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Example: Collecting the Drink Attribute

The following example describes the steps taken to collect users’ favorite drinks and add that information to their profiles:

1. Add an additional value to the user object class attribute in the object properties file, user.properties.

   The modified object class attribute is:

   OBJECTCLASS=objectclass,top,person,organizationalperson,inetorgperson,newpilotperson

   newpilotperson is an object class that is provided with iPlanet Directory Server. One of the attributes contained in this object class is drink, which is used to store a user’s favorite beverage.

2. Add the drink attribute to the appropriate properties files, as described in the following table:

1. Create a new field in profile_user.jsp:

   <%
   bVisible = accessProperties.getVisible(role, "DRINK_ID");
   if (bVisible==true) { %>
   <tr>
       <td align="left">
           &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   <jsp:setProperty name="localebean" property="key"
   value="DRINK_ID" />
           <font size=-1 face="arial,helvetica" >
   <jsp:getProperty name="localebean" 
   property="label"/></font>
   &nbsp;
       </td>
    <tr>
   <td>
   <%
   String drinkValue = properties.getValue("DRINK_ID");
   if ( drinkValue != null ) {
   %>
   <td><input type="text" size="42" maxlength="40"
   name="DRINK_ID" value= "<%= drinkValue %>">
   </td>
   <% } else { %>
   <td><input type="text" size="42" maxlength="40"
   name="DRINK_ID">
   </td>
   <% } %>
   <td><input type="hidden" size="42" maxlength="40"
   name="INFO_DRINK_ID">
   </td>
   </tr>
   <% } %>
   

2. Add the attribute to the newuserjs.jsp for the checkForEmptyValues method:

   <%
       // Collect all attributes that will be checked for empty values
       Vector listOfIds = new Vector();
       /**
       listOfIds.add("PASSWORD_ID"); //never remove password!!
       **/
       listOfIds.add("DRINK_ID");
   

The rendered HTML form resembles the following: