identity.addRole returns false and does not create role

[guy_cole]

Hello, all. 

I am using JBoss 4.2.2 w/JBossTools 3.0

Even a freshly generated Seam application demonstrates this problem.

Is there a magic trick or is this broken?

Thanks for any advice.

[guy_cole]

I forgot to mention that I am using Seam 2.1.1.GA

Thanks again.

[scatudal]

This method is not meant to create a role.  It simply adds this role to the current principal so that true is returned when the method hasRole('test') is called.

Example :

Let's say you have a page '/test.xhtml' that requires the role test. You would add a similar block in your '/web-inf/page.xml' file.

<page view-id="/test.xhtml">
     <restrict>#{s:hasRole('test')}</restrict>
</page>

So in your authenticate method, once you have validated the credentials, you would do something like this :

identity.addRole('test');

If I remember well, the authenticate method called by default adds the 'admin' role when you log in using the 'admin' username.

[guy_cole]

Thanks for the advice.

I just got the Seam sources this morning.  It seems the only way to return false is for an empty/null role string or the Principal is null.

Still haven't got it working but I hope I am on the way.

Amazingly, almost none of the examples use roles.

[shane.bryzak]

This method is explained clearly in the docs:

http://docs.jboss.com/seam/2.1.1.GA/reference/en-US/html/security.html#d0e8507