Problem with method isUserInRole()

Dear all,

I am trying to develop a web application (written using webmacro) using 
openLdap to handle user authentication and roles.
When I get the request in the webmacro application and try to figure out 
the user's role using the method isUserInRole(“userRole”) the method 
always returns null value.
I have tried the same method in a jsp and the method returns the correct 
value. I am using tomcat 4.1 as servlet container. Any help would be 
appreciated.

the snippet of code follows:

public Template handle(WebContext context) throws HandlerException {
HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest();
HttpSession session = request.getSession();

request.isUserInRole(“userRole”);
...............
........


Thank you in advance,
regards
Nikolaos Papadakis


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