I haven’t received a reply to my message I sent out
last week, so I thought I would try to resend it. If you have any answers
to the questions below, please reply. Thanks.
I have the following questions regarding the
getPortletDescription() operation:
How does the data returned in
the PortletDescriptionResponse relate to the portlet description contained
within the ServiceDescription? Must they be identical? Or, can
the producer change the data based on the user context. For
instance, could the producer not specify a particular supported mode if
the user is not an admin?
If the answer to #1 is that
they can be different, then is there a way to ensure, when calling this
method, that the PortletDescription returned would be equal to that in the
ServiceDescription? Perhaps by sending all of the possible User
Categories?
If the answer to #1 is that
they must be the same, then is the only use of the UserContext attribute to
allow the producer to throw an AccessDenied Fault? Will passing all
user categories avoid this?
Essentially, I’m trying to understand the intended use
of getPortletDescription() and if it can be used as an optimization to update
portlet meta data without having to retrieve the full service description.
Thanks for the information.
Scott
