I want to assign values to input parameters in provider.xml

Question

The following is cut from the provider.xml file for the exchange inbox portlet:
<inputParameter class="oracle.portal.provider.v1.URLPortletParameter">
<name>Mailbox</name>
<isMandatory>true</isMandatory>
<displayName>Mailbox alias:</displayName>
</inputParameter>
The value that is expected from our Exchange server equals the user's username in Portal so I'd like this value to be assigned programatically instead of making the user key this in once more. Is there a way of doing this in the provider.xml file?

Answer 1

Hi Henning,
You can do this in Oracle9iAS Portal 3.0.9 by the following:
1. Extend the oracle.portal.provider.v2.render.RenderManager class with your_class.
2. Override the getPageUrlFromRequest(PortletRenderRequest pr, int debugLevel) method in you renderer class. In the overridden method, modify the pageUrl value to replace the value of a parameter named "Mailbox" in the with the value returned by the newValue = pr.getUser().getName().
Do something like this:
String pageUrl = pr.getQualifiedParameter(UrlServicesUtils.PAGE_URL);
//In this string find the value of the parameter "Mailbox" and then replace it with the value of pr.getUser().getName().
3. Now modify the provider.xml by replacing the showPage class to your_class, something like:
<showPage class="oracle.portal.provider.v2.render.http.URLRenderer">
to
<showPage class="your_package.your_class.class">
4. Place your your_class.class file in your_oc4j_home\j2ee\home\applications\jpdk\jpdk\WEB-INF\classes directory.
Thanks,
Geeta