How can we modify User Session Widget and remove drop down entries in it

Hi ,

We have a requirement where we have to remove Setting and Username from User Session icon . Below are my approach

1) Create a custom Widget for User session Variable , while doing so I found the following XML file in xcp-core.jar in plugin folder of XCP- xcp_session_variable_container.xml, I tried to replicate the format of the XML in a separate JaR and added them(xml and Js mentioned below) like its described in the DemoTool Box XCP accelerator but didnt work as the control didnt show up in the xcp designer. Even if it had showed up I am not sure how to accomplish above task as with the XML we could just reach to these two JS, SessionVariableContainer.js and SessionVariableManager.js which leads me to nowhere

2) Also let me know how to work on XCP related JS . I downloaded Sencha Plugin as well as Updates for Java scripts on Eclipse Luna. But still not sure how to write commands like "xcp.core.SessionVariableManager.setSessionVariableValue(prop, value, this.getPageContext());"

Assuming JS works like Java i.e adding api and getting uderlying methods to call by cnrtl+space.

Any pointers on this will be helpful, as I didnt find a proper documentation on this any leads will be helpful. Thanks in Advance

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nking

What are you trying to achieve by removing the username and settings option? Do you just want the logout feature?

rajesh.ghosh

Yes Just The Logout Feature, I believe it can be done only by customizing widget. Is there an easier way to do it

nking

I always remove the user control widget, and add an image in its place, with the url pointing to 'j_spring_security_logout'.

If you have SSO enabled you can get into the situation where you get logged back in automatically. In that case you can modify the logout redirection as follows:

Spring security configuration files are packaged with ‘xcp-rest-security-dctm.jar’. please locate Siteminder specific configuration file @ XCP-APP\ WEB-INF\lib\xcp-rest-security-dctm.jar\META-INF\spring\template\ dctm-xcp-ui-security-siteminder.xml.

At line number 35 , we could see the configuration related to log-out like

Please modify the attribute " logout-success-url” and provide the specific URL( <logout invalidate-session="true" logout-success-url="<provide url here>" logout-url=""/> ). After restarting the application server, at the time of sign-out user will be taken to the specific URL provided in the spring configuration.

rajesh.ghosh

Hi Nick,

Sorry for late response to your answer , well the solution looks good but I have two question:

1) when I implemented the URL in Sub menu of Menu Item, the URL opens in a new window, when returning back to previous window the session is logged out hence no one can access any resource any further, but it looks like user has not logged out until he clicks on anything. Do you know a solution for this ?

2) Is it valid to change a security related xml in XCP bundled Jar, isnt a way to override the changes in another file. Just a query?

nking

1. I always use an image on the toolbar and not a menu item, so I not sure. How do you call the URL from the menu?

2. I agree it is not ideal, but at the moment this is the only way of changing the target page.

rajesh.ghosh

Hi Nick,

I believe this can be achieved by modifyng the widget and build as a custom jar. I totally agree workaround is good but would like to do in a better manner. So do you have any idea how to edit JS or if I am going into correct path. By asking how to edit JS I mean what all setting i need to do in my IDE(eclipse in my case) so that I can access API related to development or modification of JS