I'm using spring-ldap-core-2.3.1.RELEASE.jar over JDK 1.8 & Tomcat 8.0 to access AD information through LdapTemplate. The attributes such as title,department & company are not being returned by the ldapTemplate.search(..,.,..) method.
I'm using the following lines of code to search :-
LdapQuery ldapQuery = LdapQueryBuilder.query()
.where("objectclass").is("user")
.and("objectcategory").is("person")
.and("cn").like(strWildcardText+"*");
ldapTemplate.search(ldapQuery, new ADUserAttributesMapper());
Following is the ADUserAttributesMapper class :-
public class ADUserAttributesMapper implements AttributesMapper<ADUserBean> {
#Override
public ADUserBean mapFromAttributes(Attributes attributes) throws NamingException {
if(attributes==null) {
return null;
}
adUserBean.setName((attributes.get("name")!=null) ? attributes.get("name").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setCommonName((attributes.get("cn")!=null) ? attributes.get("cn").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setDisplayName((attributes.get("displayname")!=null) ? attributes.get("displayname").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setGivenName((attributes.get("givenname")!=null) ? attributes.get("givenname").get().toString() : null); // for FIRST NAME
adUserBean.setMiddleName((attributes.get("initials")!=null) ? attributes.get("initials").get().toString() : null); // for MIDDLE NAME / INITIALS
adUserBean.setLastName((attributes.get("sn")!=null) ? attributes.get("sn").get().toString() : null); // for LAST NAME
adUserBean.setDepartment((attributes.get("department")!=null) ? attributes.get("department").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setUserPrincipalName((attributes.get("userprincipalname")!=null) ? attributes.get("userprincipalname").get().toString() : null); // Logon Name
adUserBean.setsAMAccountName((attributes.get("samaccountname")!=null) ? attributes.get("samaccountname").get().toString() : null); // Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000)
adUserBean.setDistinguishedName((attributes.get("distinguishedname")!=null) ? attributes.get("distinguishedname").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setMailID((attributes.get("mail")!=null) ? attributes.get("mail").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setTitle((attributes.get("title")!=null) ? attributes.get("title").get().toString() : null); // Job Title
adUserBean.setTelephoneNumber((attributes.get("telephonenumber")!=null) ? attributes.get("telephonenumber").get().toString() : null);
adUserBean.setObjectCategory((attributes.get("objectcategory")!=null) ? attributes.get("objectcategory").get().toString() : null);
return adUserBean;
}
}
The title,department & company attributes belong to the Organization tab of the AD user properties as shown in the below image :-
Also, from the General tab the initials(initials) attribute is not being picked up/listed by Spring-LDAP's ldapTemplate. The LdapQueryBuilder.query() object has access to attributes(...) method that takes a string array of attribute names that are to be fetched. But even after mentioning them there explicitly, values for attributes such as initials, title, department & company are not returned.
The LDAP Browser plugin within the Eclipse IDE lists the title,department & company properties under the Organization tab without a problem.
Even the com4j API returns the title, department & company attributes.
Is there any configuration that is limiting the attribute(s) listing or is it a limitation with Spring-LDAP API itself? Are these attributes not part of BasicAttributes? How to fetch these attributes through Spring-LDAP?
UPDATE (01-Aug-2017):
The plain Java JNDI approach/code does NOT return department,company,title attributes (even with these attributes being explicitly mentioned in attributes string array), but surprisingly it does return the initials attribute value.
UPDATE (02-Aug-2017):
Similar to #Pierre's suggestion (below) tried the following code using SearchControls object :-
String strFilter= "(&(objectclass=top)(cn=cgma*))";
String[] attrs = new String[] {"cn","givenName","sn","initials","title","department","company"};
long maxResults = 10; // for example
SearchControls searchControls = new SearchControls();
searchControls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);
searchControls.setReturningAttributes(attrs);
searchControls.setCountLimit(maxResults);
List<String> aLstOfADUsers = ldapTemplate.search("",strFilter,searchControls,new AttributesMapper<String>()
{
public String mapFromAttributes(Attributes attrs) throws NamingException {
try
{
System.out.println(attrs.toString());
return attrs.get("cn").get().toString();
}
catch(Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
});
return aLstOfADUsers;
Even this does not return the initials, title, company & department attribute values.
