Hi,
Check http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Snippets/Create200DummyUsersSnippet
for example.
A user is an object in xwiki.
Thanks
-Vincent
On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Juergen Lorenz Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm trying to do a conceptually very, very simple task and find myself
> obscured to death by
> xwiki's data model (shall we call it one for now ...)
>
> After hitting my head on the lack of API for user, I somehow (dont ask
> me how) manage to
> assemble some code for creating a user. This CAN NOT be right?!
>
> Map map = Util.getObject(context.getRequest(),
> "register");
> String content = "#includeForm(\"XWiki.XWikiUserSheet
> \")";
> String template =
> context.getRequest().getParameter("template");
> String parent =
> context.getRequest().getParameter("parent");
>
> if ("superadmin".equalsIgnoreCase(wikiname)) {
> log.error("Can't register user 'superadmin'. Name
> reserved.");
> return;
> }
>
> try {
> if (!
> context.getUtil().match(context.getWiki().Param("xwiki.validusername",
> "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/"), wikiname)) {
> log.warn("Illegal username '"+wikiname+"'");
> }
> } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
> log.error("Invalid regular expression for
> xwiki.validusername", ex);
> if (!context.getUtil().match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/",
> wikiname)) {
> log.error("Illegal username '"+wikiname+"'");
> }
> }
>
> if ((template != null) && (!template.equals(""))) {
> XWikiDocument tdoc =
> context.getWiki().getDocument(template, context);
> if ((!tdoc.isNew())) {
> content = tdoc.getContent();
> }
> }
>
> if ((parent == null) || (parent.equals(""))) {
> parent = "XWiki.XWikiUsers";
> }
>
> // add password
> map.put("password", wikiname);
> map.put("active", "1");
>
> if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
> log.debug("Creating user with parameters:
> "+map.toString());
> }
>
> int result = -1;
> try {
> result = context.getWiki().createUser(wikiname, map,
> parent, content, "edit", context);
> log.info("User " + xwikiUser + " created
> successfully.");
> userSuccessful = true;
> } catch (Exception e) {
> log.error("Exception when creating user "+wikiname,e);
> }
>
> if (result!=1) {
> log.error("Creating user " + xwikiUser + " has failed
> with status "+result);
> }
>
> Is this REALLY necessary? The task of creating a new user can be
> achieved easier, surely?
>
> Now I did have some code for checking if a given group exists, if not
> create it. Then check if the user is in the group
> and of not, add him. All my attempts in this direction were rewarded
> with frustration. I find the data model (or perhaps
> the abscence of cleaner structure for these things) highly obscure and
> impossible to penetrate without a proper form
> of documentation.
>
> Does such documentation exist? A few simple examples perhaps?
>
> Best Regards,
> J.L.Simon
Thanks
-Vincent
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