[Building Sakai] Tool Permissions

Tue Aug 16 02:29:44 PDT 2011

Hi Steve,

This is very helpful. I'm more comfortable with jsp now but in time I
will learn how to use Wicket. The tool we have developed is almost done
and the only remaining part was to put the Permissions page.

Thank you,
Nguni

On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 19:12 +1000, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> Hi Nguni,
> 
> 
> I don't know of a JSP example, here's one in RSF that is pretty easy
> to follow:
> https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn//polls/trunk/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/poll/tool/producers/PermissionsProducer.java
> 
> 
> See fillComponents. I don't normally recommend RSF though since it
> isn't very well supported anymore. I prefer Apache Wicket myself, but
> the logic is the same, get the info from the PermissionsHelper and
> present it..
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 16/08/2011, at 5:48 PM, Nkululeko Phakela wrote:
> 
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > I will take a look at that. I am using jsp. And yes, I was looking
> > around for some code samples. I would very much appreciate it if you
> > have an idea of where to look.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nguni
> > 
> > On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 09:01 +1000, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> > > Hi Nguni,
> > > 
> > > You can use the PermissionsHelper available in the authz.api
> > > package, but a code sample might be best to guide you. What are
> > > you using for your presentation layer? Ie JSP, Wicket, RSF,
> > > Velocity etc.
> > > 
> > > cheers,
> > > Steve
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 15/08/2011, at 6:04 PM, Nkululeko Phakela wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 
> > > > I am new to Sakai and trying to get my feet wet in developing
> > > > tools. I
> > > > would like to have a link that says Permissions, and in this
> > > > page I
> > > > would like to display all the permissions that an Instructor,
> > > > Student
> > > > and Teaching Assistant would have for this tool. What is the
> > > > best way to
> > > > accomplish this? Any help would be appreciated.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Nguni
> > > > 
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011 717 7167 
eLearning Support and Innovation (eLSI) 
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