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Posted to dev@geronimo.apache.org by Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com> on 2006/04/08 05:31:42 UTC

Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),

I would like to work on a new portlet for the console
which can be used to view/explore the contents of the
embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be added
under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use Dojo
javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this task.
Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff my
only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to include
Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions are
most welcome.

Chris


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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Aaron Mulder <am...@alumni.princeton.edu>.
Dojo is fine with me.

Aaron

On 4/9/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Jacek,
>
> I didn't mean to exclude you from the list. :) I sent
> the email to get everybody's comments and suggestions
> but I included Aaron, Joe, and Paul because I already
> exchanged emails with them before. Anyway, I already
> created a jira for this work as suggested and I hope
> to work with in the future to make the G console
> better. ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> chris
>
> --- Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl> wrote:
>
> > On 4/8/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
> >
> > Hi Chris (although I'm not on the list ;))
> >
> > > I would like to work on a new portlet for the
> > console
> >
> > Is there an JIRA issue raised for it? If so, sign up
> > for it and go
> > ahead. Otherwise, please rise it and follow the
> > aforementioned steps.
> > I'm doing lots of portlet programming lately and
> > can't wait till m2
> > conversion is done so I could jump in (and perhaps
> > be included in the
> > list of yours ;)).
> >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Jacek
> >
> > --
> > Jacek Laskowski
> > http://www.laskowski.org.pl
> >
>
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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>.
Hello Jacek,

I didn't mean to exclude you from the list. :) I sent
the email to get everybody’s comments and suggestions
but I included Aaron, Joe, and Paul because I already
exchanged emails with them before. Anyway, I already
created a jira for this work as suggested and I hope
to work with in the future to make the G console
better. ;-)

Cheers,
chris

--- Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl> wrote:

> On 4/8/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
> 
> Hi Chris (although I'm not on the list ;))
> 
> > I would like to work on a new portlet for the
> console
> 
> Is there an JIRA issue raised for it? If so, sign up
> for it and go
> ahead. Otherwise, please rise it and follow the
> aforementioned steps.
> I'm doing lots of portlet programming lately and
> can't wait till m2
> conversion is done so I could jump in (and perhaps
> be included in the
> list of yours ;)).
> 
> > Chris
> 
> Jacek
> 
> --
> Jacek Laskowski
> http://www.laskowski.org.pl
> 


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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl>.
On 4/8/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),

Hi Chris (although I'm not on the list ;))

> I would like to work on a new portlet for the console

Is there an JIRA issue raised for it? If so, sign up for it and go
ahead. Otherwise, please rise it and follow the aforementioned steps.
I'm doing lots of portlet programming lately and can't wait till m2
conversion is done so I could jump in (and perhaps be included in the
list of yours ;)).

> Chris

Jacek

--
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http://www.laskowski.org.pl

Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>.
Chris Cardona wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> Thanks for offering some help. My idea for this
> portlet is a simple way of viewing the contents of the
> ApacheDS. A tree widget will be used to navigate the
> entries and a table to list attributes of an entry. I
> also intend to add a way to do ldap searches and
> refesh data. 
Nice! You could also use persistent search with JNDI notifications to 
update your UI if other external clients change the DIT.  ApacheDS 
supports this control.   Added it myself I think in 1.0-RC1.  We need to 
get G up to date with the latest and greatest tho.
> If would be nice to include a way to add
> and modify entries. Not sure if ApacheDS includes APIs
> to accomplish such tasks (e.g. process an ldif file
> for adding entries, etc). 
There is a server side JNDI provider that mimics an on the wire LDAP 
JNDI provider but taps directly into the database for requests.  But I'd 
recommend just using simple JNDI LDAP connectivity with a local socket 
to the server just for now until some of the classloader issues are 
clear between ADS and G.  If designed properly you can just plugin the 
serverside provider in place of the SUN JNDI provider later.
> Please let me know if you
> have other ideas for this portlet so we can coordinate
> work.
>   
Sure will do.  Some ideas that occurred to me are doing LDIF imports and 
exports.  This is pretty easy to do once you have the UI setup though.  
Keep me updated on your progress.  This is exciting.

Alex

> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
> --- Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Chris Cardona wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
>>>
>>> I would like to work on a new portlet for the
>>>       
>> console
>>     
>>> which can be used to view/explore the contents of
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be
>>>       
>> added
>>     
>>> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use
>>>       
>> Dojo
>>     
>>> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this
>>>       
>> task.
>>     
>>> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff
>>>       
>> my
>>     
>>> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to
>>>       
>> include
>>     
>>> Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions
>>>       
>> are
>>     
>>> most welcome.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Let us know what we can do to help with this.  We
>> were also working on 
>> UI tools for ApacheDS so I think there can be good
>> collaboration here.  
>> It would be nice to be able to run this GUI both in
>> Geronimo and within 
>> an embedded Jetty instance running inside a
>> standalone ApacheDS server.
>>
>> I've CC'd a couple people who have been interested
>> in doing this.  
>> Excuse the cross post to dev@d.a.o.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Apache Directory Team
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>.
Hello Alex,

Thanks for offering some help. My idea for this
portlet is a simple way of viewing the contents of the
ApacheDS. A tree widget will be used to navigate the
entries and a table to list attributes of an entry. I
also intend to add a way to do ldap searches and
refesh data. It would be nice to include a way to add
and modify entries. Not sure if ApacheDS includes APIs
to accomplish such tasks (e.g. process an ldif file
for adding entries, etc). Please let me know if you
have other ideas for this portlet so we can coordinate
work.

