13 Replies Latest reply on Feb 14, 2007 10:17 PM by rmemoria

    Restrict

    tony.herstell1

      In my pages file i have this:

       <page view-id="/userRegistration.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{!identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
      
       <page view-id="/userFind.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
       <page view-id="/userCRUD.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
       <page view-id="/userConfirm.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
      
       <page view-id="/organisationFind.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
       <page view-id="/organisationCRUD.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
       <page view-id="/organisationConfirm.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
      
       <page view-id="/upload.xhtml">
       <restrict>#{identity.loggedIn}</restrict>
       </page>
      


      Now I have facelets template page parts and want to stop people accessing this page, ever! as its sucked into other pages.

      e.g.
      userFieldsNonEditable.xhtml

      is there a way to do this?

      <page view-id="/userFieldsNonEditable.xhtml">
       <restrict/>
      </page>
      


      seems the obvious choice, but that is already used for something else (that I haven't figured out from the doco yet; but hopefully will when I look at drools I guess)

      By default, if a value is not provided for the restrict element, an implied permission of {viewId}:render will be checked for whenever accessing that page.



      Anyhow, is there a way?

      <page view-id="/userFieldsNonEditable.xhtml">
       <restrict>always</restrict>
      </page>
      


        • 1. Re: Restrict
          gavin.king

          An empty should do the trick. You presumably have no rule which explicitly assigns permission to read the page.

          • 2. Re: Restrict
            tony.herstell1

            Cool.


            You presumably have no rule which explicitly assigns permission to read the page.


            No, Haven't got that far yet...
            Still working on the hack to the hack to the hack to get an image to uplaod using IceFaces ;).. which it now does!



            • 3. Re: Restrict
              saeediqbal1

              Tony: Wanna share with us how you do it?

              • 4. Re: Restrict
                tony.herstell1

                Ugh.. its a bit crappy at the moment...

                but here it is:

                1. Don't use the progress viewer as that just goes SPLAT (I don't think IceFaces passes to the callback it makes the actual conversationId so you get a "not part of long running conversation" exception.

                <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
                <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
                 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
                 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
                 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
                 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
                 xmlns:ice="http://www.icesoft.com/icefaces/component">
                 <head>
                 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
                 content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
                 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./css/risingstars.css" />
                 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./xmlhttp/css/xp/xp.css" />
                 <title>Upload</title>
                 </head>
                 <body>
                
                 <ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
                 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
                 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
                 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
                 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
                 xmlns:ice="http://www.icesoft.com/icefaces/component"
                 template="template.xhtml">
                
                 <!-- content -->
                 <ui:define name="title">
                 <ice:outputText value="#{messages.form_upload}" />
                 </ui:define>
                 <ui:define name="content">
                
                 <ice:form>
                 <ice:panelGrid columns="1">
                 <fieldset>
                 <legend>
                 <ice:outputText value="#{messages.fieldset_upload}" />
                 </legend>
                 <!-- Messages -->
                 <ice:panelGrid columns="1">
                 <ice:messages infoClass="error" globalOnly="true" />
                 </ice:panelGrid>
                
                 <ice:panelGrid columns="1">
                 <fieldset>
                 <legend>
                 <ice:outputText value="#{messages.fieldset_upload}"/>
                 </legend>
                
                 <ice:panelGrid columns="1">
                 <ice:inputFile style="border:none; width:400px; height:70px;"
                 actionListener="#{uploadController.action}"/> <!-- progressListener="#{uploadController.progress}" -->
                 <ice:outputProgress id="progress" value="#{uploadController.percent}"/>
                 </ice:panelGrid>
                
                 <ice:panelGrid columns="1" width="100%">
                 <div align="right">
                 <ice:commandButton action="#{uploadController.cancel}"
                 value="#{messages.button_cancel}" immediate="true"
                 type="submit" />
                 <ice:commandButton id="done" type="submit"
                 value="#{messages.button_done}" immediate="true"
                 action="#{uploadController.done}" />
                 </div>
                 </ice:panelGrid>
                
                 </fieldset>
                 </ice:panelGrid>
                
                 </fieldset>
                 </ice:panelGrid>
                 </ice:form>
                
                 </ui:define>
                 <!-- content -->
                 </ui:composition>
                
                 </body>
                
                </html>
                
                


                For the backing bean I stole the code from the seamspace example (Who Hoo!)... (well I am not THAT stupid!)

