Creating an Invite External Users Handler

Defining the invite external users handler implementation

The following invite external users handler implementation accepts email addresses that are submitted from the Add Invited Users page accessible through Administration Console.

package com.adobe.livecycle.samples.inviteexternalusers.provider; 
 
import com.adobe.edc.server.spi.ersp.*; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory; 
import com.adobe.idp.um.api.*; 
import com.adobe.idp.um.api.infomodel.*; 
import com.adobe.idp.um.api.impl.UMBaseLibrary; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.usermanager.client.DirectoryManagerServiceClient; 
 
import java.util.ArrayList; 
import java.util.Iterator; 
import java.util.List; 
 
public class InviteExternalUsersSample implements InvitedUserProvider 
{ 
       private ServiceClientFactory _factory = null; 
 
       private User createLocalPrincipalAccount(String email_address) throws Exception 
       { 
    String ret = null; 
 
    //  Assume the local domain already exists! 
    String domain = "EDC_EXTERNAL_REGISTERED"; 
         
    List aliases = new ArrayList(); 
    aliases.add( email_address ); 
         
    User local_user = UMBaseLibrary.createUser( email_address, domain, email_address ); 
    local_user.setCommonName( email_address ); 
    local_user.setEmail( email_address ); 
    local_user.setEmailAliases( aliases ); 
         
    //  You may wish to disable the local user until, for example, his registration is processed by a confirmation link 
    //local_user.setDisabled( true ); 
 
    DirectoryManager directory_manager = new DirectoryManagerServiceClient( _factory ); 
    String ret_oid = directory_manager.createLocalUser( local_user, null ); 
     
    if( ret_oid == null ) 
    { 
        throw new Exception( "FAILED TO CREATE PRINCIPAL FOR EMAIL ADDRESS: " + email_address ); 
    } 
 
    return local_user; 
       } 
 
       protected User[] createUsers( List emails ) throws Exception 
       { 
    ArrayList ret_users = new ArrayList(); 
 
    _factory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(); 
 
    Iterator iter = emails.iterator(); 
 
    while( iter.hasNext() ) 
    { 
        String current_email = (String)iter.next(); 
 
        ret_users.add( createLocalPrincipalAccount( current_email ) ); 
    } 
 
    return (User[])ret_users.toArray( new User[0] ); 
       } 
 
       protected void doInvitations(List emails) 
       { 
    //  Here you may choose to send the users who were created an invitation email 
    //  This step is completely optional, depending on your requirements.   
       } 
 
       public InvitedUserProviderResult[] invitedUser(List emails) 
       { 
    //  This sample demonstrates the workflow for inviting a user via email 
 
    try 
    { 
 
        User[] principals = createUsers(emails); 
 
        InvitedUserProviderResult[] result = new InvitedUserProviderResult[principals.length]; 
        for( int i = 0; i < principals.length; i++ ) 
        { 
        result[i] = new InvitedUserProviderResult(); 
 
        result[i].setEmail( (String)emails.get( i ) ); 
        result[i].setUser( principals[i] ); 
        } 
 
        doInvitations(emails); 
 
        System.out.println( "SUCCESSFULLY INVITED " + result.length + " USERS" ); 
 
        return result; 
 
    } 
    catch( Exception e ) 
    { 
        System.out.println( "FAILED TO INVITE USERS FOR INVITE USERS SAMPLE" ); 
        e.printStackTrace(); 
 
        return new InvitedUserProviderResult[0]; 
    } 
       } 
} 
 

Defining the component XML file for the invite external users handler

<component xmlns="http://adobe.com/idp/dsc/component/document"> 
<component-id>com.adobe.livecycle.samples.inviteexternalusers</component-id> 
<version>1.0</version> 
<bootstrap-class>com.adobe.livecycle.samples.inviteexternalusers.provider.BootstrapImpl</bootstrap-class> 
<descriptor-class>com.adobe.idp.dsc.component.impl.DefaultPOJODescriptorImpl</descriptor-class> 
<services> 
<service name="InviteExternalUsersSample"> 
<specifications> 
<specification spec-id="com.adobe.edc.server.spi.ersp.InvitedUserProvider"/> 
</specifications> 
<specification-version>1.0</specification-version> 
<implementation-class>com.adobe.livecycle.samples.inviteexternalusers.provider.InviteExternalUsersSample</implementation-class> 
<auto-deploy category-id="Samples" service-id="InviteExternalUsersSample" major-version="1" minor-version="0"/> 
<operations> 
<operation name="invitedUser"> 
<input-parameter name="input" type="java.util.List" required="true"/> 
<output-parameter name="result" type="com.adobe.edc.server.spi.esrp.InvitedUserProviderResult[]"/> 
</operation> 
</operations> 
</service> 
</services> 
</component>

To add external users to invite using Administration Console:

1. Deploy the invite external users handler’s JAR file using Workbench. (See Deploying your component.)

2. Restart the application server.

3. Log in to Administration Console.

4. Click Services > Rights Management ES3 > Configuration > Invited User Registration.

5. Enable invited user registration by checking the Enable invited user registration box. Under Use Built-in registration system, click No. Save your settings.

6. From the LiveCycle Administration Console home page, click Settings > User Management > Domain Management.

7. Click New Local Domain. On the following page, create a domain with the name and identifier value of EDC_EXTERNAL_REGISTERED. Save your changes.

8. From the LiveCycle Administration Console home page, click Services > Rights Management ES3 > Invited and Local Users. The Add Invited User page appears.

9. Enter email addresses (because the current invite external users handler does not actually send email messages, the email addressed do not have to be valid). Click OK. The users are invited to the system.

10. From the LiveCycle Administration Console home page, click Settings > User Management > Users and Groups.

11. In the Find field, enter an email address that you specified. Click Find. The user you invited appears as a user in the local EDC_EXTERNAL_REGISTERED domain.

    Note: The invite external users handler fails if the component is stopped or uninstalled. (See Packaging the invite external users handler.)