Appboard/old/shim reference

This section provides a reference for SHIM: a language that allows runtime context information to be referenced when processing channels for delivery to Web clients.

Introduction

The Symbolic Hierarchical Information Model (SHIM) is a language construct that allows execution context information to be referenced in property fields and other locations where only literal strings were previously supported. The execution context information that is provided by SHIM has been accessible to portal designers writing Java and JSP code before. However, now this dynamic information is accessible in non-programming locations. For example, the property fields of channels (which can be changed using the channel editor) can have values defined in the SHIM language in order to reference a "symbolic value" rather than a "literal value".

SHIM is an object-oriented language. A set of object types are supported, each of which is comprised of one or more named sub-elements or symbolic names These sub-elements are either properties or methods. In either case the type of the named sub-element can be a primitive type (String, etc.) or another SHIM object.

SHIM is available for use in several execution contexts within the portal system. The SHIM object type details (sub-elements) are consistent across all contexts. The only difference between the contexts is the set of objects exposed at the root level of the SHIM namespace.


Usage Syntax

References to elements of SHIM objects conform to the following syntax:

${shim:path to shim object.primitive element}

where path to shim object is a . separated set of symbols that traverse a series of related SHIM objects, and primitive element refers to a named sub-element of a SHIM object which is a primitive type.

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The dot separated sequence of SHIM symbols must terminate with a reference to a primitive (a non SHIM object) element in order to generate a valid string representation.

Examples

Table E190 provides some examples of SHIM expressions.

Table E190: Examples of SHIM Expressions

SHIM Expression Description
${shim:session.actor.user.name} The user for whom the current processing is being performed.
${shim:channel.field.myField} The value of the field called 'myField' that is stored in the current active

channel.

${shim:now.secs} The current time in seconds since 1/1/1970 for the current processing

context.


Contexts For Use

SHIM syntax is available for use in several execution contexts within the portal system. This section identifies these contexts and identifies the root level symbols available in each context. These symbols provide a handle to the SHIM information appropriate for the specified context. From these root level symbols, the SHIM namespace can be traversed according to the types of SHIM objects exposed at the root level.

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The default SHIM nodes that are defined in the portal are located in the file PORTAL_ HOME/config/crs-shim.properties.

Proxied Channel Properties

This context refers to the portal server's processing of HTTPProxy channel requests. SHIM symbols that use this context can be used to specify the properties of HTTPProxy channels.

The symbols listed in Table E191 provide a handle to the root level SHIM objects that are available when processing HTTPProxy channels.

Table E191: SHIM Symbols (HTTPProxy Channels)

Named Sub-Element Type Description
session SHIM:Session The session that is associated with the currently processing request.
channel SHIM:Component The proxy channel containing properties defined using the SHIM syntax.
time SHIM:Date Reference for accessing time related functions.
now SHIM:Date Quick access to the current time (as determined at expression evaluation

time on the server).


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
name ${shim:channel.name} google
location ${shim:channel.location} /test/google
title ${shim:channel.title}
desc ${shim:channel.desc} An%20instance%20of%20PWTHTTPProxyChannel

%20class

protocol ${shim:channel.protocol}
host ${shim:channel.host}
port ${shim:channel.port}
url ${shim:channel.url}
uri ${shim:channel.uri}
querystring ${shim:channel.querystring}
baseurl ${shim:channel.baseurl}
path ${shim:channel.path}
field ${shim:channel.field.p}
proxyCB call the proxied app ${shim:channel.proxyCB('http://www.google.com')} /codedenportalurl/test/google/starturl/http/colon

/slash/slashwww.google.com/colon80/crsFakeRoot

2nd is a proxied app's url ${shim:channel.proxyCB(,'http://www.google.com',"/test/yahoo')} /codedenportalurl/test/yahoo/starturl/http/colon

/slash/slashwww.google.com/colon80/crsFakeRoot

3rd is component ${shim:channel.proxyCB('/azb','http:/show','/direct')} /codedenportalurl/direct/starturl/http/colon