The person attributes might be internal attributes which you wouldn't get back by default. You can specify explicitly which attributes you want returned BUT not in the search method you're using (the one where you pass in an LdapQuery object). If you take a look at the org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate class, it doesn't seem like you can pass in the SearchControls object to the method signature you're using. So, to be able to specify attributes to fetch, replace this:
LdapQuery ldapQuery = LdapQueryBuilder.query()
.where("objectclass").is("user")
.and("objectcategory").is("person")
.and("cn").like(strWildcardText+"*");
ldapTemplate.search(ldapQuery, new ADUserAttributesMapper());
With this:
LikeFilter filter = new LikeFilter("cn", strWildcardText+"*");
// list of attributes to retrieve
String[] attrs = new String[] {"title","department","company"};
long maxResults = 10; // for example
SearchControls searchControls = new SearchControls();
searchControls.setSearchScope(SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE);
searchControls.setReturningAttributes(attrs);
searchControls.setCountLimit(numResults);
ldapTemplate.search(DistinguishedName.EMPTY_PATH, filter.encode(), searchControls, new ADUserAttributesMapper());
The above should work. You could also try something like this (I haven't tried that yet):
ldapTemplate.search( "dc=yourorg,dc=com",
"(&(cn=" +strWildcardText + "*)(&(objectClass=person)(objectcategory=person)))",
SearchControls.SUBTREE_SCOPE,
new String[]{ "title","department","company" },
new ADUserAttributesMapper() );
Finally, to get ALL attributes back, ask to retrieve ALL attributes in the code above (my above example only asked for 3 attributes, this would return ALL of them):
String[] attrs = new String[]{"*","+"};
This is based on your AttributesMapper. I don't know what ADUserAttributesMapper is, so you'd have to provide that implementation.
Here's the javadoc for this interface. http://docs.spring.io/spring-ldap/docs/current/apidocs/org/springframework/ldap/core/AttributesMapper.html
Change ldap port from 3268 to 389
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Just started learning Dapper. I have an ADO.NET background. Using a demo I downloaded, I can insert/delete data from a webform into a MySql table just fine. This, however, I have searched all morning on.
In retrieving a single row from the db by ID, it doesn't return a LIST<>, it seems to be just an object (using code from the demo I downloaded). The query works, I get the object back. It has the fields: "ProductID, Description and Price".
The only way I could get the values to those three fields was like this:
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo pi = Product.GetType().GetProperty("ProductID");
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo desc = Product.GetType().GetProperty("Description");
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo price = Product.GetType().GetProperty("Price");
int _ProductID = (int)(pi.GetValue(Product, null));
string _Description = (string)(desc.GetValue(Product, null));
decimal _Price = (decimal)(price.GetValue(Product, null));
This works and gets the correct values for the three fields.
I'm used to looping through DataTables, but I just think there is probably a better way to get those values.
Is this the correct way to do this or am I missing something? I did actually read documentation and mess with this all morning before asking, too.
Some of the things I looked at seem to be very complex. I thought Dapper was supposed to simplify things.
OK, Thanks Marc. It was difficult for me to see what was supposed to be in the Dapper class files and what was supposed to be in my code behind. The original demo way of getting a product by ID had the query as .FirstOrDefault();
I changed everything to return a List<> and it all worked. I'm sure my ADO.NET is showing, but this works. In Dapper class files:
public List<Product> ProductAsList(int Id)
{
return this._db.Query<Product>("SELECT * FROM Cart_product WHERE ProductID=#Id", new { Id = Id }).**ToList()**;
}
This is just getting one row that matched the ProductID.
