Custom user/group properties

Question

Hi,
Is there a possibility to extend the standard user/group properties (CQ5 Security)? I would like to add some more properties then the standard name, mail, about,....
I've tried to extend the dialog by cutomizing the UserProperties.js Dialog. The Problem is that cq5 doesent save the newly added propertes. There is a save function using the folowing service.
                url = CQ.HTTP.externalize("/bin/security/authorizables/POST");
                url = CQ.HTTP.addParameter(url, "Authorizable", frm.findField("id").getValue());
It posts the parameter but it doesent get saved.
Is there a way to make it work?

Answer 1

I have used a kind of a workaround. Just created a new tab for the user/group properties and registered it in the UserAdmin.js . The Tab is implemented similar to the CQ.security.UserProperties and has a similar save handler.
I'm getting the stored Properties the following way:
        private static final String PREFERENCES_NODE_PATH = "/preferences";
        preferencesNode = currentSession.getNode(group.getPath() + PREFERENCES_NODE_PATH);
        if (preferencesNode.hasProperty(preferenceName)) {
            preferenceValue = preferencesNode.getProperty(preferenceName);
I know it's not the most elegant solution but the fastest I have found.