/slash/slash/colon80/crsFakeRoot/show/azb

selfCB calling itself ${shim:channel.selfCB()} /enportal/servlet/pd/vdir/test/google
${shim:channel.selfCB('test')} /enportal/servlet/pd/vdir/test/google?requestType=test
relativeCB
absoluteCB call the specified component ${shim:channel.absoluteCB('/azb')} /enportal/servlet/pd/vdir/azb
${shim:channel.absoluteCB('/azb','edit')} /enportal/servlet/pd/vdir/azb?requestType=edit
${shim:channel.absoluteCB('/azb','show','param=direct')} /enportal/servlet/pd/vdir/azb?requestType=show&param=direct
target name ${shim:channel.target.name}
host ${shim:channel.target.host}
port ${shim:channel.target.port}
protocol ${shim:channel.target.protocol}
baseurl ${shim:channel.target.baseurl}
uri ${shim:channel.target.uri}


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Most SHIM objects are also available in non-proxied HTTP channels.

Proxy CRS Rules

This context refers to the portal server's processing of Proxy XML rules. SHIM symbols that use this context can be used to enhance the CRS proxy rules (XML) associated with proxied channels.

The symbols listed in Table E192 provide a handle to the root level SHIM objects that are available when processing Proxy XML rule files.

Table E192: SHIM Symbols (XML Rule Files)

Named Sub-Element Type Description
config SHIM:Config Reference for accessing global system configuration properties.
session SHIM:Session The session that is associated with the currently processing CRS rules.
channel SHIM:Component The component that is associated with the currently processing CRS rules.
time SHIM:Date Reference for accessing time related functions.
now SHIM:Date Quick access to the current time (as determined at expression evaluation

time on the server).


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
var ${shim:crs.var.
get (${shim:crs.var.get(VAR_TEST)}
${shim:crs.var.get(width,channel)} To get the width of a channel
${shim:crs.var.get(height,channel)} To get the height of a channel
scope: request, channel, session
set (${shim:crs.var.set(VAR_TEST, "value')}

Object Types

This section provides a listing of the SHIM Object Types and their sub-elements.

Actor

Table E193 provides information about the Actor object.

Table E193: Actor Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
var(key1,key2,..,key7) SHIM:Object The value of a meta property of this Actor.

This method accepts 1 to 7 keys to qualify the meta property that is desired.

user SHIM:User The User associated with this Actor.
name primitive:String The string representation of this Actor.
role SHIM:Role The Role associated with this Actor.


Collection

Table E194 provides information about the Collection object.

Table E194: Collection Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
size primitive:Integer Number of items maintained in the Collection.
index.i SHIM:Object The object located at index i of this Collection.


Config

Table E195 provides information about the Config object.

Table E195: Config Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
<configproperty> primitive:String The value for the Config property.


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
${shim:config.logger.config.file} C:\EdgeCM\programs\eportal\deploy\root/config/

logger-portal.properties

${shim:config.jsp.cookiesexpire} 604800

Component

Table E196 provides information about the Component object.

Table E196: Component Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
name primitive:String Name of this Component.
location primitive:String Virtual directory location of this Component.
title primitive:String Title of this Component.
desc primitive:String Description of this Component.
field.fieldname primitive:String The value of a named field (property) of this

Component.

target SHIM:Target The target utilized by this Component.
protocol primitive:String Protocol of this Component. (Applies only to

PWTChannel components).

host primitive:String host of this Component. (Applies only to

PWTChannel components).

port primitive:String port of this Component. (Applies only to

PWTChannel components).

querystring primitive:String query string of this Component. (Applies only to

PWTChannel components).

uri primitive:String URI of this Component. (Applies only to PWTChannel

components).

url primitive:String Fully qualified URL of this Component. (Applies only

to PWTChannel components).

baseurl primitive:String baseurl attribute of the Component.
path primitive:String path component of the uri
proxyCB(requestToEncode)

proxyCB(requestToEncode),current Request proxyCB(requestToEncode,current Request,component)

primitive:String Generates an HTTP GET callback request string that

refers proxy encoded URL for the request arguments.

selfCB()

selfCB(handler)

selfCB'handler,params)

primitive:String Generates an HTTP GET callback request string that

refers the web client back to this same component.

relativeCB(relativePath,handler,

params)

primitive:String Generates an HTTP GET callback request string that

refers web clients back to a peer component that is located at a relativePath in the virtual directory.

absoluteCB(absolutePath)

absoluteCB(absolutePath,handler) absoluteCB(absolutePath,handler, params)

primitive:String Generates an HTTP GET callback request string that

refers web clients back to a peer component that is located at an absolutePath in the virtual directory.


