Re: [xwiki-devs] Setting XWiki groups and users up programmatically

Hi, i'm trying to do a conceptually very, very simple task and find myself obscured to death by xwiki's data model (shall we call it one for now ...) After hitting my head on the lack of API for user, I somehow (dont ask me how) manage to assemble some code for creating a user. This CAN NOT be right?! Map map = Util.getObject(context.getRequest(), "register"); String content = "#includeForm(\"XWiki.XWikiUserSheet \")"; String template = context.getRequest().getParameter("template"); String parent = context.getRequest().getParameter("parent"); if ("superadmin".equalsIgnoreCase(wikiname)) { log.error("Can't register user 'superadmin'. Name reserved."); return; } try { if (! context.getUtil().match(context.getWiki().Param("xwiki.validusername", "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/"), wikiname)) { log.warn("Illegal username '"+wikiname+"'"); } } catch (RuntimeException ex) { log.error("Invalid regular expression for xwiki.validusername", ex); if (!context.getUtil().match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/", wikiname)) { log.error("Illegal username '"+wikiname+"'"); } } if ((template != null) && (!template.equals(""))) { XWikiDocument tdoc = context.getWiki().getDocument(template, context); if ((!tdoc.isNew())) { content = tdoc.getContent(); } } if ((parent == null) || (parent.equals(""))) { parent = "XWiki.XWikiUsers"; } // add password map.put("password", wikiname); map.put("active", "1"); if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("Creating user with parameters: "+map.toString()); } int result = -1; try { result = context.getWiki().createUser(wikiname, map, parent, content, "edit", context); log.info("User " + xwikiUser + " created successfully."); userSuccessful = true; } catch (Exception e) { log.error("Exception when creating user "+wikiname,e); } if (result!=1) { log.error("Creating user " + xwikiUser + " has failed with status "+result); } Is this REALLY necessary? The task of creating a new user can be achieved easier, surely? Now I did have some code for checking if a given group exists, if not create it. Then check if the user is in the group and of not, add him. All my attempts in this direction were rewarded with frustration. I find the data model (or perhaps the abscence of cleaner structure for these things) highly obscure and impossible to penetrate without a proper form of documentation. Does such documentation exist? A few simple examples perhaps? Best Regards, J.L.Simon