oracle in jsp pages possible?

Question

hi! i'm using portal v3.0.9.8.4. and application server r1.
how can i call the wwctx_api.getuser or similar procedures from a jsp page?
if not, is there a java equivalent to it?
thx and rgds.

Answer 1

Hi,
You can go to "http://portalstudio.oracle.com" and follow the "Download the PDK" link to download latest (Dec'02 PDK) PDK.
To download this, you need to subscribe to developer services - a simple matter of logging in with your OTN account.
The downloaded pdk.zip needs to be unzipped in your local machine. This will contain a provider.jar under <pdk_download_folder>/pdk/jpdk/lib folder. Put this provider.jar in your web app's classpath (WEB-INF/lib).
The imports in your JSP would look like
<%@ page language="java" import="oracle.portal.provider.v1.PortletRenderRequest,
oracle.portal.provider.v1.ProviderUser,
oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.HttpProvider"
session="true" %>
<%
PortletRenderRequest portletRequest = request.getAttribute(HttpProvider.PORTLET_RENDER_REQUEST);
ProviderUser user = portletRequest.getUser();
//use ProviderUser class to retrieve any attribute you want to.
//For Javadoc of these classes, refer to <pdk_download_folder>/pdk/jpdk/doc/index.htm file.
%>
One thing to note is if your JSP engine supports version 1.1 onwards, intrinsic objects like "request"Long postings are being truncated to ~1 kB at this time.