Accessing custom attributes in LDAP using WD Java - UME APIs

Question

Hello Friends,
I am trying to access a custom attribute from LDAP in WebDynpro Java. I am using bellow code.
IWDClientUser clientUser = WDClientUser.getCurrentUser();
IUser sapUser = clientUser.getSAPUser();
if (sapUser != null) {
String[] str_emp = sapUser.getAttribute(<Name Space>,"Attribute Name");
if (str_emp == null || str_emp.length == 0) {
wdComponentAPI.getMessageManager().reportSuccess(" NULL ");
return;
} else {
strEmpID = str_emp[0];
wdComponentAPI.getMessageManager().reportSuccess(strEmpID);
The name space is "$usermapping$". I am not sure why it is like that only for this attribute i am trying to access.
I am getting null value if i run this code.
Can any one help
thanks
Shobhan

Answer 1

Hi,
Are you sure this is the right namespace? The default namespace is com.sap.security.core.usermanagement.
You can get all namespaces and the names of all attributes defined for a user using methods getAttributeNamespaces and getAttributeNames : [Interface IPrincipal|http://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04S/current/se/index.html].
Regards,
Pierre