Hello,
I am working on an enterprise project (We are still in early contract phase, will be getting the EE support when contracting is final) and have a hard requirement that I be able to log into the portal from within our portlet. I have attempted calling LoginUtil.login directly but as many have - I have found that that doesn't work directly.
Background: We have already built a full system for the Oregon DPSST which allows firefighters throughout the state to apply for their fire certifications through the portlet. The portlet is originally a WebSphere Portal portlet and we are being contracted to convert the system to Liferay (WebSphere is so expensive...)
As a result of the nature of the system, the portlet is deeply tied to the authentication system of it's host portal.
Down to the specific problem:
I am trying to authenticate the user using the PortalClassInvoker to call LoginUtil.login. When the code is executed, nothing happens, no errors, no messages, no login: the page refreshes with no change. The code that I am using is as simple as two lines (minus gathering the information such as user name (email) and password):
MethodKey key = new MethodKey(
"com.liferay.portlet.login.util.LoginUtil",
"login",
HttpServletRequest.class,
HttpServletResponse.class,
String.class,
String.class,
boolean.class,
String.class);
PortalClassInvoker.invoke(
false,
key,
PortalUtil.getHttpServletRequest(request),
PortalUtil.getHttpServletResponse(response),
userName,
password,
false,
CompanyConstants.AUTH_TYPE_EA);
Or, is there another solution that will permit me to login from the portlet
without using EXT. I do
not want to use EXT because it causes the portal to be much less maintainable, and as you can see from our environment, is not a good solution.
Thank you,
Ivan Pointer