In page codebehind:
protected void CartItemAdd(string ProductId) // passing it the selected ProductID
{
var results = cartservice.ProductAsList(Convert.ToInt32(ProductId));
// returns that one row using Dapper ProductAsList(ProductId)
int _ProductId = 0;
string Description = string.Empty;
decimal Price = 0;
// Loop through the list and get the value of each item:
foreach (Product obj in results)
{
_ProductId = obj.ProductID;
Description = obj.Description;
Price = obj.Price;
}
// Using Dapper to insert the selected product into the shopping cart (table):
String UserName = "jbanks";
cartitem = new CartItem();
cartitem.ProductID = _ProductId;
cartitem.Quantity = 1;
cartitem.Description = Description;
cartitem.Price = Price;
cartitem.Created = DateTime.Now;
cartitem.CreatedBy = UserName;
result = cartservice.AddCartItem(cartitem);
if (result)
{
lblMessage.Text = string.Empty;
lblMessage.Text = "Successfully added a cart item";
}
}
}
It does indeed look up the product from one table and insert a selected item into another table.
Thanks again!
The main Query<T> API returns an IEnumerable<T>, which often will be a List<T>; the AsList<T>() extension method can get it back to a list without a copy, but either way: they are just T, for whatever T you asked for. If you asked for Query<Product>, then: they should be Product instances:
var results = connection.Query<Product>(someSql, someArgs); // perhaps .AsList()
foreach (Product obj in results) { // "var obj" would be fine here too
// now just use obj.ProductID, obj.Description and obj.Price
}
If that didn't work: check that you used the <T> version of Query. There is a non-generic variant too, which returns dynamic. Frankly, you should almost always use the <T> version.
Note: I'm assuming that somewhere you have something like
class Product {
public int ProductID {get;set;}
public string Description {get;set;}
public decimal Price {get;set;}
}
After reading this article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tilovell/archive/2009/12/29/the-trouble-with-system-activities-foreach-and-parallelforeach.aspx
I have defined the ForEachFactory as follows:
public class ForEachFactory<T> : IActivityTemplateFactory
{
public Activity Create(DependencyObject target)
{
return new ForEach<T>
{
DisplayName = "ForEachFromFactory",
Body = new ActivityAction<T>
{
Argument = new DelegateInArgument<T>("item")
}
};
}
}
All works well but is it possible to check how that DelegeateInArgument in my case named "item" changes its value ?
So if i have defined an array in the variables section and initialized with
{1, 2, 3} i need a way to check how the "item" takes value 1, 2 and then 3.
To be more accurate, i've added this pic, with a breakpoint on the WriteLine activity inside the foreach. When the execution will stop there, is there a way to find out what the value of item is ?
EDIT 1:
Possible solution in my case:
After struggling a bit more i found one interesting thing:
Adding one of my custom activities in the Body of the ForEach, i am able to get the value of the item like this :
So, my activity derives from : CodeActivity
Inside the protected override String[] Execute(CodeActivityContext context) i am doing this job.To be honest, this solves the thing somehow, but it is doable only in my custom activities. If i would put a WriteLine there for example, i would not be able to retrieve that value.
you can access the DelegeateInArgument of a ForEach activity by inspecting the ModelItem trees parent and checking for DelegeateInArgument's. If you need a specific code example to achieve this I may need a some time to code the example. As it has been a long time since I did this, see my question i asked over on msdn
So basically where your break point is, you can access the variable values as these are defined with n the scope of your activity as 'variables'. However the 'item' variable is actually only accessible from the parent loop activity. So you have to get the model item of the current executing activity and then traverse up the tree to find the parent containing the desired DelegateInArgument.
Can you flesh out exactly what you want to achieve? Is it that when your debugging the workflow in the re-hosted designer you want to display the variable values to the user as they change in the UI?
Edit - added tracking example
So as your wanting to display the variable values during execution of the workflow we need to use tracking to achieve this. In the example your using the author has already implemented some basic tracking. So to achieve the extended variable tracking you want you will need to alter the tracking profile.
Firstly amend the WorkflowDesignerHost.xaml.cs file alter the RunWorkflow method to define the SimulatorTrackingParticipant as below.
