Check out the Acegi integration at: http://www.localhost.nu/java/tapestry5-acegi
I find Acegi stops me from re-inventing the wheel. At the very least, the source code should give you an idea how to do what you want. Jonathan > -----Original Message----- > From: ryanskow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:19 PM > To: users@tapestry.apache.org > Subject: Can a page do something before actions are invoked on it? > > > > Example: > > MyPage has two 'action' methods: > Object onActionFromThingOne() > Object onActionFromThingTwo() > > Before these methods get called by the ComponentEventDispatcher, is it > possible for MyPage to do something such as check to see if the user has > permission to access these methods? If MyPage decides that it doesn't > want > the event to process, ideally it would have 'veto' power to stop its > methods > from being invoked. > > As hinted to, I'm looking to implement 'action' level security. One > obvious > option would be to put some sort of 'checkSecurity()' method at the > beginning of each and every action method. That being sub-optimal, I'm > looking for a slightly more global approach of doing so. MyPage would > eventually extend a base class and all of the checking of security can be > done there instead of in each page. > > Seems as though I'm very close, but just can't figure out a good place to > know the critical pieces of information: > 1. who is logged in > 2. what page is being invoked > 3. what method on the page is being invoked > > Anyway, I'm open to other approaches as well. > > Thanks! > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Can-a-page-do- > something-before-actions-are-invoked-on-it--tp15509207p15509207.html > Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