Now

Table E197 provides information about the Now date object.

Table E197: Date Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
datestr primitive:String The date represented by this Date object. Equivalent to

format('MM/dd/yyyy').

Example: ${shim:now.datestr}.

datetimestr primitive:String The date and time string represented by this Date object.

Equivalent to format('hh:mm:ss MM/dd/yyyy').

Example: ${shim:now.datetimestr}.

format primitive:String Formats this Date object according to the formatting

convention defined by the java.text.SimpleDateFormatted class. See the Java API documentation reference for details.

Example: ${shim:now.format(’dd.MM.yy’)}.

msecs primitive:Long Milliseconds elapsed since 1/1/1970.

Example: ${shim:now.msecs}.

offset(numsecs)

offset(offset,offsetunits)

primitive:Long Offsets this date by the specified offset in the units

specified. Returns a new Date object.

Valid values of numsecs and offset are integers.

Valid values for offsetunits are {'sec','msec','hour','minute','month','day','year'}.

Example: ${shim:now.offset(200000)}.

prior primitive:Long Parameter must be a valid day of the week. Returns the

last date before Now of the day of week provided.

Example: ${shim:now.prior(’Mon’)}.

secs primitive:Long Seconds elapsed since 1/1/1970.

Example: ${shim:now.secs}.

timestr primitive:String The time represented by this Date object. Equivalent to

format('hh:mm:ss').

Example: ${shim:now.timestr}.


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
${shim:now.format(“dd.MM.yy”)}


Domain

Table E198 provides information about the Domain object.

Table E198: Domain Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
var(key1,key2,..,key7) SHIM:Object The value of a meta property of this Domain.

This method accepts 1 to 7 keys to qualify the meta property that is desired.

name primitive:String The name of this Domain (i.e. System).


Map

Table E199 provides information about the Map object.

Table E199: Map Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
size primitive:Integer Number of items maintained in the Collection.
key.key SHIM:Object The value of the key named key in this Map.


Primitives

The primitives supported by Shim are String,Number,Boolean,Character. The value returned on these object types is the toString() function.

Role

Table E200 provides information about the Role object.

Table E200: Role Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
var(key1,key2,..,key7) SHIM:Object The value of a meta property of this Role.

This method accepts 1 to 7 keys to qualify the meta property that is desired.

name primitive:String The name of this Role (i.e. portalAdministrator).
ref primitive:String The string representation of this Role (i.e. /portalAdministrator).


Session

Table E201 provides information about the Session object.

Table E201: Session Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
id primitive:String The string representation of the Session identifier.
var(varName) SHIM:Object The value of the named variable from this session's properties table.
actor SHIM:Actor The Actor that owns this Session.
credentials SHIM:Credentials The Credentials used to login to the portal for the current Session.


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
id ${shim:session.id} 5d1e6e72491408e
actor user ${shim:session.actor.user} System?administrator
name ${shim:session.actor.name} /portalAdministration:System?administrator
role ${shim:session.actor.role} /portalAdministration
role.name ${shim:session.actor.role.name} portalAdministration
var(key1,key2,...,key7) ${shim:session.actor.var(key1,…key7)}
credentials username ${shim:session.credentials.username} administrator
password ${shim:session.credentials.password} administrator
domain ${shim:session.credentials.domain} System
host ${shim:session.credentials.host} 127.0.0.1
useragent ${shim:session.credentials.useragent} Mozilla/5.0%20(Windows;%20U;%20Windows

%20NT%205.1;%20en-US;%20rv:1.7.12)% 20Gecko/20050915%20Firefox/1.0.7

get ${shim:session.credentials.get('password')} administrator
var get ${shim:session.var.get('TEST_VAR')} ${shim:session.var.get(currentView)}
<var_name> ${shim:session.var.TEST_VAR} ${shim:session.var.currentView}
[var of Map type] ${shim:session.var.testMap.size}
${shim:session.var.testMap.key.item1.key.customer}
set ${shim:session.var.set('TEST_VAR',value)}
delete ${shim:session.var.delete('TEST_VAR')}

Target

A Target identifies the location parameters of a HTTP accessible resource.

