Access to Security (User/Groups) via Java API

[Toni Menzel]

Hi again,

i did not find an API to access (read/write) the User/Group information in the eaapi.jar. Is it not accessible or am i just blind? Any chance to see it in future versions?
Am i correct that the only way to access it is using direct SQL queries (from within the API) ??
Thanks,
Toni

[qwerty]

I have never used the EAAPI.jar but would not know why it should be different from the standard API. Though I read quite a number of posts where people have difficulties using Java to code against EA which others (e.g. C# hackers) do not have.

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[Toni Menzel]

Thanks "qwerty".
Then maybe coming from there, what would a C# hacker do? Is there an API for security control ? (other than Repository.getIsSecurityEnabled:boolean)

[qwerty]

Well, there's not so much available indeed. Geert has posted some hacks here how to circumvent that. And his add-in framework has some additional framework too. You should check that out. (Try a search for Geerts posts regarding "security"; use the search button top right; extend time to one year). Many of his hints are based on the security description found in my Inside book.

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[Geert Bellekens]

Hi Tony,

Most of the security objects and functions haven't been exposed in the API (Java or C#), so the only workaround is to get the information using SQL, and if needed even update the database directly.
For queries you can use Repository.SQLQuery, for updates you'll need Repository.Execute

Geert

[qwerty]

I've described the security tables in my Inside book.

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