Transcript System I Login Resources – Java Class

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IBM Software Group
System I (AS400) Login
You will need to develop Login procedures for your web applications. This short
section describes how to do this for System I machines.
© 2006 IBM Corporation
 System I Login Resources
 To develop your Login procedure, you will
need the following:
 Login Page
 Java Class to authenticate through an
AS400Object
 Success failure logic
EGL JSFHandler
AS400Authenticate (Java Class)
Create new AS400Object
Invoke Authenticate Method
Return success/failure indicator
Function authenticate()
Call to Java Class
If successful
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 This workshop will describe all of these
resources.
 You can find a complete, working PIF
solution in the attachments:
 As400authentication.zip
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 System I Login Resources – Java Class
 In the src folder, create
a new Java package,
named: as400Security
 Then create a new Java
Class, named:
AS400Authentication
 Note that this snapshot
is taken from a different
project and workspace.
 You can add the
resources into EGLWeb
 As long as the Java
package and class
names match
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 System I Login Resources – Login Page – EGL Code
 In the \WebContent\
folder, create a new
Web page named:
TestSecurity.JSP
 From the page’s EGL
code, add the
statements in the Notes
section of this slide.
 Study the comments –
in particular, note:
 externalType
declaration
 Call through
externalType to Java
class for AS400
authentication
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 System I Login Resources – Login Page – JSP Page
 From Page Designer:
 Create a page header (Login Page)
 Drag an HTML Table on to the page. Make it: 1 row/1 column/100% width
 From the Table’s properties, Horizontally align the row: Center
 From Page Data:
 Drag the UserName and PassWord fields onto the page
 Make them both input fields
 Drag the authenticate() function on to the page – where it will become a Submit Button
 From Page Designer
 Feel free to change the table’s color (the picture above, uses a custom color: #ddaaaa
 To add a true password field:
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Select and delete the default password control
From the Enhanced Faces (JSF) Components drawer, drag an: Input – Password control into the table
From Page Data, drag and drop the password field on top of the input – Password JSF control
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 System I Login Resources – Next Page
 From the \WebContent\ folder, create a new page
named: NextPage.jsp
 Using Page Designer:
 Add any page heading text, or image you’d like 
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Here we’ve saved an image from the IBM site into our project
(\WebContent\ folder), and dragged it on to the page.
 From Project Explorer
 Right-click over TestSecurity.JSP and run the page on the server
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Userid: EGL4RPG
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Password: EGL4YOU
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