Accessing User or Group Type from an output record varaible

Hi, I am working on a LAPI /Java program where , I am passing a rightId (id of a user or group) retrieved by one of the LAPI function toGetUserOrGroupByID(Id, attributes) method. Here 'attributes' is an output variable of datatype Record.Now I want to find out if the id that I am passing is of a group or a user . LAPI document shows that property "Type" is an integer.So I am using method System.out.println(attributes.toInteger("Type"))It gives me an error ILLEGALOperation: get cannot be implemented for this datatype.I have tried toString() as well.Please help .... any advise is greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.

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Pranjali_Komawar

The rightID for groups is returning as -1 , -2 etc and the problem is that this is different from the ID of the Group in the KUAF. Whereas the method works fine for users , I mean the rightId of a user and ID of the user in KUAF matches perfectly.But I have to find the members of the Groups in the ACL and there is no method that I can see which can find the group present in the ACL in the livelink item and then retrieve its ID to list its members.Please help.....

Roger_Duplin

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I can help with thisbit of information right now. The assigned access rights are the records thathave positive number for the RightID. You can then use this ID with theGetUserOrGroupByID() function to see if it's a group, and what group it is. The negative RightID's are reserved number. -1 is for public access, -2 is forsystem access (never change it), -3 is for the node's owning user, and -4 isfor the node's owning group.

Regards,

Roger Duplin

Product Support Specialist

Open Text Corporation

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The rightID for groups is returning as -1 , -2 etc and the problem is that...		Posted by biopkomawar (Komawar, Pranjali) on 10/24/2007 04:49 PM
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The rightID for groups is returning as -1 , -2 etc and the problem is that this is different from the ID of the Group in the KUAF. Whereas the method works fine for users , I mean the rightId of a user and ID of the user in KUAF matches perfectly.
But I have to find the members of the Groups in the ACL and there is no method that I can see which can find the group present in the ACL in the livelink item and then retrieve its ID to list its members.
Please help.....

Howard_Pell

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How are youpopulating rightID?

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The rightID for groups is returning as -1 , -2 etc and the problem is that...		Posted by biopkomawar (Komawar, Pranjali) on 10/24/2007 04:49 PM
In reply to: Accessing User or Group Type from an output record varaible		Posted by biopkomawar (Komawar, Pranjali) on 10/24/2007 02:12 PM

The rightID for groups is returning as -1 , -2 etc and the problem is that this is different from the ID of the Group in the KUAF. Whereas the method works fine for users , I mean the rightId of a user and ID of the user in KUAF matches perfectly.
But I have to find the members of the Groups in the ACL and there is no method that I can see which can find the group present in the ACL in the livelink item and then retrieve its ID to list its members.
Please help.....