topic Re: IdentityService.saveUser requires more than declared User in Alfresco Archive

IdentityService.saveUser requires more than declared User

tstephen — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:16:52 GMT

The IdentityService declares void saveUser(User user) ‍‍‍but when I extended one of my existing classes to provide the expected User interface and passed it in I received the ClassCastException below. I realise that creating a User object with IdentityService.newUser is the expected usage but it w

Re: IdentityService.saveUser requires more than declared User

jbarrez — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:06:35 GMT

That will not work - Activiti needs to know how to persist your user. One way would be to extend the UserEntity.

Re: IdentityService.saveUser requires more than declared User

frederikherema1 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:16:08 GMT

If you want to use your own objects, implementing the User interface, you should also override the identitySession. Search the forum for "identitysession" and "ldap" and you'll find plenty of posts about this topic.

Re: IdentityService.saveUser requires more than declared User

tstephen — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:12:32 GMT

Ok, I was suggesting that the param should be UserEntity but now I see that alternate identitySession could use the simpler User object it makes sense. And thanks for the tip the LDAP identitySession looks interesting.