Show or hide ADF custom tab based on user's role

Question

Hi everyone,
I have created a custom tab on the self-service interface (OIM 11.1.1.5) which contains two sub-tabs.  I would like to show or hide one of the sub-tabs based on the role of the currently logged in user.   Does anyone know of way to achieve this?
Thank you very much!
Paul

Answer 1

Figured it out.  Here's how to do it:
Scenario:
You are working in OIM 11.1.1.x.   You create a custom tab on the self-service page.  This tab should only be visible to users with a certain role, say XYZ.
Step 1:  Create a Boolean variable in the managed bean that will be true if the user has the role, false otherwise.
Step 2:  Create a class called CurrentUser or something along those lines that will grab the logged in user's roles and test to see if he/she has the required role.  It should set a variable within the class to true or false.  Or you can skip creating a class and put this code in your managed bean constructor so that it runs as soon as the user goes looking for the tab.  The whole point of this, regardless of how you do it, is to end up with a Boolean variable that is set to true or false depending on the role requirements.
Step 3:  In your .jsff file (the one with the tab you want to show/hide in it), find the tab and look for an attribute named "rendered."  This will likely be located in your <af:showDetailItem> tag under your <af:panelTabbed> tag.  This controls whether or not the tab is displayed.  So set the rendered value to the value of the boolean you created earlier, like this:
rendered=#{somebeanname.yourbooleanvariablename}"
Hence, when your variable is false, this tab will not be shown.  If it's true, they will see the tab.  That's all there is to it. :-)