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Friday 2 January 2015

Using captcha with ADF Faces (Integrate Kaptcha project with Oracle ADF)



First of all wishing a very Happy New Year to all of you, learn more n more ADF this year :)


This post is about using captcha challenge in ADF Faces, captcha is used to determine whether user is a human or not
CAPTCHA stands for-Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Frank Nimphius posted about 'captcha with ADF Faces' using "Simple Captcha" project.
You can read complete article- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/captcha-099103.html



For this post I am using modern version of simplecaptcha project called Kaptcha, project provides a servlet that is responsible for generating captcha image and there are various configuration parameters to change look n feel of captcha image
See project documentation - https://code.google.com/p/kaptcha/
Download jar file- https://code.google.com/p/kaptcha/downloads/list

Now see the steps to integrate Kaptcha project with Oracle ADF
  • Create a FusionWeb Application, attach kaptcha-2.3.2 jar to viewController project, also see How to use "Kaptcha"-https://code.google.com/p/kaptcha/wiki/HowToUse


  • Next step is to add kaptcha servlet reference in web.xml file

  •  <servlet>
            <servlet-name>Kaptcha</servlet-name>
            <servlet-class>com.google.code.kaptcha.servlet.KaptchaServlet</servlet-class>
        </servlet>
        <servlet-mapping>
            <servlet-name>Kaptcha</servlet-name>
            <url-pattern>/kaptchaimage</url-pattern>
        </servlet-mapping>
    

  • Add an af:image on page to show captcha, image source is referenced from servlet mapping

  • <af:image id="i1" partialtriggers="l1" shortdesc="Captcha" source="/kaptchaimage">
    

  • Default configuration for captcha image is completed , I have added an af:inputText and button on page to enter captcha result .

  • <af:panelBox text="Captcha Demo- www.awasthiashish.com" id="pb1" showDisclosure="false"
                                     inlineStyle="width:350px;">
                            <f:facet name="toolbar"/>
                            <af:spacer width="0" height="10" id="s3"/>
                            <af:panelFormLayout id="pfl1">
                                <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl1" layout="horizontal">
                                    <af:image source="/kaptchaimage" id="i1" partialTriggers="l1" shortDesc="Captcha"/>
                                    <af:spacer width="10" height="0" id="s4"/>
                                    <af:link id="l1" icon="#{resource['images:reload.png']}" shortDesc="Refresh Captcha"/>
                                </af:panelGroupLayout>
                                <af:inputText label="Enter text" id="it1" binding="#{ReadCaptchaBean.entrdCaptchaBind}"
                                              contentStyle="font-weight:bold;"/>
                                <af:button text="Submit" id="b1" actionListener="#{ReadCaptchaBean.readCaptchAction}"/>
                            </af:panelFormLayout>
                        </af:panelBox>
    

  • Run application and see how captcha image is appearing on page


  • It looks good :-), now see the managed bean code written in submit button's action. This code checks actual captcha value with entered value

  •     //Binding of inputText to get entered value
        private RichInputText entrdCaptchaBind;
    
        public void setEntrdCaptchaBind(RichInputText entrdCaptchaBind) {
            this.entrdCaptchaBind = entrdCaptchaBind;
        }
    
        public RichInputText getEntrdCaptchaBind() {
            return entrdCaptchaBind;
        }
        
        /**Method to check whether entered value is correct or not
         * @param actionEvent
         */
        public void readCaptchaAction(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
            FacesContext fctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
            ExternalContext ectx = fctx.getExternalContext();
            HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) ectx.getRequest();
            //KAPTCHA_SESSION_KEY- The value for the kaptcha is generated and is put into the HttpSession. This is the key value for that item in the session.
            String kaptchaExpected =
                (String) request.getSession().getAttribute(com.google.code.kaptcha.Constants.KAPTCHA_SESSION_KEY);
            //Get entered value of captcha using inputText binding
            String kaptchaReceived = entrdCaptchaBind.getValue().toString();
            System.out.println("Entered Value-" + kaptchaReceived + " Expected Value-" + kaptchaExpected);
            if (kaptchaReceived == null || !kaptchaReceived.equalsIgnoreCase(kaptchaExpected)) {
                FacesMessage errMsg = new FacesMessage("Invalid Value");
                errMsg.setDetail("Incorrect captcha value- Not Human");
                errMsg.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
                fctx.addMessage(entrdCaptchaBind.getClientId(), errMsg);
            } else {
                FacesMessage errMsg = new FacesMessage("Correct Value");
                errMsg.setDetail("Hello this is the right guess");
                errMsg.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO);
                fctx.addMessage(entrdCaptchaBind.getClientId(), errMsg);
            }
        }
    

  • Again run this application and enter value for captcha



  • So it is working , now to change captcha image added a link with partialSubmit=false and set partial trigger property on af:image.


  • Kaptcha integration with Oracle ADF is complete and it is working properly  now if you want to modify captcha look n feel then add some init-param (configuration parameter) in web.xml file.
    See complete list of configuration parameters- https://code.google.com/p/kaptcha/wiki/ConfigParameters
    I have changed some parameters value in web.xml , see changed source of web.xml and captcha output

  • <servlet>
            <servlet-name>Kaptcha</servlet-name>
            <servlet-class>com.google.code.kaptcha.servlet.KaptchaServlet</servlet-class>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.border</param-name>
                <param-value>yes</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.border.color</param-name>
                <param-value>red</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.border.thickness</param-name>
                <param-value>1</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.image.width</param-name>
                <param-value>250</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.image.height</param-name>
                <param-value>60</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.textproducer.font.size</param-name>
                <param-value>35</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.textproducer.font.color</param-name>
                <param-value>red</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.background.clear.from</param-name>
                <param-value>orange</param-value>
            </init-param>
            <init-param>
                <param-name>kaptcha.textproducer.char.length</param-name>
                <param-value>7</param-value>
            </init-param>
        </servlet>
        <servlet-mapping>
            <servlet-name>Kaptcha</servlet-name>
            <url-pattern>/kaptchaimage</url-pattern>
        </servlet-mapping>
    

    again run this application and check output

    Thanks, Happy Learning :)
    Download-Sample ADF Application