a method to get admin roles in RoleModule

[sviluppatorefico]

what do you think about a findAdminRoles() method into org.jboss.portal.identity.RoleModule interface?

Set findAdminRoles() throws IdentityException;

it could avoid to write a properties file for an external portlet, so you don't duplicate roles definition in your projects. JBoss Feeds for example needs of a similar method to do authorization controls on a logged user.

[sviluppatorefico]

portal hasn't a central system to describe admin roles. It let do to external applications. LDAP has an option 'defaultAdminRole' never used into ldap_identity-config.xml file so it could to be used. But about DB authorization we should to create a new option to know that information. What do you think about a new option 'defaultAdminRole' into identity-config.xml?

[sviluppatorefico]

defaultAdminRole is into standardidentity-config.xml, so we can to use it for both db and ldap authorization

[sviluppatorefico]

https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-2283

[bdaw]

Luca,

Lets do;
1)

Set UserModule.getAdminUsers()

that simply returns all user names from configuration:

<option>
 <name>adminUsers</name>
 <value>admin1</value>
 <value>admin2</value>
 <value>admin3</value>
</option>

This a list of "root" users

2)

Set RoleModule.getAdminRoles()

that simply returns all role names from configuration:

<option>
 <name>adminRoles</name>
 <value>Admin1</value>
 <value>Admin2</value>
 <value>Admin3</value>
</option>

This is like a list of roles that act similar to "wheel" in Linux

There is unused "defaultAdminRole" in configuration indeed, but it was actually ment to be used for something else. It can be removed.

[sviluppatorefico]

ok.... I continue in this manner