[seam-dev] How to store data in contexts

[Nicklas Karlsson]

Seam could have a "hacks" module that would add the binding type and
producer method ;-)

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Matt Drees <matt.drees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The second use case would be to pick off flags that libraries set into
>> scopes. So the values are already there, you just need to read them.
>
> Several of our apps use a third-party filter [1] to authenticate the user,
> which stores credentials in the http session.  I'd appreciate being able to
> write:
>
> class UsernameProvider
> {
>
>   @HttpSession Map<String, Object> session;
>
>   @Produces @Username String retrieveCasReceipt()
>   {
>      return (String) session.get(CASFilter.CAS_FILTER_USER);
>   }
>
> }
>
>
> So, +1 for Dan's suggestion.  If support for such attribute maps aren't in
> Seam, I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be putting them in my Util
> project.
>
> -Matt
>
> [1]  http://www.jasig.org/cas/client-integration/java-client
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> -Dan
>>
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