RE: [Mav-user] Extending login to include roles?

[Schnitzer, Jeff]

Here is one suggestion:  Have your ‘Maintainer’ controllers extend a MaintainerBase controller.  The perform() method of the MaintainerBase should perform your security check and then forward on to the derived maintainerPerform() method.  Do the same with Administrators and Users. This is an adaptation of the pattern that Friendbook uses.   Another option is to have a base class that looks for controller properties (set in the maverick config file) that describe which pages require which roles.  Then your login process would set a session attribute which defines the role for that user.   Jeff Schnitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]     -----Original Message----- From: Steve Knight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mav-user] Extending login to include roles?   Hello,   I was thinking of extending the login funtionality of the friendbook example to include checking for user roles.  For example, I'll have 3 types of user roles: Administrators, Maintainers and Users.  "Users" can only access user pages, "Maintainers" can access user and maintenance pages, while "Administrators" can access user, maintenance, and administration pages.   Any thoughts/comments on the best way to do this would be much appreciated.   Thanks,   Steve   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 05/06/2003