12.3.6 Login Redirection

[tony.herstell1]

<event type="org.jboss.seam.postAuthenticate">
<action expression="#{redirect.returnToCapturedView}"/>
</event>

After a successful login I want to send my user to a specific page (not only the page they came from!).


Basically I have a login page supported by a controller

 /* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see de.co.clickstream.actions.user.LoginController#startLogin()
 */
 @Begin
 public String startLogin() {
 log.info(">startLogin");
 log.info("Starting Login conversation.");
 if (conversation != null) {
 log.info("Conversation. (" + conversation.getId() + ")");
 }
 log.info("<startLogin");
 return "login";
 }

 public String switchToRegistration() {
 log.info(">switchToRegistration");
 log.info("<switchToRegistration");
 return "registration";
 }

 /* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see de.co.clickstream.actions.user.LoginController#cancel()
 */
 @End
 public String cancel() {
 log.info(">cancel");
 log.info("<cancel");
 return "mainPage";
 }

 /* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see de.co.clickstream.actions.user.LoginController#destroy()
 */
 @Remove @Destroy
 public void destroy() {
 log.info(">destroy");
 log.info("<destroy");
 }

I want to send them to a "members" page after login.




Is it possible to do something like:

<event type="org.jboss.seam.postAuthenticate">
<action expression="#{membresPageController.startXXX}"/>
</event>

or just for a "menu page":

<event type="org.jboss.seam.postAuthenticate">
<action page="membersPage" activeConversation="die"/>
</event>

where membersPage is a navigation rule:
[page]
<navigation-rule>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>membersPage</from-outcome>
<to-view-id>/pages/membersPage.xhtml</to-view-id>

</navigation-case>
[/page]



Of course I would want to complete the authentication conversation if there was one so I may actually want to go to my loginController and call a routine to go somewhere (this seems nicer):

 /* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see xxx.user.LoginController#handleSuccessfulLogin()
 */
 @End
 public String handleSuccessfulLogin() {
 log.info(">handleSuccessfulLogin");
 log.info("<handleSuccessfulLogin");
 return "membersPage";
 }

Please advise...

Very tired so make be %(*&(*&^ obvious by the morning!

[shane.bryzak]

The recommended way to achieve this is with pages.xml. Here's a snippet from pages.xml from the seamspace example that redirects to the users profile page after logging in:

<page view-id="/home.xhtml">
 <navigation from-action="#{identity.login}">
 <rule if-outcome="loggedIn">
 <redirect view-id="/profile.xhtml"/>
 </rule>
 </navigation>

[tony.herstell1]

 <!-- Tell the system where to send the user after login -->
 <page view-id="/login.xhtml">
 <navigation from-action="#{identity.login}">
 <rule if-outcome="loggedIn">
 <redirect view-id="/pages/mainpage.xhtml"/>
 </rule>
 </navigation>
 </page>

How do I get the outcome to be
loggedIn
???

I have added the code above and it doesnt fire.

I will look at the example 2morrow.

THanks.

[shane.bryzak]

Identity.login() returns a "loggedIn" outcome if authentication is successful. Alternatively you can use:

<rule if="#{identity.loggedIn}">

[tony.herstell1]

 <!-- Tell the system where to send the user after login -->
 <page view-id="/login.xhtml">
 <navigation from-action="#{identity.login}">
 <rule if="#{identity.loggedIn}">
 <redirect view-id="/pages/mainpage.xhtml"/>
 </rule>
 </navigation>
 </page>

I must be doing summat silly...
I still cant get it to fire.
I will come back after some sleeps... its 02:36 and unlike Gavin I needs sleep!

Thanks for your help.

[tony.herstell1]

aha!
the page was actually:

 <!-- Tell the system where to send the user after login -->
 <page view-id="/pages/user/login.xhtml">
 <navigation from-action="#{identity.login}">
 <rule if="#{identity.loggedIn}">
 <redirect view-id="/pages/mainpage.xhtml"/>
 </rule>
 </navigation>
 </page>

Thanks.

Fixed now.

Perhaps could be added to the doco in the login section!