Yup. Its just a well known URL. In effect its really http://foo.bar.com/j_security_check
As Carson says, its a logical token that denotes the authentication service. You could use this example to POST to any URL, but I thought this example was double useful. (and technically it is a URL and not a URI, but now we're splitting hairs <wink>) -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In [email protected], "Carson Hager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave is about to arrive out here on the West Coast so I'll answer this > for him. j_security_check is a token in J2EE web applications that > signals a J2EE web application to authenticate a user with FORM > authentication. Required to be sent to this "page" are parameters of > "j_username" and "j_password". At this point, the container takes over > authentication however you have set it up. > > > Carson > > > ____________________________________________ > > Carson Hager > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office: 866-CYNERGY > Mobile: 1.703.489.6466 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tracy Spratt > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Using HTTPService to POST complex data > > Dave, in your example, what is " j_security_check"? > Tracy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Wolf > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Using HTTPService to POST complex data > > > Here is an example of doing a login form which does a POST from a MXML > form. This "simulates" the posting of a HTML form to the standard > J2EE login service. This also goes to show how simple it is to > integrate into J2EE security. There's no reason to need to roll your > own security. > > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > var j_username:String; > var j_password:String; > > function submitLogin() { > j_username = username.text; > j_password = password.text; > getURL( "j_security_check" , "_self" , "POST" ); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Form> > <mx:FormItem> > <mx:Label text="Username"> > <mx:TextInput id="username" /> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem> > <mx:Label text="Password"/> > <mx:TextInput id="password" password="true"/> > </mx:FormItem> > <mx:FormItem> > <mx:VBox horizontalAlign="center"> > <mx:Button label="Login" click="submitLogin();"/> > </mx:VBox> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > > > -- > Dave Wolf > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office: 866-CYNERGY > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've tried using child tags in the same namespace, I've also tried > > creating objects in Actioncript and then embedding them such as: > > > > In MXML: > > <request>{myRequestObject}</request> > > > > In Actionscript: > > new myRequestObject:Object = new Object; > > new embeddedObject:Object = new Object; > > > > embeddedObject.name = "test" > > myRequestObject.commit = "Create"; > > myRequestObject.category = embeddedObject; > > > > The "commit"=>"Create" works fine but "category" points to some > > variation of "{object}" - never quite what I am trying to attain. > > > > I've used generic objects as well as arrays - all to no avail. I can > > give an enumeration of the variations and permutations on my results > in > > my next email - but it seems there is probably some obvious "right > way" > > to do this that I'm just missing somehow. > > > > -Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Peter Farland > > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 3:49 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Using HTTPService to POST complex data > > > > Have you tried moving your custom values as the child tags of > > <mx:request> to the same namespace by prefixing them with mx: ? > > Alternatively, have you assigned an id to your HTTPService and then > used > > script to set the request property to an anonymous Object that > contains > > the properties that you want to POST? > > > > What do you have set for the contentType? The default should be > > "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" which is what you'd want for a > form > > submission. > > > > Pete > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of stuff > > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Using HTTPService to POST complex data > > > > > > I am trying to emulate an HTML form submission with HTTPService and I > > seem to be missing something on the construction of the associated > > request. From the server log of a successful POST I have the > following: > > > > [POST] Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", "category"=>{"name"=>"Test"}, > > ...} > > > > At present, my request looks like this: > > > > <mx:request> > > <category><name>Test</name></category> > > <commit>Create</commit> > > </mx:request> > > > > ...But that generates a runtime error. I have tried multiple > constructs > > (Arrays, ActionScript, etc.) but I've not been able to hit on the > right > > solution. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Mark > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! 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