RE: [xwiki-users] CookieMonster (explained)

Sergiu: When I was thinking of how to describe what the filter did, I had this impression of Cookie Monster gobbling up cookies, crumbs flying everywhere, and yelling "Meee want Cooookieee!" and I couldn't resist. I even entertained the thought of naming the filter after him. I assume, perhaps inappropriately, that you know the fellow;but even in Europe the American children's program Sesame Street airs, does it not? brain[sic] -----Original Message----- From: Sergiu Dumitriu [mailto:sergiu.dumitriu@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:32 AM To: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] CookieMonster P.S.: Why CookieMonster? On 2/21/07, Sergiu Dumitriu &lt;sergiu.dumitriu(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: On 2/20/07, THOMAS, BRIAN M (ATTSI) < bt0008(a)att.com <mailto:bt0008@att.com> > wrote: I apologize for the length of this message, but it's a topic that I believe to be of pretty wide interest and takes some explaining. [snip] The first approach would have required a custom form, and it looked hard enough that I didn't try it, but most of all I couldn't work out how to get the correct permissions. Between that and the second, I created a URL object with which I formatted a GET request to the XWiki.RegisterNewUser page. That had significant problems, chief of which was determining whether the registration had actually worked - the HTTP status doesn't tell you, and I'd have to parse the response to guess the answer. Changing the form (which I had to do anyway) would make that easier, but I didn't like that answer either. We're already working on adding meaningful HTTP status codes. In a few days (if you want this) we can make registration return the proper status code. And I don't think you need to write a form, the right GET URL should work just fine. So, in short: 1) Where, if anywhere, can I jump into the XWiki APIs to initialize the context properly? and/or Try looking inside .../xwiki/web/XWikiAction , that's a good starting point. Right now I'm in a hurry, so I don't have time to check myself. 2) If this is a stupid way to approach the problem, what would be a wiser one? If the registration page would return status codes, I'd say it is better to create a request. Thanks in advance, as always, brain[sic] Sergiu Dumitriu -- http://purl.org/net/sergiu -- http://purl.org/net/sergiu