Extending Identity/RuleBasedIdentity

[joeyxxx]

Where might one find comprehensive directions on how to extend Identity.
I've seen a couple of examples posted here but annotations don't seem to be consistent in the examples given.

If I override a @Create method, do I need to annotate the sub class method as well?

[gavin.king]

If I override a @Create method, do I need to annotate the sub class method as well?

No, you do not, indeed, Seam will throw an exception if you do. (Actually I think the exception is not elegant behavior and I should fix that.)

[joeyxxx]

Where do you configure Seam Identity/RulesBasedIdentity is being used?
I've extended RulebasedIdentity to include a couple of fields that handle form input fields presented on the login page.
Each time I go to the login page, I get the ff error:

javax.faces.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /login.xhtml @32,64 value="#{identity.destination}": Bean: org.jboss.seam.security.RuleBasedIdentity, property: destination
at com.sun.facelets.el.LegacyValueBinding.getValue(LegacyValueBinding.java:58)

@Name("org.jboss.seam.core.identity")
@Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
@Intercept(InterceptionType.AFTER_RESTORE_VIEW)
@Startup
public class MyIdentity extends RulesBasedIdentity {

 private String destination;

 public void create(){
 super.create();
 destination="";
 }

 public String getDestination() {
 return destination;
 }

 public void setDestination(String destination) {
 this.destination = destination;
 }
}

[joeyxxx]

Hmm I'll try outjecting destination and see if that helps.

[joeyxxx]

Well obviously that didn't help :-) I'll try injecting some sleep.

[gavin.king]

That should be enough to do the trick. Make sure you have seam.properties in the jar that you are deploying your component in.

[shane.bryzak]

And it should be org.jboss.seam.security.identity, not org.jboss.seam.core.identity.

[joeyxxx]

Thanks for your time guys.
When I use

@Name("org.jboss.seam.security.identity")

I get the ff error.
javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /layout/menu.xhtml @13,95 rendered="#{identity.loggedIn}": Exception getting value of property loggedIn of base of type : com.baisidirect.action.MyIdentity_$$_javassist_5

If I extend Identity instead, then deployment fails entirely. I also verified that seam.properties is at the root of jar that contains MyIdentity

What gives?.

[joeyxxx]

I keep getting the ff error.

javax.faces.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /login.xhtml @32,66 value="#{identity.myDestination}": Bean: org.jboss.seam.security.RuleBasedIdentity, property: myDestination
 at com.sun.facelets.el.LegacyValueBinding.getValue(LegacyValueBinding.java:58)
 at javax.faces.component.UIOutput.getValue(UIOutput.java:77)

I've tried different combinations of annotations on myDestination yet nothing seems to work.

The ff is the code for the subclass I want to use in place of the default identity object

@Name("org.jboss.seam.core.identity")
@Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
@Intercept(InterceptionType.AFTER_RESTORE_VIEW)
@Startup
public class MyIdentity extends RuleBasedIdentity {

 private String myDestination;

 @Logger Log log;

 public void create(){

 super.create();
 this.myDestination="xxx is not null";
 log.info("My create is called and destination is set to:"+ myDestination);
 }

 public String getMyDestination() {
 return myDestination;
 }

 public void setMyDestination(String destination) {
 this.myDestination = destination;
 }
}

The ff is the code in the facelets template

<h:outputLabel for="myDestination">Destination</h:outputLabel>
 <h:inputText id="myDestination"
 value="#{identity.myDestination}"/>

From the JBoss server logs, the ff entries indicate that an instance of MYIdentity is loaded and that the @Create method is invoked.

10:33:01,484 INFO [Component] Component: org.jboss.seam.core.identity, scope: SESSION, type: JAVA_BEAN, class: com.baisidirect.action.MyIdentity
10:39:10,616 INFO [MyIdentity] My create is called and myDestination is set to:xxx is not null

[joeyxxx]

A workaround is to do away with the sub class and just use another bean for all fields on the login page that cannot be bound to identity but thats not as neat.

[gavin.king]

Nonsense. That is not the solution you need. The problem is that you are *still* using "org.jboss.seam.core.identity" in your code instead of "org.jboss.seam.security.identity".

[joeyxxx]

Thanks a bunch. Your help is very much appreciated. It works perfectly now. I started of with security.identity and I forgot to change it back after following a tip to use core.identity.