User-attribute support in Sun Portal

Question

How does Sun One Portal Server work with user attributes..
i.e
<portlet-app version="1.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_1_0.xsd">
<user-attribute>
<description>User Given Name</description>
<name>user.name.given</name>
</user-attribute>
<user-attribute>
<description>User Last Name</description>
<name>user.name.family</name>
</user-attribute>
<user-attribute>
<description>User eMail</description>
<name>user.home-info.online.email</name>
</user-attribute>
</portlet-app>
How can I make a users attributes be exported to portlet in this way?

Answer 1

I have nothing in the deployment descriptor regarding the user attributes.
Instead, I have a Mappingfile called "UserInfoMaps" with this contens:
sn=surname
On the left side is the attribute from directory server, on the right
side the symbolic name which is used in the portlet.
The value is read by the portlet like that:
Map ui = (Map)request.getAttribute("javax.portlet.userinfo");
m_strSurname = (String)ui.get("surname");
When deploying using "pdeploy", there is an additional switch for
the Mapping-File:
pdeploy deploy -u "uid=amadmin,ou=People,dc=myorg,dc=com" -w <secret> -p <secret> -f UserInfoMaps -g MyPortlet.war
Juergen