may be this is dumb question. So do you run two filters? one for authticate and to check authorization and other to load the customo objects??
Thanks Matt.. .anil // user authenticated, empty user object if ((username != null) && (userForm == null)) { ses = getSession(); UserManager mgr = new UserManagerImpl((String) ctx.getAttribute(Constants.DAO_TYPE)); UserForm user = mgr.getUser(ses, username); session.setAttribute(Constants.USER_KEY, user); "Raible, Matt" wrote: > Why not just add a filter that has the same <url-pattern> as your protected > resource. I do this, and if there's not a user object in the session, I > populate it from a database. > > Example at http://tinyurl.com/7xb1 > > HTH, > > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: awc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:42 PM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: Custom JDBCRealm > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to add more stuff to user session while user logs in. The only > > way I see to do this is to write custom JDBCRealm class which extnds > > org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm or implement > > org.apache.catalina.realm.RealmBase class. > > > > This custom class will have more initializing parameters too. Any > > thoughts on this from one who already did sort of thing?? > > > > I am going to use this one with securityFilere from > > www.securityfilter.org. > > > > Thank you in advance for any replies. > > > > .anil > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]