[Building Sakai] user properties

[Nkululeko Phakela]

Hi Miguel,

I have used the userid instead of the eid, and it worked like a charm! 

Thank you very much.

Warm Regards,
Nguni


On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 12:18 +0200, Miguel Carro Pellicer wrote:
> Hi Nkululeko......................your code to save the preferences
> seems correct,  studentNumber may be the userId instead of externalId,
> maybe it works with Eid but i use ID, i can check this :)
> 
> To get the value use this example, its enough.
> 
> userid = userDirectoryService.getUserByEid(userid).getId(); //This can
> generate an exception, care :)
>             
>             Preferences preferences =
> preferencesService.getPreferences(userid);
>             ResourceProperties properties =
> preferences.getProperties();
> 
>             if( properties != null)
>                 ret = properties.getProperty(property);
> 
> 
> You don't need addUser method to save the property, commit method from
> preferencesService should do it.
> 
> Regards, Miguel. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> El 26/03/2012 11:44, Nkululeko Phakela escribió: 
> > 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,
> 
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> 
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Nkululeko Phakela 
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eLearning Support and Innovation (eLSI) 
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