chad
>
>At 08:43 PM 3/15/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>Hello Chad,
>>
>>many thanks for this example. things start to get clearer.
>>
>>I deployed the servlet in the server/webapps directory and slide
>>automatically created an "application" entry in the TC manager. whether
>>or not I create a new namespace in the server/conf/slide.xml file,
>>accessing the namespace returns me an empty directory listing. so how can
>>I access the servlet? the entries in the deployed web.xml file should be
>>correct because I had forte for java do it.
>>
>>additionally, trying to access the test1 (or any other) namespace via
>>webDAV returns the message "server does not support WebDAV at resource
>>...". I only managed to access and use a webdav client if I deploy the
>>slide.war file with tomcat. is this usual?
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>claus goettfert
>>
>>
>>At 13:03 14.03.2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>>I have also been trying to understand slide and I have created a simple
>>>servlet that gets a document out of the database (mySQL) and displays
>>>the revision and content. If you do not use webDAV to store/retrieve the
>>>documents you will need to create a application to do this. This servlet
>>>will give you a start on how this is accomplished. This servlet is
>>>assuming you are using the slide namespace which is how the server is
>>>configured that is included with the binary. Let me know if this helps.
>>>
>>>Chad
>>>
>>>Here is the doGet method from the Servlet
>>>
>>> public void doGet( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
>>> response )
>>> throws ServletException, IOException {
>>>
>>> try{
>>> NamespaceAccessToken token = Domain.accessNamespace(new
>>> SecurityToken(""), "slide");
>>>
>>> Structure structure = token.getStructureHelper();
>>> Security security = token.getSecurityHelper();
>>> Lock lock = token.getLockHelper();
>>> Content content = token.getContentHelper();
>>>
>>> CredentialsToken credToken =
>>> new CredentialsToken(new String("root"));
>>> SlideToken slideToken = new SlideTokenImpl(credToken);
>>>
>>> NodeRevisionDescriptors revisionDescriptors =
>>> content.retrieve(slideToken,
>>> "/files/Articles/article.xml");
>>>
>>> System.out.println ("revisionDescriptors = " +
>>> revisionDescriptors.getUri ());
>>>
>>> NodeRevisionDescriptor revisionDescriptor =
>>> content.retrieve(slideToken, revisionDescriptors);
>>>
>>> System.out.println ("revisionDescriptor = " +
>>> revisionDescriptor);
>>>
>>> System.out.println("Latest revision in the main branch :
>>> Number:" + revisionDescriptor.getRevisionNumber());
>>>
>>>
>>> NodeRevisionContent theContent =
>>> content.retrieve(slideToken, revisionDescriptors, revisionDescriptor);
>>> char[] cnt = theContent.getContent();
>>>
>>> for (int x=0; x<cnt.length;x++){
>>> System.out.print(cnt[x]);
>>> }
>>> } catch (Exception ex) {
>>> ex.printStackTrace();
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>At 12:56 PM 3/14/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>>>hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I've tried to get aquainted with slide over the past 2 weeks, but
>>>>utterly failed as it seems.
>>>>
>>>>I've read all the documentation (I only found the one at
>>>>http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/), the global faqs and the slide guide.
>>>>and as far as this is concerned I think I understood most of this, so
>>>>how slide authenticates users, manages namespaces and so on.
>>>>
>>>>it is difficult to explain, but it seems that I have quite missed the
>>>>point of slide.
>>>>
>>>>so I'm going to ask questions, and hoping for answers which would
>>>>clarify the use of slide for me.
>>>>
>>>>1) I don't have to implement anything further to use slide except eg if
>>>>I want to use some other storage systems (eg not db or filesystem)
>>>>where drivers for are not implemented yet
>>>>
>>>>I also don't have to implement any jsp pages or java servlets for the
>>>>interface because there is no interface, because the webdav client is
>>>>the interface.
>>>>but if so, how I'm going to use a database when I eg want to have some
>>>>atricles (date, teaser, header, text of article) stored without an (eg
>>>>html) interface?
>>>>I know that I can configure how data of certain nodes is stored (so
>>>>file system or db etc), but those two usages are quite different. using
>>>>a db would need an interface. where is this interface or where do I
>>>>have to put it (are there examples?)
>>>>
>>>>or
>>>>2) the only use of slide is to authenticate users, manage namespaces,
>>>>have an acl to provide rights for different users. probably use
>>>>versioning or logging.
>>>>
>>>>3) the only thing a end-user really needs is a webdav client. with
>>>>that, he can look up eg versioning, write and read files.
>>>>
>>>>4) can someone point me to a real example, where slide is used? where I
>>>>can go through the files and hopefully understand how this all works
>>>>together and make sense out of it.
>>>>
>>>>if there is some explanation about this on the net, I would be grateful
>>>>if someone can point me there.
>>>>
>>>>I also had troubles using the documentation for configuring slide
>>>>because at some points the documenation simply misses important
>>>>information (eg where to change things and how the syntax looks like).
>>>>so probably there is some other documentation somewhere?
>>>>
>>>>a big thank you to you all,
>>>>
>>>>claus goettfert
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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SecurityToken
Posted by Igal Corcos <co...@metalink.ca>.
Hello,
Does anyone know why the constructor for SecurityToken requires an instance
of the class Object? Does this mean that we can pass in any object at all?
Is this object ever used?
Just wondering.
Thanks
-Igal
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