Custom plugin in OIM 11.1.1.5

Question

Hi all,
I'm trying to develope an OIM custom plugin which will perform email generation after "+Create User+" request submit.
The version of OIM is 11.1.1.5.
I followed official documentation at [this link|http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/doc.1111/e14309/plugins.htm#CHDFHIGE] and basically have done the following steps:
1. developed custom java code with JDeveloper
2. built the source code
3. declared the custom plugin in plugin.xml file
4. copied the custom plugin class to OIM server for example in $MIDDLEWARE_HOME/OIMPlugins/lib
     NOTE: during this operation I have exactly mantained the same directory structure of custom java package.
     For example custom plugin class is under my.custom.plugin java package and I have copied custom java class under $MIDDLEWARE_HOME/OIMPlugins/lib/my/custom/plugin folder
5. created a zip file containing custom plugin class (always with its directory structure) and plugin.xml file
6. copied the zip file to $OIM_HOME/server/plugins
7. edited ant.properties file (under $OIM_HOME/server/plugin_utility) setting wls.home and oim.home variables
8. built the wlfullclient.jar (only the first time)
9. registered the custom plugin
10. created the custom plugin dataset file
11. imported it in OIM database using "+weblogicImportMetadata+" utility
12. purged cache using "+PurgeCache+" utility
NOTE: all the steps above was executed using the system user running OIM process
Then I create a user using "+Create User+" request template, this custom plugin should be triggered and should generate email address for user within the request.
This does not happen, the plugin does not work; in fact I can't see neither any custom plugin log message that I wrote in my code nor the user email properly filled.
I have tried exactly the same procedure on another version of OIM (11.1.1.3) and the custom plugin works.
So, which are the missing steps for OIM 11.1.1.5? I can't find any differences comparing the related document of OIM 11.1.1.5 with OIM 11.1.13 one.
Thanks
Daniele

Answer 1

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
Here sample java code, plugin.xml file and event handler xml.
Sample java code+*
package com.mycompany.custom.eventhandlers;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.io.Serializable;
import oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.api.UserManagerConstants;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ConditionalEventHandler;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.PreProcessHandler;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.AbstractGenericOrchestration;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkEventResult;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkOrchestration;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.EventResult;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.Orchestration;
import com.thortech.util.logging.Logger;
public class RequestUserEmailHandler implements PreProcessHandler, ConditionalEventHandler {
private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("com.mycompany.custom.eventhandlers");
private static final String className = "RequestUserEmailHandler";
     @Override
     public boolean cancel(long arg0, long arg1, AbstractGenericOrchestration arg2) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return false;
     @Override
     public void compensate(long arg0, long arg1, AbstractGenericOrchestration arg2) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     @Override
     public EventResult execute(long processId, long eventId, Orchestration orchestration) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          String methodName = "EventREsult execute";
          System.out.println("###### " + className + " - method " + methodName + " - STARTED");
HashMap<String, Serializable> parameters = orchestration.getParameters();
String userLogin = (String)parameters.get(UserManagerConstants.AttributeName.USER_LOGIN.getId());
System.out.println("###### " + className + " - method " + methodName + " - User Login: " + userLogin);
parameters.put(UserManagerConstants.AttributeName.EMAIL.getId(), userLogin + "@mycompany.com");
          System.out.println("###### " + className + " - method " + methodName + " - ENDED");
          return new EventResult();
     @Override
     public BulkEventResult execute(long arg0, long arg1, BulkOrchestration arg2) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub?
          String methodName = "BulkEventResult execute";
System.out.println("### " + className + " - " + methodName + " - NOT implemented!");
return new BulkEventResult();
     @Override
     public void initialize(HashMap<String, String> arg0) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     @Override
     public boolean isApplicable(AbstractGenericOrchestration arg0) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return true;
Plugin.xml file+*
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<oimplugins>
<plugins pluginpoint="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.EventHandler">
<plugin pluginclass="com.mycompany.custom.eventhandlers.RequestUserEmailHandler" version="1.0" name="RequestUserEmailHandler" />
</plugins>
</oimplugins>
Event handler xml+*
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<eventhandlers>
<!-- PRE-PROCESS - CREATE-->
<action-handler class="com.mycompany.custom.eventhandlers.RequestUserEmailHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CREATE" name="RequestUserEmailHandler" stage="preprocess" sync="TRUE" order="1010"/>
<!-- POST-PROCESS - CREATE-->
<!-- POST-PROCESS - MODIFY-->
<!-- POST-PROCESS - DISABLE-->
</eventhandlers>
Thanks
Daniele