Does a user have a specific role?

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I need some insights in the role system of Ivy. I currently check whether a user does have a role by checking whether the current user does have a role with the ID of that role I am interested in. One problem is that I have to hard code the ID's, another problem that the ID's are hard to retrieve and they are different on Designer and Server. Is there a more simple way to find out whether a specific user does have a specific role?

Accepted Answer

You can use the PublicAPI to do so:

import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IRole;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IUser;

IRole myRole = ivy.request.getApplication().getSecurityContext().findRole("My Role");
IUser myUser = ivy.request.getApplication().getSecurityContext().findUser("My User");

boolean myUserHasMyRole = myUser.getUserToken().hasRole(myRole, false);

If you want to check for the user that is currently logged in, it is even more simple:

import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IRole;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IUser;

IRole myRole = ivy.request.getApplication().getSecurityContext().findRole("My Role");
boolean sessionUserHasMyRole = ivy.session.hasRole(myRole, false);

Answer 2

If you want to use this as a BackingBean it has a slightly different syntax - maybe this helps someone...

import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.RequestScoped;

import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IRole;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.environment.Ivy;

@ManagedBean(name = "roleCheckerBean")
@RequestScoped

public class RoleCheckerBean {
    public Boolean isUserSalesPerson() {

        IRole sales = Ivy.request().getApplication().getSecurityContext().findRole("sales");
        boolean sessionUserHasSalesRole = Ivy.session().hasRole(sales, false);

        return sessionUserHasSalesRole;
    }
}

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