Can you retrieve a task list for a user without specifying that user's connection settings?

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Hi
I would like to know if it is possible to obtain a list of workspace tasks for a user of my choice. In the following code, taken from the relevant quickstart, I am able to retrieve a list of tasks for "administrator" because it is the "administrator" settings specified in the connection properties when obtaining an instance of ServiceClientFactory. If I wanted to obtain a list of tasks for user "greg", for example, is there a way I can do this without having to specify the settings for "greg" in the connection properties? I tried to invoke the setUserId() method of the TaskFilter interface but no tasks are returned for user "greg" in that scenario. The aforesaid user has 3 tasks assigned to him. If I specify the user name and password for "greg" in connection settings, I am able to retrieve his list of tasks successfully. However, this is undesirable because I want to be able to retrieve a list of tasks for any user of my choice, by passing a parameter. Is that possible? Code follows:
//Start of code
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.TaskManagerClientFactory;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.TaskManagerQueryService;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.query.StatusFilter;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.query.TaskFilter;
import com.adobe.idp.taskmanager.dsc.client.query.TaskRow;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
public class RetrieveTaskInfo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            //Set connection properties required to invoke LiveCycle                                                                                                                        
            Properties connectionProps = new Properties();
            connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_EJB_ENDPOINT, "jnp://localhost:1099");
            connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,Service ClientFactoryProperties.DSC_EJB_PROTOCOL);          
            connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss");
            connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator");
            connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password");
            //Create a ServiceClientFactory object
            ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps);
            //Create a TaskManagerQueryService object    
            TaskManagerQueryService queryManager = TaskManagerClientFactory.getQueryManager(myFactory);
            //Define search criteria by performing a search on 
            //Assigned tasks (tasks assigned to the user specified
            //in connection properties) 
            TaskFilter filter = queryManager.newTaskFilter();
            StatusFilter sf = filter.newStatusFilter(); 
            sf.addStatus(StatusFilter.assigned); 
            filter.setStatusFiltering(sf);
            //Perform the search
            List result = queryManager.taskList(filter); 
            //Create an Iterator object and iterate through
            //the List object
            Iterator iter = result.iterator();
            while (iter.hasNext()) {
                TaskRow myTask = (TaskRow)iter.next();
                //Get the task identifier value
                long taskId = myTask.getTaskId();
                //Get the status of the task
                long taskStatus = myTask.getTaskStatus();
                //Get the name of process on which this task is based
                String processName = myTask.getProcessName();
                //Get the task description
                String taskDes = myTask.getDescription();
                System.out.println("The task identifier is " + taskId + "\n" +
                        "The status of the task is " + taskStatus + "\n" +
                        "The name of the process on which the task is based is " + processName + "\n" +
                        "The task description is " + taskDes);
        } catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
//End of code
Thanks
Darren

Answer 1

Paul,
Thanks very much, I never tried just asking for the parameter I was looking at the entire list coming back from a query with no filters. Using the DBMS_LDAP package you can in fact get their GUID.
I understand your concern for the use of the field and for other reasons have moved to a different identifier to tie OID accounts to our internal application user accounts.
Thanks very much, I'm still glad to know how to do get at the info.