Feature #861

My VREs Portlet to categorize VREs by virtualGroups

git-svn-id: http://svn.research-infrastructures.eu/public/d4science/gcube/trunk/portlets/user/my-vres@119979 82a268e6-3cf1-43bd-a215-b396298e98cf

.classpath

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/my-vres-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/my-vres-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/my-vres-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/my-vres-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>

.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+validateFragments=false
+validation.use-project-settings=true

.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-  <wb-module deploy-name="${module}">
+  <wb-module deploy-name="my-vres-portlet">
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>

.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.5"/>
   <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
+  <installed facet="liferay.portlet" version="6.0"/>
 </faceted-project>

pom.xml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>my-vres</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>My VREs Portlet</name>
 	<description>
-		gCube My VREs Portlet shows only the VO and VREs a user is member of.
+		gCube My VREs Portlet shows only the VO and VREs a user is member of, divided by category.
 	</description>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:svn:http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/portlets/user/${project.artifactId}</connection>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.5.1</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>	
+			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>		
 		</dependency>		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>custom-portal-handler</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>accesslogger</artifactId>

src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/MyVREsService.java

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
-import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VO;
+import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VRE;
-
-
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
  */
 @RemoteServiceRelativePath("greet")
 public interface MyVREsService extends RemoteService {
-	ArrayList<VO> getInfrastructureVOs();
+	LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> getUserVREs();
 	
 	void loadLayout(String scope, String URL);
 }

src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/MyVREsServiceAsync.java

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 package org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
-import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VO;
+import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VRE;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
 
 public interface MyVREsServiceAsync {
-	void getInfrastructureVOs(AsyncCallback<ArrayList<VO>> callback);
+	
 
 	void loadLayout(String scope, String URL, AsyncCallback<Void> callback);
 
+	void getUserVREs(
+			AsyncCallback<LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>>> callback);
+
 }

src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/VresPanel.java

@@ -3,21 +3,13 @@ package org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
-import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client.widgets.BulletList;
 import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client.widgets.ClickableVRE;
-import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client.widgets.ListItem;
-import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.UserBelonging;
 import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VO;
 import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.VRE;
 
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
-import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickEvent;
-import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickHandler;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.Cookies;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.Timer;
-import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.FlowPanel;
@@ -36,21 +28,13 @@ public class VresPanel extends Composite {
 	 * Create a remote service proxy to talk to the server-side service
 	 */
 	private final MyVREsServiceAsync myVREsService = GWT.create(MyVREsService.class);
-
-	private static String VO = "Organizations";
-	private static String VRE = "Groups";
-	public static final String COOKIE_NAME = "gCube-EnvironmentViewRestore";
-	public static final int COOKIE_MONTHS_EXPIRY_TIME = 6; //6 Months 
-	private HTML switcher = new HTML();
 	private FlowPanel flowPanel;
 	private VerticalPanel mainPanel = new VerticalPanel();
 	private HorizontalPanel changeViewPanel = new HorizontalPanel();
 	private HorizontalPanel imagesPanel = new HorizontalPanel();
-	private Timer t = null;
 
-	private ArrayList<VO> cachedVOs = null;
+	private LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> cachedVREs = null;
 
-	private boolean isIconView = true;
 	boolean hasVres = false;
 
 	public VresPanel() {
@@ -65,87 +49,28 @@ public class VresPanel extends Composite {
 		changeViewPanel.setWidth("95%");
 		changeViewPanel.setHorizontalAlignment(HasHorizontalAlignment.ALIGN_RIGHT);
 		changeViewPanel.add(imagesPanel);
+		loadVREs();
 		initWidget(mainPanel);
-
-		switcher.setStyleName("imageLink");		
-		imagesPanel.add(switcher);
-
-		switcher.setStyleName("switcher");
-		switcher.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
-			public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
-				if (isIconView) 
-					showListView();
-				else
-					showIconView();
-			}
-		});
-
-		setLastStateUsingCookie();
 	}
 
 	private void loadVREs() {
-		myVREsService.getInfrastructureVOs(new AsyncCallback<ArrayList<VO>>() {
+
-			public void onSuccess(ArrayList<VO> result) {
+		myVREsService.getUserVREs(new AsyncCallback<LinkedHashMap<String,ArrayList<VRE>>>() {
-				cachedVOs = result;
+
-				if (isIconView) 
+			@Override
-					showIconView();
-				else
-					showListView();
-			}
 			public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
 				flowPanel.add(new HTML("Could not fetch personal VREs: " + caught.getMessage()));							
 			}
+
+			@Override
+			public void onSuccess(LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> result) {
+				cachedVREs = result;
+				showIconView();
+
+			}
 		});
-	}
 
