How to read "Customixed Information" in UME using WebDynpro Java APIs

Question

Dear All
In our Portal UME we have defined 3 custom fields that appear in the "Customized Information"
tab in the standard Portal "Identity Mangagement" application ie:
krb5principalname :
How can I retrieve the custom fields and values using WebDynpro APIs?
I have the following basic code to retrieve the standard user session information, but
do not know how to extend it to extract the values of the custom fields.
Full points will be awarded to whoever answers question with suggestion that works.
Many thanks in advance
Mike

Answer 1

Hi Mike,
Following code is for just one custom attribute <custom attribute>
                              String namespaces[] = umeUser.getAttributeNamespaces();
                              String ns = null;
                              for (int i = 0; i < namespaces.length; i++) {
                                   if (i > 0)
                                        ns = namespaces[ i ];
                                   String attrNames[] = umeUser.getAttributeNames(ns);
                                   if (ns != null){                                   
                               if(ns.equals("<name-space>")){     
                                   for (int j = 0; j < attrNames.length; j++) {
                                        if(attrNames[j].equals("<custom attribute>")){                                        
                                             Object attr[] = umeUser.getAttribute(ns, attrNames[j]);
                                             for (int k = 0; k < attr.length; k++){
                                                  if(!(null == attr[k])|| !(attr[k].toString().length() == 0)){                                                  
                                                       //attr[k].toString() has the custom attribute value
                                                  break;
                                        }else
                                             continue;               
                               }else
                                   continue;
Where <name-space> is the same value you set in config tool or on portal UME configuration.
Config Tool: Global Service Configuration>services->com.sap.security.core.ume.service>ume.virtual_groups.user_attribute.namespace
Portal
System Administration>System Configuration>UME configuration> User Admin UI tab>
Custom attributes of the user profile
Administrator-Managed Custom Attributes: add ;<name-space>:<custom-attribute>
Hope this helps