                So... add this to your web.xml:

                
                 <!-- Content Servlet -->
                
                 <servlet>
                 <servlet-name>Content Servlet</servlet-name>
                 <servlet-class>nz.co.risingstars.content.ContentServlet</servlet-class>
                 </servlet>
                
                 <servlet-mapping>
                 <servlet-name>Content Servlet</servlet-name>
                 <url-pattern>/content/*</url-pattern>
                 </servlet-mapping>
                
                 <filter>
                 <filter-name>Seam Servlet Filter</filter-name>
                 <filter-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamServletFilter</filter-class>
                 </filter>
                
                 <filter-mapping>
                 <filter-name>Seam Servlet Filter</filter-name>
                 <url-pattern>/content/*</url-pattern>
                 </filter-mapping>
                
                 <!-- file upload Servlet -->
                 <servlet>
                 <servlet-name>uploadServlet</servlet-name>
                 <servlet-class>com.icesoft.faces.component.inputfile.FileUploadServlet</servlet-class>
                 <load-on-startup> 1 </load-on-startup>
                 </servlet>
                
                 <servlet-mapping>
                 <servlet-name>uploadServlet</servlet-name>
                 <url-pattern>/uploadHtml</url-pattern>
                 </servlet-mapping>
                
                



                Now to handle the stuff coming in... here is the code...

                with the following hack(s):
                action is called when the image is uploaded... since you can't pass back a new state to "go to" you are stuffed for now as moving away from the page screws things up..
                I tried adding a DONE button to the gui that called my "done" routine but thats crashes... so I hack the action success route to call Done Instead (OUCH!)...
                This leaves a transaction incomplete however... HACK!
                I then have to quite the browser and run up a new browser (usually) to see the results when I look at my list of xxx's (users or orgs).

                Hackity Hackity Hack.

                Not long till you get all things going wrong as something barfs over the "hanging" transaction or Hibernate reports a Heap Space error..

                package nz.co.risingstars.actions.upload;
                
                import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
                import java.util.EventObject;
                
                /**
                 * @author Tony Herstell
                 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2007-02-12 22:28:39 $
                 */
                public interface UploadController {
                
                 public String startUpload(Object selectedObject);
                
                 public void setPercent(int percent);
                
                 public int getPercent();
                
                 public void action(ActionEvent event);
                
                 public void progress(EventObject event);
                
                 public String done();
                
                 public String cancel();
                
                 public void destroy();
                }
                
                package nz.co.risingstars.actions.upload;
                
                import static javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType.EXTENDED;
                
                import com.icesoft.faces.component.inputfile.InputFile;
                import com.icesoft.faces.webapp.xmlhttp.PersistentFacesState;
                import com.icesoft.faces.webapp.xmlhttp.RenderingException;
                
                import javax.ejb.Remove;
                import javax.ejb.Stateful;
                import javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute;
                import javax.ejb.TransactionAttributeType;
                import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
                import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
                import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
                import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
                import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
                
                import nz.co.risingstars.actions.organisation.FindOrganisationController;
                import nz.co.risingstars.actions.user.FindUserController;
                import nz.co.risingstars.entities.Image;
                import nz.co.risingstars.entities.Organisation;
                import nz.co.risingstars.entities.User;
                
                import org.jboss.seam.Component;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Begin;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Conversational;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Destroy;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.End;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Logger;
                import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
                import org.jboss.seam.core.Conversation;
                import org.jboss.seam.core.FacesMessages;
                import org.jboss.seam.log.Log;
                
                import java.awt.Graphics2D;
                import java.awt.RenderingHints;
                import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
                import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
                import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
                import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
                import java.io.File;
                import java.io.FileInputStream;
                import java.io.IOException;
                import java.io.InputStream;
                import java.io.OutputStream;
                import java.util.EventObject;
                