Table E202: Target Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
name primitive:String Name of this Target.
host primitive:String IP Host defined in this Target.
port primitive:String IP Port defined in this Target.
protocol primitive:String IP protocol defined in this Target.
baseurl primitive:String baseurl (protocol://host:port) defined in this Target.
uri primitive:String uri defined in this Target.


User

Table E203 provides information about the User object.

Table E203: User Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
var(key1,key2,..,key7) SHIM:Object The value of a meta property of this User.

This method accepts 1 to 7 keys to qualify the meta property that is desired.

name primitive:String The name of this User (i.e. guest).
ref primitive:String The string representation of this User (i.e. System?guest).
domain SHIM:Domain The Domain to which this User belongs.


Utility

Table E204 provides information about the Utility object.

Table E204: Utility Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
auth primitive:String The authentication tag is the interface between the CRS and the Login

Proxy Service (LPS). This tag allows a user to set, get, remove, or check for login tokens for a particular user, component, or resource.

cryptor primitive:String Includes several utilities for encoding and decoding strings:
  1. base64 - encode or decode string using base64 encoding/decoding.
  2. url - encode or decode a string using url encoding/decoding.
  3. md5 - hash a password string using md5.
  4. hex - encode or decode string using hex encoding/decoding.
  5. utf8 - encode or decode string using utf-8 encoding/decoding.

Example: ${shim:utility.cryptor.hex.encode(ABCDEF)}.


Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
auth
cryptor base64 encode ${shim:utility.cryptor.base64.encode

(base64 shim crypto utility test)}

decode ${shim:utility.cryptor.base64.decode

(YmFzZTY0IHNoaW0gY3J5cHRvIHV0aWxpdHkgdGVzdA==)}

url encode ${shim:utility.cryptor.url.encode(p=url&q=

shim&r=crypto&s=utility&t=test)}

decode ${shim:utility.cryptor.url.decode(p%3Durl%26q

%3Dshim%26r%3Dcrypto%26s%3Dutility%26t%3Dtest)}

md5 hash ${shim:utility.cryptor.md5.hash(${shim:utility

.cryptor.base64.encode(password)},base64)}

hex encode
decode
utf8
hexunicode
system out ${shim:utility.system.out.println('abc')}
system err ${shim:utility.system.err.println('abc')}
vdir get ${shim:utility.vdir.get([path])}


Other Evaluation

Reflection

Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
reflection
${reflection:com.edgetech.eportal.redirection.replacement.

SubstituterDataUtil.replace((CRSData) globalData,'COOKIE_VAL','${0}')}${0}

${reflection:java.lang.Integer.toHexString((int)10)}
Need to enable this class by specifying this line crs.reflection.class.pattern.Integer=java.lang.Integer


Vdir

Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
get ${shim:vdir.get([path])}


Cookie

Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
get ${shim:cookie.get()}
${shim:cookie.get([Cookie Name])}
set ${shim:cookie.set([Cookie Definition])}
remove ${shim:cookie.remove([Cookie Name]}


AppBoard specific

The following keywords are supported only in AppBoard.

Setting

Table E301 provides information about the AppBoard adapter's Setting object.

Table E301: Setting Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
setting SHIM:Object The setting object of the AppBoard adapter.
<attributeName> primitive:String An attribute of an AppBoard adapter.

Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
<attributeName> jdbc:sybase:Tds:${shim:setting.host}:${shim:setting.port}/${shim:setting.dbname};charset=iso_1 jdbc:sybase:Tds:10.130.6.225:4100/NCOMS;charset=iso_1


Query

Table E302 provides information about the AppBoard adapter's Query object.

Table E302: Query Object

Named Sub-Element Type Description
query SHIM:Object The query object of an AppBoard service request.
<attributeName>(<defaultValue>) primitive:String An attribute in an entity associated with an AppBoard service request. The defaultValue is a possible value for the specified attribute.

Syntax and Sample Results

Named Sub-Element Field Name Syntax Sample Result
<attributeName>(<defaultValue>) ${shim:query.state('Maryland')} Virginia