-	private void showListView() {
-		mainPanel.clear();
-		mainPanel.add(changeViewPanel);
-		HTML voTitle = new HTML(VO);
-		voTitle.setStyleName("listPanel-title");
 
-		BulletList voList = new BulletList();
-		voList.setStyleName("list");
-		boolean showVOs = false;
-		
-		for (VO vo: cachedVOs) {
-			if (! vo.isRoot() && vo.getUserBelonging() == UserBelonging.BELONGING) {
-				voList.add(addVo(vo));
-				showVOs = true;
-			}	
-		}
-		if (showVOs){ 
-			mainPanel.add(voTitle);
-			mainPanel.add(voList);
-		}
-		HTML vreTitle = new HTML(VRE);
-		vreTitle.setStyleName("listPanel-title");
-
-		BulletList vreList = new BulletList();
-		vreList.setStyleName("list");
-		boolean showVREs = false;
-
-		ArrayList<VRE> sortedVREs = new ArrayList<VRE>();
-		for (VO vo: cachedVOs) {
-			for (VRE vre : vo.getVres()) {
-				sortedVREs.add(vre);
-				hasVres = true;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		Collections.sort(sortedVREs);
-		for (VRE vre : sortedVREs) {
-			vreList.add(addVRE(vre));
-			showVREs = true;
-		}
-
-		if (showVREs) {
-			mainPanel.add(vreTitle);
-			mainPanel.add(vreList);
-		}
-		Cookies.setCookie(COOKIE_NAME, "1", getExpiryDate());
-		isIconView = false;
-		setSwitcherText();
 	}
 
 	private void showIconView() {
@@ -155,13 +80,14 @@ public class VresPanel extends Composite {
 		mainPanel.add(flowPanel);
 
 		ArrayList<VRE> sortedVREs = new ArrayList<VRE>();
-		for (VO vo: cachedVOs) {
+		for (String cat : cachedVREs.keySet()) {
-			for (VRE vre : vo.getVres()) {
+			for (VRE vre: cachedVREs.get(cat)) {
 				sortedVREs.add(vre);
 				hasVres = true;
 			}
 		}
-		Collections.sort(sortedVREs);
+
+
 
 		for (VRE vre : sortedVREs) {
 			ClickableVRE vreButton = new ClickableVRE(vre, myVREsService);
@@ -172,105 +98,10 @@ public class VresPanel extends Composite {
 			mainPanel.add(new NoVresPanel());
 			imagesPanel.clear();
 		}
-		Cookies.setCookie(COOKIE_NAME, "0", getExpiryDate());
+
-		isIconView = true;
-		setSwitcherText();
 	}
 
 
-	private ListItem addVo(final VO vo) {
-		final ListItem li = new ListItem();
-		li.setStyleName("list-item item-vo ");
-		li.setText(vo.getName());
-		li.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
-			public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
-				showLoading(li);	
-				String scope = vo.getGroupName();
-				myVREsService.loadLayout(scope,  vo.getFriendlyURL(), new AsyncCallback<Void>() {
-					public void onFailure(Throwable arg0) {							
-						Window.open( vo.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-					public void onSuccess(Void arg0) {
-						Window.open( vo.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-				});				
-			}
-		});
-		return li;
-	}
-
-	private ListItem addVRE(final VRE vre) {
-		final ListItem li = new ListItem();
-		li.setStyleName("list-item item-vre ");
-		li.setText(vre.getName());
-		li.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
-			public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
-				showLoading(li);	
-				String scope = vre.getGroupName();
-				myVREsService.loadLayout(scope,  vre.getFriendlyURL(), new AsyncCallback<Void>() {
-					public void onFailure(Throwable arg0) {							
-						Window.open( vre.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-					public void onSuccess(Void arg0) {
-						Window.open( vre.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-				});				
-			}
-		});
-		return li;
-	}
 