                /**
                 * @author Tony Herstell
                 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2007-02-13 04:46:40 $
                 */
                @Stateful
                @Name("uploadController")
                @Conversational
                public class UploadControllerImpl implements UploadController {
                
                 /**
                 * The maximum width allowed for image rescaling
                 */
                 private static final int MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH = 1024;
                
                 @PersistenceContext(type = EXTENDED)
                 private EntityManager em;
                
                 @Logger
                 private Log log;
                
                 @In(required = false)
                 private Conversation conversation;
                
                 @In(create = true)
                 private transient FacesMessages facesMessages;
                
                 private enum ParentObjectKind {ORGANISATION, USER};
                 private ParentObjectKind parentObjectKind = null;
                 private long primaryKey;
                
                 private int percent = -1;
                 private PersistentFacesState state = null;
                
                 private Image image = null;
                
                 @Begin
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public String startUpload(Object selectedObject) {
                 log.info("> startUpload");
                 String theValueToBeReturned = null;
                 state = PersistentFacesState.getInstance();
                 if (selectedObject instanceof Organisation) {
                 parentObjectKind = ParentObjectKind.ORGANISATION;
                 primaryKey = ((Organisation)selectedObject).getId();
                 log.info("Organisation Id was =>" + primaryKey);
                 theValueToBeReturned = "upload";
                 } else if (selectedObject instanceof User) {
                 parentObjectKind = ParentObjectKind.USER;
                 primaryKey = ((User)selectedObject).getId();
                 log.info("User Id was =>" + primaryKey);
                 theValueToBeReturned = "upload";
                 } else {
                 log.error("upload called with object type not supported.");
                 }
                 logConversation("Upload");
                 log.info("< startUpload");
                 return theValueToBeReturned;
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public void setPercent(int percent) {
                 log.info("> setPercent");
                 this.percent = percent;
                 log.info("< setPercent");
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public int getPercent() {
                 log.info("> getPercent");
                 log.info("< getPercent");
                 return percent;
                 }
                
                 //@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED)
                 public void action(ActionEvent event) {
                 log.info("> action");
                 InputFile inputFile = (InputFile) event.getSource();
                 if (inputFile.getStatus() == InputFile.SAVED) {
                 String fileName = inputFile.getFileInfo().getFileName();
                 String contentType = inputFile.getFileInfo().getContentType();
                
                 File file = inputFile.getFile();
                 byte[] inputFileAsBytes = getFileAsBytes(file);
                
                 // Check if the image needs to be rescaled
                 int width = Math.min(MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH, 70);
                 ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(inputFileAsBytes);
                 boolean rescale = false;
                 if (width > 0 && width != icon.getIconWidth()) {
                 rescale = true;
                 }
                
                 byte[] inputFileAsThumbnailAsBytes = null;
                 // Rescale the image if required
                 if (rescale) {
                 inputFileAsThumbnailAsBytes = getRescaledImageAsBytes(contentType, width, icon);
                 } else {
                 inputFileAsThumbnailAsBytes = inputFileAsBytes;
                 }
                 Image image = (Image)Component.getInstance("image", true);
                 image.setName(fileName);
                 image.setType(contentType);
                 image.setThumbnail(inputFileAsThumbnailAsBytes);
                 image.setImage(inputFileAsBytes);
                 image.setVersion(0);
                 this.image = image;
                
                 } else if (inputFile.getStatus() == InputFile.INVALID) {
                 inputFile.getFileInfo().getException().printStackTrace();
                 } else if (inputFile.getStatus() == InputFile.SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED) {
                 inputFile.getFileInfo().getException().printStackTrace();
                 } else if (inputFile.getStatus() == InputFile.UNKNOWN_SIZE) {
                 inputFile.getFileInfo().getException().printStackTrace();
                 }
                done(); // HACK!
                 log.info("< action");
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 private byte[] getFileAsBytes(File file) {
                 byte[] valueToReturn = null;
                 log.info("> getAsBytes");
                 InputStream in = null;
                 OutputStream out = null;
                 try {
                 in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
                 ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                 out = new BufferedOutputStream(baos);
                
                 final int toRead = 1024;
                 byte[] buffy = new byte[toRead];
                 int read;
                
                 while ((read = in.read(buffy)) != -1) {
                 out.write(buffy, 0, read);
                 out.flush();
                 }
                
                 valueToReturn = baos.toByteArray();
                
