RE: OSUser status and improvements

"J. Matthew Pryor" <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:59:35 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.open-symphony.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I was going to start looking at beefing up the LDAP support so I might be up
for some assistance
jmp 

> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Scott Farquhar
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:52 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Opensymphony-developers] OSUser status and improvements
> 
> Guys,
> 
> I went ahead to try and create a delegating user provider for 
> OSUser (so that LDAP could be used properly), but I found the 
> codebase a tangled mess - it was very difficult for me to add 
> changes, and nearly impossible to test.
> 
> I'm keen to make a whole lot of improvements to OSUser, and 
> I'm wondering if there is anything that I should be aware of, 
> or anyone else who wants to help.
> 
> Things to do:
> - create interfaces for everything
> - programmatic configuration (rather than only XML based)
> - simplify everything
> - create unit tests
> 
> Whilst there is probably a lot of complexity there that is 
> needed, I feel that a lot can be got rid of.  Is there anyone 
> who can help steer me in the right direction?
> 
> Cheers,
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
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