RSSUtil.java

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package org.olat.commons.rss;

import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
import org.olat.basesecurity.Authentication;
import org.olat.basesecurity.BaseSecurity;
import org.olat.basesecurity.BaseSecurityManager;
import org.olat.core.gui.UserRequest;
import org.olat.core.helpers.Settings;
import org.olat.core.id.Identity;

/**
 * Description:<BR>
 * Constants and helper methods for the OLAT RSS feeds
 * 
 * <P>
 * Initial Date:  Jan 12, 2005
 *
 * @author gnaegi 
 */
public class RSSUtil {

	/** Authentication provider name for RSS authentication **/
	public static final String RSS_AUTH_PROVIDER = "RSS-OLAT";
	/** Key under which the users rss token is beeing kept in the http session **/
	public static final String RSS_AUTH_TOKEN_KEY = "rsstoken";
	/** path prefix for personal rss feed **/
	public static final String RSS_PREFIX_PERSONAL = "/personal/";
	
	/** OLAT server URI **/
	public static final String URI_SERVER;
	/** Personal rss channel URI prefix **/
	public static final String URI_PERSONAL_CHANNEL;
	
	static {
		URI_SERVER = Settings.getServerContextPathURI() + "/";
		URI_PERSONAL_CHANNEL = URI_SERVER + "rss" + RSS_PREFIX_PERSONAL;
	}

	/**
	 * Calculates the absolute URL to the users personal rss feed
	 * @param ureq
	 * @return String
	 */
	public static String getPersonalRssLink(UserRequest ureq) {
		String token = null;
		Identity identity = ureq.getIdentity();
		BaseSecurity secManager = BaseSecurityManager.getInstance();
		Authentication auth = secManager.findAuthentication(identity, RSS_AUTH_PROVIDER);
		if (auth == null) {
			// no token found - create one
			 token = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(6);
			 auth = secManager.createAndPersistAuthentication(identity, RSS_AUTH_PROVIDER, identity.getName(), token, null);
		} else {
			token = auth.getCredential();
		}
		
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		return sb.append(RSSUtil.URI_PERSONAL_CHANNEL).append(ureq.getIdentity().getName())
				.append("/").append(token).append("/olat.rss").toString();
	}
}