Adding custom property to Person/User

[albertomv]

Hello!

I'm trying to add a new property to users/people in Alfresco and customising the Web Client to support it.

As I've read in http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1665, there is currently no way to customise declaratively the NewUserWizard as with other wizards through Property Sheets. ¿Am I right?

I'd appreciate if someone could show me any way to do this or comment the approach I explain below. Thanks

I've tried the following approach, which works, but it's highly "invasive":


First I created "my.custom.UserWizard" which extends. "org.alfresco.web.bean.wizard.NewUserWizard"

….<managed-bean>      <description>         The bean that backs up the New User Wizard      </description>      <managed-bean-name>NewUserWizard</managed-bean-name>    <managed-bean-class>my.custom.UserWizard</managed-bean-class>      <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>      <managed-property>      …..‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

and added there a new property:

private Boolean myProp = null;static final QName PROP_MYPROP = QName.createQName(         NamespaceService.CONTENT_MODEL_1_0_URI, "myProp");   ‍‍‍‍‍

Redefined some methods:

First init():

super.init();this.myProp=false;‍‍‍‍

Then populate():

super.populate();// set values for edit modeMap<String, Object> props = getPerson().getProperties();this.myProp = (Boolean) props.get("myProp");‍‍‍‍‍‍

And finally finish():

String outcome = super.finish();      if (outcome == null)         return null;      outcome = FINISH_OUTCOME;UserTransaction tx = null;      try {         FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();         tx = Repository.getUserTransaction(context);         tx.begin();         // update the existing node in the repository         if(this.editMode){            NodeRef nodeRef = getPerson().getNodeRef();            this.nodeService.setProperty(nodeRef, PROP_MYPROP, this.myProp);         }else{            NodeRef person =this.personService.getPerson(this.getUserName());            this.nodeService.setProperty(person, PROP_MYPROP, this.myProp);         }         // commit the transaction         tx.commit();         // reset the richlist component so it rebinds to the users list         invalidateUserList();      } catch (Throwable e) {         // rollback the transaction         try {            if (tx != null) {               tx.rollback();            }         } catch (Exception tex) {         }                        //Treat the error         outcome = null;      }      return outcome;   }‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Then, I added some code into person-properties.jsp:

<tr><td><h:outputText value="My Prop?" />:</td><td><h:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{NewUserWizard.myProp}"/></td></tr>‍‍‍‍‍

and changed contentModel.xml:

<property name="cm:myProp">        <type>d:boolean</type></property>‍‍‍

I don't like this approach because I'd like all the properties of a person to be edited/created in the same transaction, and not having to deal with Faces Navigation issues if one transaction success and the other fails.

I don't like neither changing contentModel.xml nor depending on person-properties.jsp as I'd like to pack this changes into an AMP and installing it on an alfresco.war (with the possibility of upgrading the war!)

Thanks!

[kevinr]

Some of this support has now been added in the latest 2.9B release. There is an expanded Person model and the ability to add custom properties.

Thanks,

Kevin