SimulatorTrackingParticipant simTracker = new SimulatorTrackingParticipant()
{
TrackingProfile = new TrackingProfile()
{
Name = "CustomTrackingProfile",
Queries =
{
new CustomTrackingQuery()
{
Name = all,
ActivityName = all
},
new WorkflowInstanceQuery()
{
**States = {all },**
},
new ActivityStateQuery()
{
// Subscribe for track records from all activities for all states
ActivityName = all,
States = { all },
**Arguments = {all},**
// Extract workflow variables and arguments as a part of the activity tracking record
// VariableName = "*" allows for extraction of all variables in the scope
// of the activity
Variables =
{
{ all }
}
}
}
}
};
This will now correctly capture all workflow instance states rather than just Started/Completed. You will also capture all Arguments on each activity that records tracking data rather than just the variables. This is important because the 'variable' were interested in is actually (as discussed earlier) a DelegateInArgument.
So once we have changed the tracking profile we also need to change the SimulatorTrackingParticipant.cs to extract the additional data we are now tracking.
If you change the OnTrackingRecordReceived method to include the following sections these will capture variable data and also Argument data during execution.
protected void OnTrackingRecordReceived(TrackingRecord record, TimeSpan timeout)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(
String.Format("Tracking Record Received: {0} with timeout: {1} seconds.", record, timeout.TotalSeconds)
);
if (TrackingRecordReceived != null)
{
ActivityStateRecord activityStateRecord = record as ActivityStateRecord;
if (activityStateRecord != null)
{
IDictionary<string, object> variables = activityStateRecord.Variables;
StringBuilder vars = new StringBuilder();
if (variables.Count > 0)
{
vars.AppendLine("\n\tVariables:");
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> variable in variables)
{
vars.AppendLine(String.Format(
"\t\tName: {0} Value: {1}", variable.Key, variable.Value));
}
}
}
if (activityStateRecord != null)
{
IDictionary<string, object> arguments = activityStateRecord.Arguments;
StringBuilder args = new StringBuilder();
if (arguments.Count > 0)
{
args.AppendLine("\n\tArgument:");
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> argument in arguments)
{
args.AppendLine(String.Format(
"\t\tName: {0} Value: {1}", argument.Key, argument.Value));
}
}
//bubble up the args to the UI for the user to see!
}
if((activityStateRecord != null) && (!activityStateRecord.Activity.TypeName.Contains("System.Activities.Expressions")))
{
if (ActivityIdToWorkflowElementMap.ContainsKey(activityStateRecord.Activity.Id))
{
TrackingRecordReceived(this, new TrackingEventArgs(
record,
timeout,
ActivityIdToWorkflowElementMap[activityStateRecord.Activity.Id]
)
);
}
}
else
{
TrackingRecordReceived(this, new TrackingEventArgs(record, timeout,null));
}
}
}
Hope this helps!
As a part of online shopping, I implemented a cart using Session.
I have implemented the Cart in the following manner :
Session[pname] = qty;
where pname is a string variable which holds the name of the product and I used that as the key. qty is an integer variable which holds the number of items of that particular product.
To display the cart items I simply used the following loop :
foreach(string keys in Session.Keys)
Through this I get the names of the products along with the associated quantity and using this I display the cart items. The problem arises when I also have a session for the user active on the same page.
Session["uname"] = user_name;
And while retrieving the keys using Session.Keys, the uname gets included which I don't want as I need only the product's names. Is there any way I can read the keys from Session[pname] without reading from Session["uname"]?
Instead of storing an object in session for each product and quantity, just store a single object (e.g. List) which contains all of your cart items.
Here is an example which you could tweak to meet your needs:
First, a simple object to store the data:
public class CartItem {
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; }
}
Then if you need to add an object to the cart list:
var cartItems = new List<CartItem>();
cartItems.Add(new CartItem() {
Name = "",
Quantity = 1
});
Session["Cart"] = cartItems;
//Need to fetch the cart items later on?
cartItems = (List<CartItem>)Session["Cart"];
Obviously this can be implemented differently and this was just a quick example.
