[Building Sakai] user properties

Mon Mar 26 02:44:57 PDT 2012

Hi All,

I want to save some properties for a user when adding them onto the
system. This is because I would like to know which slot and degree code
each student belongs to. This information has been required when
displaying student information to the lecturer. 

try {
    preferencesEdit = preferencesService.edit(studentNumber);
} catch (Exception ex) {
    preferencesEdit = preferencesService.add(studentNumber);
}

ResourcePropertiesEdit props = preferencesEdit.getPropertiesEdit();
props.addProperty("degreeCode", currentCalCode);
props.addProperty("slot", slot);

preferencesService.commit(preferencesEdit);
ResourceProperties properties =
preferencesService.getPreferences(studentNumber).getProperties(studentNumber);

To save the user, I am doing this:
userDirectoryService.addUser(null, userId, givenName, surname, email,
null, type, properties); 

What am I missing because now when I try to retrieve the properties, I
am getting null values. I am retrieving the values by doing this: 

ResourceProperties rp = user.getProperties();

String slot = rp.getProperty("slot");
String degreeCode = rp.getProperty("degreeCode");

Kind Regards,
-- 
Nkululeko Phakela 
Software Developer 
011 717 7167 
eLearning Support and Innovation (eLSI) 
Witwatersrand University 
Braamfontein, Johannesburg
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