Thanks for the helpful suggestion Scott!
On 9/9/08 2:37 PM, "Scott Battaglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can use the PropertyEditor to convert Strings to more Strings (see the
> String Trimmer example in the Spring source).
>
> You can extend the AuthenticationViaForm class, similar to this example below
> (but you'll be calling the method to register the property editors on the
> DataBinder):
>
> package edu.rutgers.enterprise.cas.web.flow;
>
> import org.jasig.cas.web.flow.AuthenticationViaFormAction;
> import org.springframework.validation.DataBinder;
> import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
> import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContext;
>
>
> public class RestrictedAuthenticationViaFormAction extends
> AuthenticationViaFormAction {
>
> protected void initBinder(RequestContext arg0, DataBinder binder) {
> final WebDataBinder webBinder = (WebDataBinder) binder;
> binder.setAllowedFields(new String[] {"username", "password",
> "authenticationType"});
> webBinder.setFieldMarkerPrefix(null);
> }
> }
>
> JavaDoc:
> http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/va
> lidation/DataBinder.html#registerCustomEditor(java.lang.Class,%20java.lang.Str
> ing,%20java.beans.PropertyEditor)
>
> There is also another way to do it via the Spring configuration but I'm not
> too familiar with that.
>
> -Scott Battaglia
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> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbattaglia
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Andrew Ralph Feller, afelle1 <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>> Could you elaborate further? The Spring documentation about using
>> PropertyEditors (
>> http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/validation.html
>> #beans-beans-conversion-customeditor-registration ) is confusing as it uses
>> the context of converting Strings to Objects. The Spring WebFlow
>> documentation for the FormAction class mentions a PropertyEditorRegistrar can
>> be associated with the FormAction (
>> http://static.springframework.org/spring-webflow/docs/1.0.x/api/org/springfra
>> mework/webflow/action/FormAction.html#setPropertyEditorRegistrar(org.springfr
>> amework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar
>> <http://static.springframework.org/spring-webflow/docs/1.0.x/api/org/springfr
>> amework/webflow/action/FormAction.html#setPropertyEditorRegistrar%28org.sprin
>> gframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar> ).
>>
>> This definitely seems overly complicated for something that should be simple.
>> =vC
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On 9/9/08 10:01 AM, "Scott Battaglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew,
>>>
>>> You should be able to register a custom PropertyEditor that you apply to the
>>> particular Credentials property (i.e. "username"). The PropertyEditor can
>>> lowercase the provided text.
>>>
>>> -Scott
>>>
>>> -Scott Battaglia
>>> PGP Public Key Id: 0x383733AA
>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbattaglia
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Andrew Ralph Feller, afelle1
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
>>>> QUESTION: What is the recommended method of manipulating login form fields
>>>> such as username in CAS 3.X: CAS' CredentialsBinder or Spring's DataBinder
>>>> or PropertyEditor?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrew
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