You mentioned needing an easier fix than what Justin Helgerson said, so here's a couple of suggestions, but they feel a little quick and dirty. Justin's is probably the superior solution. I used a quick Console app to demonstrate this, so place your constants where they belong, and you obviously don't have to create a dictionary.
const string USERSESSION = "uname";
Dictionary<string, object> session = new Dictionary<string, object>();
session["item1"] = 2;
session["item2"] = 1;
session[USERSESSION] = "StackOverflowUser";
// print cart items - minus the user name session key
foreach (string key in session.Keys.Where(s => s != USERSESSION))
{
Console.WriteLine("Key: {0} Value: {1}", key, session[key]);
}
Alternatively, if you plan on there being more keys than just "uname", use the Linq Except method.
// build up except set
List<string> exceptKeys = new List<string>
{
USERSESSION
};
foreach (string key in session.Keys.Except(exceptKeys))
{
Console.WriteLine("Key: {0} Value: {1}", key, session[key]);
}
I am working on an ASP.Net MVC app and I want to show a confirmation page after the user edits some data. What I would like to show is a list of the pending changes that the user made to the model.
For example,
Are you sure you want to make the following changes:
FieldName:
Previous Value: XXX
New Value: YYY
I know I can read my stored value from the database and compare it with the POSTed object but I want this to work generally. What would be some good ways to approach this?
To clarify, I am looking for a general way to get a "diff" of the pending changes. I already know how to get the previous and pending changes. Kind of like how TryUpdateModel() can attempt to update any Model with posted values. I'd like a magical GetPendingModelChanges() method that can return a list of something like new PendingChange { Original = "XXX", NewValue = "YYY"} objects.
You might be doing this already but I wouldn't send my model to the view, create a viewmodel. In this case I would map the model data to the viewmodel twice, my viewmodel might contain OrderInput and OrderInputOrig. Then stick OrderInputOrig in hidden fields. On post back you can compare the values and then redirect, if something changed, to a display view with the original and the changes for confirmation.
Maybe something like this:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Edit(CustomerInput cutomerInput)
{
var changes = PublicInstancePropertiesEqual(cutomerInput.OriginalCustomer, cutomerInput.Customer);
if (changes != null)
{
cutomerInput.WhatChangeds = changes;
return View("ConfirmChanges", cutomerInput);
}
return View();
}
public ActionResult ConfirmChanges(CustomerInput customerInput)
{
return View(customerInput);
}
from: Comparing object properties in c#
public static Dictionary<string, WhatChanged> PublicInstancePropertiesEqual<T>(T self, T to, params string[] ignore) where T : class
{
Dictionary<string, WhatChanged> changes = null;
if (self != null && to != null)
{
var type = typeof(T);
var ignoreList = new List<string>(ignore);
foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo pi in type.GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance))
{
if (!ignoreList.Contains(pi.Name))
{
var selfValue = type.GetProperty(pi.Name).GetValue(self, null);
var toValue = type.GetProperty(pi.Name).GetValue(to, null);
if (selfValue != toValue && (selfValue == null || !selfValue.Equals(toValue)))
{
if (changes == null)
changes = new Dictionary<string, WhatChanged>();
changes.Add(pi.Name, new WhatChanged
{
OldValue = selfValue,
NewValue=toValue
});
}
}
}
return changes;
}
return null;
}
Coming in very late here, but I created a library to do this on MVC models and providing "readable" diffs for humans using MVC ModelMetadata:
https://github.com/paultyng/ObjectDiff
It gives me output when I save a Model similar to:
Status: 'Live', was 'Inactive'
Phone: '123-456-7898', was '555-555-5555'
Etc.
use the TempData Dictionary.
TempData["previousValue"];
TempData["newValue"];
I'm using the EF to try to update an entity with ASP.NET. I'm creating an entity, setting it's properties then passing it back to the EF on a separate layer with the ID so the change can be applied. I'm doing this because I only store the ID of the entity when it's been bound to the UI controls.
