Beanshell vs Javascript

IntroductionDescription

Soffid 4 configures the smart engine with Javascript scripting language as the default. See Smart engine settings.

Previously, the default engine was Beanshell, and many scripts will need to be adapted.

This page lists these differences.

Related objects

• Smart engine settings :  where the engine is configured.
• Where we can use scripts:
  • Agents : properties, mappings and triggers
  • Custom scripts :  all the scripts
  • Account naming rules :  script to validate and set name
  • Role assignment rules :  script to validate
  • BPM editor : visualization, triggers, transitions
  • Password policies : optional script

Table of differences

Topic	Beanshell	Javascript
variable	s = "text";	// The use of var should be mandatory, //but it almost always works without using it. var s = "text";   or   s = "text";
function	public void doSomething(String system) {   ... } doSomething("APP_USERS");	function doSomething(system) {   ... } doSomething("APP_USERS");
for	for (user : listOfUsers) {   ... }	for (var i=0; i<listOgUsers.size(); i++) {   ... }
equals	user == null	user === null
equals	userName.equals("myName")	userName === "myName"
java class	es.caib.seycon.ng.comu.AccountType	Java.type("es.caib.seycon.ng.comu.AccountType")   // We can also generate objects without Java.type query = new com.soffid.zkdb.api.Query();   or   Query = Java.type("com.soffid.zkdb.api.Query"); query = new Query();

Search in Soffid 4

In Soffid 4 the findObjectByJsonQuery method no longers exits, it has been replaced by findObjects with or without pagination.

List users simple

q = new com.soffid.zkdb.api.Query();
pr = serviceLocator.getUserService().findUsers(q);
lu = pr.getResources();
for (i=0; i<lu.size(); i++) {
  u = lu.get(i);
  out.println(u.userName);
}

List usera with pagination

us = serviceLocator.getUserService();
q = new com.soffid.zkdb.api.Query();
q.startIndex = 0;
q.pageSize = 2;
do {
  out.println("Searching...");
  pr = us.findUsers(q);
  lu = pr.getResources();
  for (i=0; i<lu.size(); i++) {
    u = lu.get(i);
    out.println("   "+u.userName);
  }
  q.startIndex = q.startIndex+pr.itemsPerPage;
} while (q.startIndex<pr.totalResults);