Passing parameters across 2 servers
Hi,
We have created two minimal seam projects based on seam-gen, each on a separate server, with the following environment:
JBoss-seam 2.0 BETA1, with facelets;
JBoss-4.2.0.GA;
We need to pass authentication parameters from one server to another:
Users must authenticate in server1, by entering username and password. Upon successful login; browser should redirect to other servers such as serverMain, with the username and password passed as parameters.
I have implemented the following which redirects to serverMain home page correctly:
String url = "http:// serverMain:8080/MyMainApp/home.seam"; FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); facesContext.getExternalContext().redirect(url);
However, I need to pass the authentication parameters, username and password, from server1 to serverMain.
In server1, I have tried:
String url = "http:// serverMain:8080/MyMainApp/home.seam";
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
facesContext.getExternalContext().redirect(url);
//passing parameter
HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest();
HttpServletResponse res = (HttpServletResponse) facesContext.getExternalContext().getResponse();
req.setAttribute("username", value);
//test 1
//req.getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(req, res);
//test 2
req.getSession().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(req, res);
To receive the passed parameters, on the serverMain, I have tried:
@Name("userSession")
@Scope(ScopeType.SESSION)
public class UserSession {
public void init()
{
System.out.println("*** userSession ****** init called.");
try {
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequest();
String username = (String) req.getAttribute("username");
System.out.println("req.getAttribute received == " +username);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
But, when the init() method gets called, I get null for the username. I would be grateful for any help ? much appreciated.
Many thanks.