Everything works for standard properties, but I can't update the Category.ID of a Product (a related entity). I've tried EntityKey, EntityReference and a few other but the category ID isn't saved. This is what I have:
Product product = new Product();
product.CategoryReference.EntityKey = new EntityKey("ShopEntities.Categories", "CategoryID", categoryId);
product.Name = txtName.Text.Trim();
... other properties
StockControlDAL.EditProduct(productId, product);
public static void EditProduct(int productId, Product product) {
using(var context = new ShopEntities()) {
var key = new EntityKey("ShopEntities.Products", "ProductID", productId);
context.Attach(new Product() { ProductID = productId, EntityKey = key });
context.AcceptAllChanges();
product.EntityKey = key;
product.ProductID = productId;
context.ApplyPropertyChanges("ShopEntities.Products", product);
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
I really want to use the EF but I seem to be having a few problems with using it with ASP.NET.
The reason this fails is two fold.
In order to update a Reference (i.e. Product.Category) you have to have the original reference value in the context too.
ApplyPropertyChanges(...) only applies to regular / scalar properties of the Entity, the reference is left unchanged
So I would do something like this (Note this code makes heavy use of a trick called stub entities to avoid mucking around with EntityKeys)
Product product = new Product();
// Use a stub because it is much easier.
product.Category = new Category {CategoryID = selectedCategoryID};
product.Name = txtName.Text.Trim();
... other properties
StockControlDAL.EditProduct(productId, originalCategoryID);
public static void EditProduct(Product product, int originalCategoryID ) {
using(var context = new ShopEntities())
{
// Attach a stub entity (and stub related entity)
var databaseProduct = new Product {
ProductID = product.ProductID,
Category = new Category {CategoryID = originalCategoryID}
};
context.AttachTo("Products", databaseProduct);
// Okay everything is now in the original state
// NOTE: No need to call AcceptAllChanges() etc, because
// Attach puts things into ObjectContext in the unchanged state
// Copy the scalar properties across from updated product
// into databaseProduct in the ObjectContext
context.ApplyPropertyChanges("ShopEntities.Products", product);
// Need to attach the updated Category and modify the
// databaseProduct.Category but only if the Category has changed.
// Again using a stub.
if (databaseProduct.Category.CategoryID != product.Category.CategoryID)
{
var newlySelectedCategory =
new Category {
CategoryID = product.Category.CategoryID
};
context.AttachTo("Categories", newlySelectedCategory)
databaseProduct.Category = newlySelectedCategory;
}
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
This will do the job, assuming no typos etc.
This is accepted answer to this question Strongly-Typed ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework
context.AttachTo(product.GetType().Name, product);
ObjectStateManager stateMgr = context.ObjectStateManager;
ObjectStateEntry stateEntry = stateMgr.GetObjectStateEntry(model);
stateEntry.SetModified();
context.SaveChanges();
Have you tried out that?
[Updated, code on top does not work]
This is small extension property I used so next code block is easier to understand:
public partial class Product
{
public int? CategoryID
{
set
{
CategoryReference.EntityKey = new EntityKey("ShopEntities.Categories", "CategoryID", value);
}
get
{
if (CategoryReference.EntityKey == null)
return null;
if (CategoryReference.EntityKey.EntityKeyValues.Count() > 0)
return (int)CategoryReference.EntityKey.EntityKeyValues[0].Value;
else
return null;
}
}
}
and that worked for me (this time for sure):
System.Data.EntityKey key = new System.Data.EntityKey("ShopEntities.Products", "ProductID", productId);
object originalItem;
product.EntityKey = key;
if (context.TryGetObjectByKey(key, out originalItem))
{
if (originalItem is EntityObject &&
((EntityObject)originalItem).EntityState != System.Data.EntityState.Added)
{
Product origProduct = originalItem as Product;
origProduct.CategoryID == product.CategoryID;//set foreign key again to change the relationship status
context.ApplyPropertyChanges(
key.EntitySetName, product);
}
}context.SaveChanges();
For sure it's looks hacky. I think that the reason is because the EF relationships have status as entities (modified, added, deleted) and based on that status EF changes the value of foreign keys or deletes row if many to many relationship is in case. For some reason (don't know why) the relationship status is not changed the same as property status. That is why I had to set the CategoryReference.EntityKey on originalItem in order to change the status of the relationship.