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}

public void setFlag(boolean flag){

this.flag = flag;

}

public String getFormText() {

return this.formText;

}

public String getFormSubject() {

return this.formSubject;

}

public String getFormTo() {

return this.formTo;

}

public String getFormToUID() {

return this.formToUID;

}

public String getFormFromUID() {

return this.formFromUID;

}

public String getFormPriority() {

return this.formPriority;

}

public boolean getFlag() {

return this.flag;

}

c. Define a method that sets up message information and delivery

preferences, and send this message to the Notification Manager. In the

example, this method is named getResults.

d. Declare some auxiliary variables for the message ID, WebSphere

Everyplace Access server name and the associated communication port

(Example 2-5 on page 69). The last two variables are used to build the

provider URL that is required for the communication between the portlet

and the Notification Manager component in the WebSphere Everyplace

Access server.

The context provider URL is specified in the XML file insBaseConfig.xml

that is located in ins_home\config\xml, where ins_home is the Intelligent

Notification Services home installation directory (for example, C:\Program

Files\WebSphere\INS).

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Example 2-5 getResults method and auxiliary variables

public String getResults() {

String msgID = null;

int ipriority =0;

String hostName = "wea5d.itso.ral.ibm.com";

String port = "9814";

String providerUrl = "corbaloc:iiop:" + hostName + ":" + port;

e. Create a remote Notification Manager client instance, as shown in

Example 2-6.

Example 2-6 Notification Manager client instance

NotificationService nmClient = null;

try {

Hashtable env = new Hashtable();

env.put (Context.PROVIDER_URL, providerUrl);

nmClient = NmClientFactory.createRemoteNmClient(env);

f. Create a Notification object and set up the message information and

delivery preferences, as shown in Example 2-7.

Example 2-7 Notification object

Notification notf = new Notification();

notf.addDeliveryChannel (new MessageCenterDeliveryChannel() );

notf.addDeliveryChannel (new SametimeDeliveryChannel() );

notf.addDeliveryChannel (new EmailDeliveryChannel() );

if (formPriority.equals("MSG_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"))

ipriority = Request.MSG_PRIORITY_DEFAULT;

if (formPriority.equals("MSG_PRIORITY_FYI"))

ipriority = Request.MSG_PRIORITY_FYI;

if (formPriority.equals("MSG_PRIORITY_NORMAL"))

ipriority = Request.MSG_PRIORITY_NORMAL;

if (formPriority.equals("MSG_PRIORITY_URGENT"))

ipriority = Request.MSG_PRIORITY_URGENT;

notf.setMsgPriority(ipriority);

notf.setMultiDevices(true);

notf.setTextMsgType();

if (formTo.equals("UserID"))

notf.setToUserID(formToUID);

if (formTo.equals("UserGroup"))

notf.setToGroupID(formToUID);

notf.setFromUserID(formFromUID);

notf.setSubjectText(formSubject);

notf.setMsgText(formText);

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g. Send the message to Notification Manager, as shown in Example 2-8.

Example 2-8 Send message to Notification Manager

msgID = nmClient.sendMessage(notf);

return "The message has been sent";

h. Finally, catch the exceptions, as shown in Example 2-9.

Example 2-9 Exceptions

catch (NmClientFactoryException cfe)

{

return "NmClientFactoryException encountered" + " " +

cfe.getMessage();

}

catch (Exception e) {

return "Exception ocurred" + " " + e.getMessage();

}

5. Open and modify the JSP file that is located in the html subfolder (Figure 2-3

on page 71). In this example, it is the SimpleNotificationPortletView.jsp file. In

that file:

a. Define a form and include the required fields to obtain information about

the message and delivery preferences.

b. Invoke the method that you created earlier to send the message to the

Notification Manager.

Optionally, you can create a JSP file to use with Pocket PC. The JSP file for

Pocket PC is located in the pda subdirectory, as shown in Figure 2-3 on

page 71.

6. Save the project.