Thanks,
Chris


--- Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Chris Cardona wrote:
> > Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
> >
> > I would like to work on a new portlet for the
> console
> > which can be used to view/explore the contents of
> the
> > embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be
> added
> > under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use
> Dojo
> > javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this
> task.
> > Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff
> my
> > only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to
> include
> > Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions
> are
> > most welcome.
> >   
> Let us know what we can do to help with this.  We
> were also working on 
> UI tools for ApacheDS so I think there can be good
> collaboration here.  
> It would be nice to be able to run this GUI both in
> Geronimo and within 
> an embedded Jetty instance running inside a
> standalone ApacheDS server.
> 
> I've CC'd a couple people who have been interested
> in doing this.  
> Excuse the cross post to dev@d.a.o.
> 
> Regards,
> Apache Directory Team
> 
> 
> 


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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>.
Chris Cardona wrote:
> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
>
> I would like to work on a new portlet for the console
> which can be used to view/explore the contents of the
> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be added
> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use Dojo
> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this task.
> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff my
> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to include
> Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions are
> most welcome.
>   
Let us know what we can do to help with this.  We were also working on 
UI tools for ApacheDS so I think there can be good collaboration here.  
It would be nice to be able to run this GUI both in Geronimo and within 
an embedded Jetty instance running inside a standalone ApacheDS server.

I've CC'd a couple people who have been interested in doing this.  
Excuse the cross post to dev@d.a.o.

Regards,
Apache Directory Team

Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>.
Chris Cardona wrote:
> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
>
> I would like to work on a new portlet for the console
> which can be used to view/explore the contents of the
> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be added
> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use Dojo
> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this task.
> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff my
> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to include
> Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions are
> most welcome.
>   
Let us know what we can do to help with this.  We were also working on 
UI tools for ApacheDS so I think there can be good collaboration here.  
It would be nice to be able to run this GUI both in Geronimo and within 
an embedded Jetty instance running inside a standalone ApacheDS server.

I've CC'd a couple people who have been interested in doing this.  
Excuse the cross post to dev@d.a.o.

Regards,
Apache Directory Team

Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Jeff,

Thanks for pointing that out. I haven’t checked it yet
but I will look at it and let you know. I’m using the
latest Dojo source so hopefully this problem was fixed
already. If not we can always raise it up to the Dojo
community.

Chris

--- Jeff Genender <jg...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> Did Dojo fix the ie https bug?  I recently ran into
> a problem with Dojo
> where when its run on https and ie, you get an
> annoying "This page
> contains secure and nonsecure items, Do you with to
> continue" pop up.
> There were several reasons for it, but it was enough
> for me to scrap
> using Dojo.  It was mainly because the app I was
> writing needed to be
> secure.  For G's console, this may not be a big
> deal, but something to
> be aware of.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Chris Cardona wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > Thanks for the input. I'm using the latest Dojo
> source
> > from their svn repo. I haven't looked at Dojo's IO
> > library but I will definitely check it to compare
> > differences with DWR. BTW, I’m already using JSON
> for
> > the Tree widget nodes.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > 
> > --- Paul McMahan <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> I'm very excited about introducing AJAX
> >> functionality into the admin
> >> console so I'm glad you brought this up. I think
> >> Dojo's BSD license
> >> makes it OK for Geronimo and IIUC Apache Myfaces
> is
> >> planning to use it
> >> for their AJAX controls. We should also keep an
> eye
> >> on kabuki, which
> >> is a project in the Apache incubator based on the
> >> AJAX toolkit from
> >> zimbra.
> >>
> >> If you are targeting the LDAP viewer for Geronimo
> >> v1.2 then version
> >> 0.3 of Dojo might work best since it is very
> close
> >> to release.  DWR
> >> seems like a good candidate for your transport
> layer
> >> since the console
> >> already uses it.  But Dojo provides a rich IO
> >> library on top of
> >> XMLHTTP that may integrate more cleanly with the
> >> widget library. Maybe
> >> there is some way to combine them to get the best
> of
> >> both worlds
> >> (nothing comes to my mind).  JSON looks promising
> as
> >> well.
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> On 4/7/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
> >>>
> >>> I would like to work on a new portlet for the
> >> console
> >>> which can be used to view/explore the contents
> of
> >> the
> >>> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be
> >> added
> >>> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use
> >> Dojo
> >>> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this
> >> task.
> >>> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax
> stuff
> >> my
> >>> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to
> >> include
> >>> Dojo to the console? Your comments and
> suggestions
> >> are
> >>> most welcome.
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> __________________________________________________
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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Jeff Genender <jg...@apache.org>.
Hi Chris,

Did Dojo fix the ie https bug?  I recently ran into a problem with Dojo
where when its run on https and ie, you get an annoying "This page
contains secure and nonsecure items, Do you with to continue" pop up.
There were several reasons for it, but it was enough for me to scrap
using Dojo.  It was mainly because the app I was writing needed to be
secure.  For G's console, this may not be a big deal, but something to
be aware of.