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage());
                 } finally { // Try to release any resources.
                
                 try {
                 if (in != null) {
                 in.close();
                 }
                 } catch (IOException ignored) {}
                
                 try {
                 if (out != null) {
                 out.close();
                 }
                 } catch (IOException ignored) {}
                 }
                 log.info("< getAsBytes");
                 return valueToReturn;
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 private byte[] getRescaledImageAsBytes(String contentType , int width, ImageIcon icon) {
                 double ratio = (double) width / icon.getIconWidth();
                 int height = (int) (icon.getIconHeight() * ratio);
                
                 int imageType = "image/png".equals(contentType) ? BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB
                 : BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
                 BufferedImage bImg = new BufferedImage(width, height, imageType);
                 Graphics2D g2d = bImg.createGraphics();
                 g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,
                 RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
                 g2d.drawImage(icon.getImage(), 0, 0, width, height, null);
                 g2d.dispose();
                
                 String formatName = "";
                 if ("image/png".equalsIgnoreCase(contentType))
                 formatName = "png";
                 else if ("image/jpeg".equalsIgnoreCase(contentType))
                 formatName = "jpeg";
                 else if ("image/jpg".equalsIgnoreCase(contentType))
                 formatName = "jpg";
                 else if ("image/gif".equalsIgnoreCase(contentType))
                 formatName = "gif";
                
                 ByteArrayOutputStream baos = null;
                 OutputStream out = null;
                 try {
                 baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                 out = new BufferedOutputStream(baos);
                 try {
                 ImageIO.write(bImg, formatName, out);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
                 }
                 } finally { // Try to release any resources.
                 try {
                 if (baos != null) {
                 baos.close();
                 }
                 } catch (IOException ignored) {}
                 try {
                 if (out != null) {
                 out.close();
                 }
                 } catch (IOException ignored) {}
                 }
                 return baos.toByteArray();
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public void progress(EventObject event) {
                 log.info("> progress");
                 InputFile file = (InputFile) event.getSource();
                 this.percent = file.getFileInfo().getPercent();
                 try {
                 if (state != null) {
                 state.render();
                 } else {
                 System.out.println("state is null");
                 }
                 } catch (RenderingException ee) {
                 System.out.println(ee.getMessage());
                 }
                 log.info("< progress");
                 }
                
                 //@End
                 //@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED)
                 public String done() {
                 log.info("> done");
                 String valueToReturn = null;
                
                 em.persist(image);
                 if (parentObjectKind == ParentObjectKind.ORGANISATION) {
                 Organisation organisationToBeUploadedTo = em.find(Organisation.class, primaryKey);
                 if (organisationToBeUploadedTo == null) {
                 log.warn("Organisation to be Uploaded to is not found." + primaryKey);
                 } else {
                 organisationToBeUploadedTo.setPicture(image);
                 em.persist(organisationToBeUploadedTo);
                 em.flush();
                 FindOrganisationController findOrganisationController = (FindOrganisationController)Component.getInstance("findOrganisationController", false);
                 if (findOrganisationController != null) {
                 // We have to inform the Stateful findOrganisationController that one of its children has been updated.
                 findOrganisationController.updateOrganisationInExistingList(organisationToBeUploadedTo);
                 }
                 facesMessages.addFromResourceBundle("organisation_picture_added");
                 valueToReturn = "findOrganisation";
                 }
                 } else if (parentObjectKind == ParentObjectKind.USER) {
                 User userToBeUploadedTo = em.find(User.class, primaryKey);
                 if (userToBeUploadedTo == null) {
                 log.warn("User to be Uploaded to is not found." + primaryKey);
                 } else {
                 userToBeUploadedTo.setPicture(image);
                 em.persist(userToBeUploadedTo);
                 em.flush();
                 FindUserController findUserController = (FindUserController)Component.getInstance("findUserController", false);
                 if (findUserController != null) {
                 // We have to inform the Stateful findUserController that one of its children has been updated.
                 findUserController.updateUserInExistingList(userToBeUploadedTo);
                 }
                 facesMessages.addFromResourceBundle("user_picture_added");
                 valueToReturn = "findUser";
                 }
                 } else {
                 log.error("done called with object type not supported.");
                 }
                
