Hi,

On 10.12.2008, at 16:00, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

> Juergen Lorenz Simon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 10.12.2008, at 15:13, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
>>
>>> How exactly did you write the authentication class? It should not  
>>> be a
>>> plugin (implementing XWikiPlugin), but an authenticator,  
>>> implementing
>>> the XWikiAuthService interface.
>>
>> I don't think that's the problem. True, the class name suggests  
>> plugin
>> and maybe I need to fix that. But the issue is not related to the  
>> name
>> of class surely? Just in case i simply paste the declaration here:
>>
>> public class PortalAuthenticationPlugin extends  
>> XWikiAuthServiceImpl {
>>
>>     /**
>>      * Authenticates the user
>>      * @param context
>>      * @return authenticated XWiki user
>>      * @throws com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException
>>      */
>>     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
>>     @Override
>>     public XWikiUser checkAuth(XWikiContext context) throws
>> XWikiException
>>     {
>>      ... stuff ...
>>     }
>>
>> }
>
> Yes, this is OK. Are you sure you put the right package name? A
> ClassNotFound exception usually doesn't depend on the code inside the
> class. Please check for extra or missing letters in the  
> configuration file.

Yes, checked and double checked. Spelling A-OK. I'm in the process of  
trying out the latest release (1.7). I let you know what I find.


>> To make sure its not a problem with both my plugins in the same
>> jarfile, I created one project per jarfile. Both compile fine,  
>> install
>> fine and i can see them in the deploy conduit in WEB-INF/lib. Both  
>> jar
>> files contain the classes. One is found by the class loader, the  
>> other
>> is not.
>>
>>> Juergen Lorenz Simon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the reply. I have two plugins in the jarfile in
>>>> question. I
>>>> double-checked the problem by setting up on scratch on a new  
>>>> machine.
>>>> Everything looks fine, one plugin from the same jar  file is found
>>>> and
>>>> works as it should. The authentication plugin is not found:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Initializing AuthService...
>>>> - Failed to initialize AuthService
>>>> com.kontrast.vodafone.portal.xwiki.PortalAuthenticationPlugin   
>>>> using
>>>> Reflection, trying default implementations using 'new'.
>>>> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
>>>> com.kontrast.vodafone.portal.xwiki.PortalAuthenticationPlugin
>>>>    at
>>>> org
>>>> .apache
>>>> .catalina 
>>>> .loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:
>>>> 1360)
>>>>    at
>>>> org
>>>> .apache
>>>> .catalina 
>>>> .loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:
>>>> 1206)
>>>>    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:374)
>>>>    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>>>>    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)
>>>>    at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.getAuthService(XWiki.java:4630)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm a bit confounded now. Any more ideas? Could it be some problem
>>>> with classpath ordering?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> J.L.Simon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10.12.2008, at 12:38, Thomas Mortagne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> All seems ok to me. You don't need more that pointing the right
>>>>> class
>>>>> in xwiki.cfg...
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you really sure that the jar contains the class and is in the
>>>>> published /lib folder ? I don't see anything else yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Juergen Lorenz Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i've been writing a custom authentication plugin for xwiki. The
>>>>>> implementation was
>>>>>> pretty straightforward, however I'm having trouble deploying the
>>>>>> plugin. I bundled
>>>>>> it with other plugins for the same purpose in a jar file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The jar file is deployed to my local repository. It's pulled in
>>>>>> when I
>>>>>> build the
>>>>>> xe-debug-web in Eclipse and it's present in the xe-debug-web/WEB-
>>>>>> INF/
>>>>>> lib directory
>>>>>> of the deployed app (in .metadata/.plugins/
>>>>>> org.eclipse.wst.server.core/
>>>>>> tmp0 ...).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I altered the xwiki.cfg, adding the following line:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xwiki
>>>>>> .authentication
>>>>>> .authclass
>>>>>> =com.kontrast.vodafone.portal.xwiki.PortalAuthenticationPlugin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, when starting the application, I get the following
>>>>>> problem:
>>>>>>
>>>
>
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