Profile customized attribute is not working?

Question

Hi,
I downloaded ‘WCSpacesExtensions’ project from Oracle because I want to add some customize attributes to Profile. I added ‘project’ to ExtendedProfileAttributes.java, and created getter and setter methods. In a jsff, this is my EL #{wcProfileCustomAttribute['securityContext.userName'].project}. The setProject() sets up the attribute, but when getProject() is invoked, ‘project’ is returned as NULL.
Every time the jsff page references the attributes via EL, it creates a new instance ExtendedProfileAttributes obj. because you can see it calls the constructor over and over. It saves value of ‘sip’ (=> setSip():12345), but when trying to read its value, it's NULL (=> getSip():null). So, I can't read and save the attribute per user.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
.jsff page
<mds:insert after="oliplam3" parent="olipfl1"
xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich">
<af:panelLabelAndMessage xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich"
label="*Sip" id="splam2">
<af:inputText xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich" id="sit1"
value="#{wcProfileCustomAttribute[(pageFlowScope.userId == null ? securityContext.userName : pageFlowScope.userId)].sip}"/>
</af:panelLabelAndMessage>
</mds:insert>
<mds:insert after="splam2" xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich">
<af:panelLabelAndMessage xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich"
label="*Proj" id="splam3">
<af:inputText xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich" id="sit2"
value="#{wcProfileCustomAttribute[(pageFlowScope.userId == null ? securityContext.userName : pageFlowScope.userId)].project}"/>
</af:panelLabelAndMessage>
</mds:insert>
ExtendedProfileAttributes.java
package custom.webcenter.spaces;
import oracle.adf.share.logging.ADFLogger;
* This is a sample class for profile extension
* Add getter (and setter if you need to save)
* for any new custom attribute.
* New attriutes defined here can be acessed
* via EL like
* #{wcProfileCustomAttribute['smith'].sip}
* in the jspx/jsff.
public class ExtendedProfileAttributes
private String sip;
private String project;
public ExtendedProfileAttributes(String profileID)
// Query from custom attribute source and cache them
//project = profileID + "'s Project";
//mSIP = profileID + "'s SIP address!!!***";
//mStreetAddress = profileID + "'s street address";
System.out.println("ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:" + profileID);
System.out.println("ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:" + sip + " project:" + project);
public void setSip(String s) {
this.sip = s;
System.out.println("=> setSip():" + this.sip);
public String getSip() {
System.out.println("=> getSip():" + this.sip);
return this.sip;
private static String CLASS_NAME = ExtendedProfileAttributes.class.getName();
public void setProject(String project) {
this.project = project;
System.out.println("=> setProject():" + this.project);
public String getProject() {
System.out.println("=> getProject():" + this.project);
return project;
DEBUGGING:
===========
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:securityContext.userName
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:null project:null
=> setSip():12345
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:weblogic
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:null project:null
=> setProject():333
<Feb 24, 2012 11:24:57 AM EST> <Warning> <oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.RegionRenderer> <ADF_FACES-60099> <The region component with id: T:wcCmdLinkGSSwit:spaceSwitcherComp:crtGS has detected a page fragment with multiple root components. Fragments with more than one root component may not display correctly in a region and may have a negative impact on performance. It is recommended that you restructure the page fragment to have a single root component.>
<Feb 24, 2012 11:24:57 AM EST> <Warning> <oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.RegionRenderer> <ADF_FACES-60099> <The region component with id: T:spcNavPanel:dc_r3 has detected a page fragment with multiple root components. Fragments with more than one root component may not display correctly in a region and may have a negative impact on performance. It is recommended that you restructure the page fragment to have a single root component.>
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:weblogic
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:null project:null
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:weblogic
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:null project:null
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). user:weblogic
ExtendedProfileAttributes(). sip:null project:null
=> getSip():null
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Hi,
if this is a WebCenter specific issue, they do have their own forum on OTN: WebCenter Portal
Frank