                 log.info("< done");
                 return valueToReturn;
                 }
                
                 @End
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public String cancel() {
                 log.info("> cancel");
                 String valueToReturn = null;
                 if (parentObjectKind == ParentObjectKind.ORGANISATION) {
                 valueToReturn = "findOrganisation";
                 } else if (parentObjectKind == ParentObjectKind.USER) {
                 valueToReturn = "findUser";
                 } else {
                 log.error("cancel called with object type not supported.");
                 }
                 log.info("< cancel");
                 return valueToReturn;
                 }
                
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 private void logConversation(String name) {
                 log.info("Starting " + name + " conversation.");
                 if (conversation != null) {
                 log.info("Conversation. (" + conversation.getId() + ")");
                 }
                 }
                
                 @Remove
                 @Destroy
                 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED)
                 public void destroy() {
                 log.info("> destroy");
                 log.info("< destroy");
                 }
                
                }
                


                It's going to be sorted out in the next IceFaces release of course ;).. It would be nice to hand over the project with all my hack removed to IceFaces and the next release be dependent on all this code working; but thats pretty unlikely... so I asked for an Alpha of their next release asap!

                You will notice I do some image manipulation to store a thunbmnail with the main image.. which SEEMS to work (visually), but until I get this stable.. then I don't really know.

                I aim to post this complete project to the wiki when its actually working well enough (post some nasty IceFaces bugs)



                • 5. Re: Restrict
                  tony.herstell1

                   

                  package nz.co.risingstars.content;
                  
                  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
                  import java.io.IOException;
                  import java.io.InputStream;
                  
                  import javax.servlet.ServletException;
                  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
                  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
                  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
                  
                  import nz.co.risingstars.entities.Image;
                  
                  import org.jboss.seam.Component;
                  
                  /**
                   * Serves images and other member content
                   *
                   * @author Shane Bryzak
                   */
                  public class ContentServlet extends HttpServlet {
                  
                   private static final String IMAGES_PATH = "/images";
                  
                   private byte[] noImage;
                  
                   public ContentServlet() {
                   InputStream noImageFromStorage = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/images/no_image.png");
                   if (noImageFromStorage != null) {
                   ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                   byte[] buffer = new byte[512];
                   try {
                   int read = noImageFromStorage.read(buffer);
                   while (read != -1) {
                   out.write(buffer, 0, read);
                   read = noImageFromStorage.read(buffer);
                   }
                  
                   noImage = out.toByteArray();
                   } catch (IOException e) {
                   }
                   }
                   }
                  
                   @Override
                   protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                   HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
                  
                   if (IMAGES_PATH.equals(request.getPathInfo())) {
                   ContentController contentController = (ContentController) Component
                   .getInstance(ContentControllerImpl.class);
                  
                   String id = request.getParameter("id");
                   Image imageToFetch = null;
                   if (id != null && !"".equals(id)) {
                   imageToFetch = contentController.getImage(Long.parseLong(id));
                   }
                  
                   String contentType = null;
                   byte[] data = null;
                  
                   if (imageToFetch != null && imageToFetch.getThumbnail() != null && imageToFetch.getThumbnail().length > 0) {
                   contentType = imageToFetch.getType();
                   data = imageToFetch.getThumbnail();
                   } else if (noImage != null) {
                   contentType = "image/png";
                   data = noImage;
                   }
                  
                   if (data != null) {
                   response.setContentType(contentType);
                   }
                   response.getOutputStream().write(data);
                   response.getOutputStream().flush();
                   }
                   }
                  }
                  