Jeff

Chris Cardona wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks for the input. I'm using the latest Dojo source
> from their svn repo. I haven't looked at Dojo's IO
> library but I will definitely check it to compare
> differences with DWR. BTW, I’m already using JSON for
> the Tree widget nodes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> --- Paul McMahan <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm very excited about introducing AJAX
>> functionality into the admin
>> console so I'm glad you brought this up. I think
>> Dojo's BSD license
>> makes it OK for Geronimo and IIUC Apache Myfaces is
>> planning to use it
>> for their AJAX controls. We should also keep an eye
>> on kabuki, which
>> is a project in the Apache incubator based on the
>> AJAX toolkit from
>> zimbra.
>>
>> If you are targeting the LDAP viewer for Geronimo
>> v1.2 then version
>> 0.3 of Dojo might work best since it is very close
>> to release.  DWR
>> seems like a good candidate for your transport layer
>> since the console
>> already uses it.  But Dojo provides a rich IO
>> library on top of
>> XMLHTTP that may integrate more cleanly with the
>> widget library. Maybe
>> there is some way to combine them to get the best of
>> both worlds
>> (nothing comes to my mind).  JSON looks promising as
>> well.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Paul
>>
>> On 4/7/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
>>>
>>> I would like to work on a new portlet for the
>> console
>>> which can be used to view/explore the contents of
>> the
>>> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be
>> added
>>> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use
>> Dojo
>>> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this
>> task.
>>> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff
>> my
>>> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to
>> include
>>> Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions
>> are
>>> most welcome.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Paul,

Thanks for the input. I'm using the latest Dojo source
from their svn repo. I haven't looked at Dojo's IO
library but I will definitely check it to compare
differences with DWR. BTW, I’m already using JSON for
the Tree widget nodes.

Thanks,
Chris

--- Paul McMahan <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm very excited about introducing AJAX
> functionality into the admin
> console so I'm glad you brought this up. I think
> Dojo's BSD license
> makes it OK for Geronimo and IIUC Apache Myfaces is
> planning to use it
> for their AJAX controls. We should also keep an eye
> on kabuki, which
> is a project in the Apache incubator based on the
> AJAX toolkit from
> zimbra.
> 
> If you are targeting the LDAP viewer for Geronimo
> v1.2 then version
> 0.3 of Dojo might work best since it is very close
> to release.  DWR
> seems like a good candidate for your transport layer
> since the console
> already uses it.  But Dojo provides a rich IO
> library on top of
> XMLHTTP that may integrate more cleanly with the
> widget library. Maybe
> there is some way to combine them to get the best of
> both worlds
> (nothing comes to my mind).  JSON looks promising as
> well.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Paul
> 
> On 4/7/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
> >
> > I would like to work on a new portlet for the
> console
> > which can be used to view/explore the contents of
> the
> > embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be
> added
> > under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use
> Dojo
> > javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this
> task.
> > Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff
> my
> > only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to
> include
> > Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions
> are
> > most welcome.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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Re: Embedded LDAP Server Viewer Portlet

Posted by Paul McMahan <pa...@gmail.com>.
I'm very excited about introducing AJAX functionality into the admin
console so I'm glad you brought this up. I think Dojo's BSD license
makes it OK for Geronimo and IIUC Apache Myfaces is planning to use it
for their AJAX controls. We should also keep an eye on kabuki, which
is a project in the Apache incubator based on the AJAX toolkit from
zimbra.

If you are targeting the LDAP viewer for Geronimo v1.2 then version
0.3 of Dojo might work best since it is very close to release.  DWR
seems like a good candidate for your transport layer since the console
already uses it.  But Dojo provides a rich IO library on top of
XMLHTTP that may integrate more cleanly with the widget library. Maybe
there is some way to combine them to get the best of both worlds
(nothing comes to my mind).  JSON looks promising as well.

Best wishes,
Paul

On 4/7/06, Chris Cardona <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All (Aaron, Joe, Paul),
>
> I would like to work on a new portlet for the console
> which can be used to view/explore the contents of the
> embedded LDAP server (Apache DS). This can be added
> under Misc > Embedded LDAP Server. I plan to use Dojo
> javascript toolkit and DWR to accomplish this task.
> Since we are already using DWR for our Ajax stuff my
> only question is the use of Dojo. Is it ok to include
> Dojo to the console? Your comments and suggestions are
> most welcome.
>
> Chris
>
>
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