topic The method createAuthentication(String, char[]) is undefined in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236193#M189323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am using Alfresco-Community-3.3 and am trying out the following example code from Jeff Potts Alfresco Developer Guide:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>// client-extensions/src/java/com/someco/module/BootstrapAuthorityCreator.java<BR />// create tuser1, tuser2, tuser3, tuser4<BR />if(!authenticationService.authenticationExists("tuser1")) {<BR />&nbsp; authenticationService.createAuthentication("tuser1", "password".toCharArray());<BR />&nbsp; if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) logger.debug("Created tuser1 auth");<BR />}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>But I get this error: </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>The method createAuthentication(String, char[]) is undefined for the type AuthenticationService<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>And indeed when I look at the </SPAN><A href="http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/security/AuthenticationService.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">javadocs for org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.AuthenticationService</A><SPAN> there is no </SPAN><SPAN style="color:#4040FF;">createAuthentication()</SPAN><SPAN> method. It seems to have been moved into </SPAN><A href="http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/security/MutableAuthenticationService.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.MutableAuthenticationService</A><SPAN>. So, I changed </SPAN><SPAN style="color:#4040FF;">authenticationService</SPAN><SPAN> into a </SPAN><SPAN style="color:#4040FF;">MutableAuthenticationService</SPAN><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>// private AuthenticationService authenticationService;<BR /> private MutableAuthenticationService authenticationService;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>You also need to modify the signature of </SPAN><SPAN style="color:#4040FF;">setAuthenticationService()</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:44:03 GMT robertmarkbram 2010-06-02T05:44:03Z The method createAuthentication(String, char[]) is undefined https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236193#M189323 Hi All,I am using Alfresco-Community-3.3 and am trying out the following example code from Jeff Potts Alfresco Developer Guide:// client-extensions/src/java/com/someco/module/BootstrapAuthorityCreator.java// create tuser1, tuser2, tuser3, tuser4if(!authenticationService.authenticationExists("tuser1" Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:44:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236193#M189323 robertmarkbram 2010-06-02T05:44:03Z Re: The method createAuthentication(String, char[]) is undefined https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236194#M189324 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thank you very much for posting this&nbsp; <img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm just getting in to developing for Alfresco and with Java (I have C# development background) and this was most helpful in getting me off the ground.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:29 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236194#M189324 rwilson1982 2010-06-17T12:00:29Z Re: The method createAuthentication(String, char[]) is undefined https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236195#M189325 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You're welcome. <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:40:59 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/the-method-createauthentication-string-char-is-undefined/m-p/236195#M189325 robertmarkbram 2010-06-25T01:40:59Z