                  
                  package nz.co.risingstars.content;
                  
                  import nz.co.risingstars.entities.Image;
                  
                  public interface ContentController
                  {
                   Image getImage(long imageId);
                  }
                  
                  
                  package nz.co.risingstars.content;
                  
                  import javax.ejb.Stateless;
                  import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
                  import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
                  
                  import nz.co.risingstars.entities.Image;
                  
                  import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
                  
                  @Stateless
                  @Name("contentController")
                  public class ContentControllerImpl implements ContentController {
                  
                   @PersistenceContext
                   private EntityManager em;
                  
                   public Image getImage(long imageId) {
                   Image img = em.find(Image.class, imageId);
                  
                   // if (img == null || !Identity.instance().hasPermission("memberImage", "view", img))
                   // return null;
                   // else
                   return img;
                   }
                  }
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  


                  • 6. Re: Restrict
                    tony.herstell1

                    I am probably doing horrible horrible things to the database...
                    But it seems as good as place as any to stuff the images ;)
                    and makes it more useful as a demo that can be run by the community.
                    As this was started before SeamGen was as good as it is now then this demo was pretty much hand crafted.
                    Look to SeamGen for how to write a Seam APP!

                    • 7. Re: Restrict
                      tony.herstell1

                      I am now trying to figure out how to get the image that was uploaded to be shown on the "upload" page (as the transaction has not committed yet).

                      Basically:
                      It's been stuffed in the database, but in a transaction that is not committed yet (hack or not!).

                      It's available in my Upload component as a byte stream etc. or in fact as anything I want!

                      However, how do I get it onto the final html page?

                      If I use the servler route then will calling the servlet actually find it on the database?

                      ???

                      • 8. Re: Restrict

                        I put all of my page fragments in WEB-INF and only have pages that I make available in the root directory. This solves this problem for me without have to put any restrictions.

                        • 9. Re: Restrict
                          gavin.king

                          yes, that is a much better way

                          • 10. Re: Restrict
                            saeediqbal1

                            Thanks Tony. I'll try Jason's advise too

                            • 11. Re: Restrict

                              I also use the following in components.xml

                              <factory name="basePath"
                               value="#{facesContext.externalContext.request.scheme}://#{facesContext.externalContext.request.serverName}:#{facesContext.externalContext.request.serverPort}#{facesContext.externalContext.request.contextPath}/"/>
                              


                              Note this is all one line the forum wrapped

                              and

                              <base href="#{basePath}" />


                              So i can have the view files in different directories, but still resolve the images and css to the root of the webapp with out having to do ../../images/myimage.jpg

                              I used to use something like this

                              @Create
                               public void setup() {
                               request = (HttpServletRequest) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest();
                               }
                              
                              
                               @Factory("basePath")
                               public void loadBasePath()
                               {
                               basePath = request.getScheme() + "://" +
                               request.getServerName() + ":" +
                               request.getServerPort() + request.getContextPath() + "/";
                               }




                              • 12. Re: Restrict
                                tony.herstell1

                                Very Good tip.

                                I had real issues with facelet templates and having them reference files in different directories (would have had to have copies of template files or pull templates into templates depending on something else) so I must admit I dumped them all in one directory.

                                I will move my "sucked in" files under WEB-INF.

                                • 13. Re: Restrict
                                  rmemoria

                                  You may also declare a security-constraint in web.xml like that:

                                  <security-constraint>
                                   <display-name>Restrict XHTML Documents</display-name>
                                   <web-resource-collection>
                                   <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name>
                                   <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
                                   <url-pattern>/mail/*</url-pattern>
                                   <url-pattern>/templates/*</url-pattern>
                                   </web-resource-collection>
                                  
                                   <auth-constraint>
                                   <description>Only Let 'developer's access XHTML pages</description>
                                   <role-name>developer</role-name>
                                   </auth-constraint>
                                   </security-constraint>


                                  I got it from facelets developers guide. I like it 'cause I can restrict complex structures and not only some files.

                                  Ricardo Memória