Re: A modest DLM enhancement

> Hey folks,
>
> I'd like to make a modest enhancement to DLM.  I've prepared a JIRA and
> a patch (attached to JIRA):  http://www.ja-sig.org/issues/browse/UP-2117
>
> Here's the description...
>
> *****
> DLM already has the ability to remove channels that the user isn't
> authorized to render from the fragments it manages. Many people
> appreciate this feature quite a bit; it allows them, for example, to
> create a single 'Students' tab that contains some content that's only
> delivered to first-term freshmen.
>
> I'd like to enhance DLM to do the same for the header and footer areas.
> This change would allow me to place links/tools/content in the header or
> footer that only authorized (administrative or managerial) users could
> access.
> *****
>
> Here's a more concrete example of how this change will be helpful...
>
> JHU, Gary Thompson, and I just got done creating a portlet for Fragment
> Administration.  It's a channel that gets put in your header area when
> your layout gets created from your templateUser.  But -- based on the
> enhancement described above -- it will only appear in the UI if you've
> been authorized to render it.
>
> If it does render, it loops the fragments defined in dlm.xml to evaluate
> (for each) if you're authorized to edit that fragment.  It compiles a
> list of the fragments you can edit, sorts them, then presents them in a
> drop-down list at the top of your layout.
>
> When you select a fragment and click the 'Edit' button, you get logged
> in as that fragment owner (ServletFilter + RemoteUserSecurityContext
> does the magic).
>
> While you're logged in as the fragment owner, a corresponding
> FragmentAdminExit portlet appears in your header area.  This portlet
> allows you to click a button and log back in as yourself.
>
> I know JHU is eager to this technology as well.
>
> drew wills
>