Output an LDAP user's common name (cn) on my JSP... HELP

[bracoute]

Dear all,

I need help on the following:

I am using LDAP with Spring Security/Acegi

In my JSP, i need to output 2 things: (a) Username and (b) Common Name of the authenticated user

For (a) i've used <auth:authentication operation="username"/> to output the username correctly.

For (b) I've tried to use <auth:authentication operation="attributes"/> to access the attributes of the user and then get his/her Common Name (cn) but i don't know how to do that

Example: <auth:authentication operation="attributes"/> produces {givenname=givenname: John, sn=sn: Bravo, userpassword=userpassword: [B@13d5f21, mail=mail: johnny.bravo@bravo.com, objectclass=objectClass: organizationalPerson, person, inetOrgPerson, top, uid=uid: bravoj, cn=cn: Johnny Bravo, description=description: Actor}

My problem: How to output the Common Name (cn) only?!???!

Please help

[Luke Taylor]

Why do it in the JSP? It's much easier to manipulate the data in your controller and add the exact data you want to the view model.

[braberyx]

Hi,

I just wanted to use the authz taglib to do it as simple as possible.

Anyway i found a solution to my problem. I simply used more taglibs . I've used String from apache

Here's the code:

<string:getPrechomp delimiter=","><string:getChomp delimiter="cn=cn:"><auth:authentication operation="attributes"/></string:getChomp></string:getPrechomp>