Entity security with EL using a property from the entity.
basman Jun 20, 2008 5:21 PMHi all,
Am using Jboss 4.2.2.1, Seam 2.0.2.SP1 and Drools 4.0.7.
My problem is as follows:
I have an entity called Template. One of the properties that a Template has is a BusinessDivision. Also worth knowing is that every user of our system has access to one or more businessDivisions.
A user should only be able to view[read] the template entity if the template's businessDivision is in the the set of businessDivisions that a user can view. I store the user's set of businessDivisions in the user component.
@Entity @Name("template") @Restrict("#{s:hasPermission('template', 'management', template.businessDivision, user )}") public class Template implements Serializable { ... private BusinessDivision businessDivision; ... public BusinessDivision getBusinessDivision() { return businessDivision; } public void setBusinessDivision(BusinessDivision businessDivision) { this.businessDivision = businessDivision; } ... }
How do I get a handle on the specific template's businessDivision using EL? When I try the code shown above I get the exception shown below.
15:51:09,593 ERROR [SeamPhaseListener] uncaught exception javax.el.ELException: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Function 's:hasPermission' specifies 3 params, but 4 were declared at org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtil.java:333) at org.jboss.el.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtil.java:342) at org.jboss.el.parser.AstPropertySuffix.invoke(AstPropertySuffix.java:58) at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:96) at org.jboss.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) at org.jboss.seam.core.Expressions$2.invoke(Expressions.java:173) at org.jboss.seam.navigation.Page.preRender(Page.java:264) at org.jboss.seam.navigation.Pages.preRender(Pages.java:316) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.preRenderPage(SeamPhaseListener.java:560) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.beforeRenderResponse(SeamPhaseListener.java:471) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.beforeServletPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:144) at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.beforePhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:114) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:222) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:154) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:260) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:366) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:493) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83) at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) ....
Yet the same[almost] EL works when called from a facelets xhtml page.
#{identity.hasPermission('template', 'management', templateManager.selectedBusinessDivision, user )}
So is this a bug? Or am I doing something wrong?
Your[any] help with this would be most appreciated.