 
-	private void showLoading(final ListItem li) {
-		li.setText("Loading .");	
-		t = new Timer() {
-			@Override
-			public void run() {
-				li.setText(li.getText() + " .");
-				t.schedule(250);
-				if (li.getText().length() > 50)
-					t.cancel();
-			}
-		};
-		t.schedule(250);
-	}
-
-	private void setSwitcherText() {
-		if (isIconView)
-			switcher.setHTML("SHOW LIST");
-		else
-			switcher.setHTML("SHOW TILES");
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * 
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	public Date getExpiryDate() {
-		Date expiryDate = new Date();		
-		int month = expiryDate.getMonth();
-		month += COOKIE_MONTHS_EXPIRY_TIME ;
-		expiryDate.setMonth(month);		
-		return expiryDate;
-	}
-	/**
-	 * 
-	 */
-	private void setLastStateUsingCookie() {
-		Date expiryDate = getExpiryDate();
-
-		if (Cookies.getCookie(COOKIE_NAME) == null) {
-			Cookies.setCookie(COOKIE_NAME, "0", expiryDate);
-		}
-		else {
-			String lastIconsState = Cookies.getCookie(COOKIE_NAME);
-			if (lastIconsState.compareTo("1") == 0) 
-				isIconView = false;
-			else
-				isIconView = true;	
-		}
-		loadVREs();		
-	}
 }

src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/widgets/ClickableVRE.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
 import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickEvent;
 import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickHandler;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window.Location;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.HTML;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Image;
@@ -50,16 +51,7 @@ public class ClickableVRE extends HTML {
 		addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
 			public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
 				showLoading();
-				String scope = vre.getGroupName();
+				Location.assign(vre.getFriendlyURL());
-				service.loadLayout(scope,  vre.getFriendlyURL(), new AsyncCallback<Void>() {
-					public void onFailure(Throwable arg0) {							
-						Window.open( vre.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-					public void onSuccess(Void arg0) {
-						Window.open( vre.getFriendlyURL(), "_self", "");
-					}
-				});
-
 			}					
 		}); 			
 	}

src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/server/MyVREsServiceImpl.java

@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.SessionManager;
+import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
 import org.gcube.portal.custom.communitymanager.OrganizationsUtil;
+import org.gcube.portal.custom.communitymanager.impl.OrganizationManagerImpl;
 import org.gcube.portal.custom.scopemanager.scopehelper.ScopeHelper;
 import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.client.MyVREsService;
 import org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.shared.UserBelonging;
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.ImageServletTokenUtil;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.WebKeys;
-import com.liferay.portal.model.Group;
 import com.liferay.portal.model.Organization;
 import com.liferay.portal.model.User;
 import com.liferay.portal.service.OrganizationLocalServiceUtil;
@@ -87,130 +88,83 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 	/**
 	 * first method called by the UI
 	 */
-	public ArrayList<VO> getInfrastructureVOs() {	
+	public LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> getUserVREs() {	
 		getASLSession();
 		//_log.trace("getInfrastructureVOs method called");
 		if (!isWithinPortal())
-			return getFakeVOs();
+			return getFakeVREs();
 		//return new ArrayList<VO>();
 		else 
 			try {
 				String username = getASLSession().getUsername();
 				User currUser = OrganizationsUtil.validateUser(username);			
 
-				List<Organization> organizations = OrganizationLocalServiceUtil.getOrganizations(0, OrganizationLocalServiceUtil.getOrganizationsCount());
-
 				ThemeDisplay themeDisplay = (ThemeDisplay) this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(WebKeys.THEME_DISPLAY);
 
+				LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> toReturn = new LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>>();
+				//before iterating the actual groups create the virtualGroups in the correct order
+				List<String> virtualGroups = OrganizationManagerImpl.getVirtualGroups();
+				for (String vg : virtualGroups) {
+					String[] splits = vg.split("\\|");
+					String gName = splits[0];
+					ArrayList<VRE> toCreate = new ArrayList<VRE>();
+					String cat = gName;
+					toReturn.put(cat, toCreate);
+				}
+
+				//start of iteration of the actual groups
+				List<Organization> organizations = OrganizationLocalServiceUtil.getOrganizations(0, OrganizationLocalServiceUtil.getOrganizationsCount());
 				Organization rootOrganization = null;
 				for (Organization organization : organizations) {
-					if (organization.getName().equals( getRootOrganizationName() ) ) {
+					if (organization.getName().equals(PortalContext.getConfiguration().getInfrastructureName())) {
 						rootOrganization = organization;
 						break;
 					}
 				}
+
 				try {
-					//_log.info("root: " + rootOrganization.getName() );
+					_log.debug("root: " + rootOrganization.getName() );
-				}
+				} catch (NullPointerException e) {
-				catch (NullPointerException e) {
 					_log.error("Cannot find root organziation, please check gcube-data.properties file in $CATALINA_HOME/conf folder, unless your installing the Bundle");
-					return new ArrayList<VO>();
+					return toReturn;
 				}
-				// Create the list of the Infrastructure VOs
-				List<VO> infrastructureVOs = new ArrayList<VO>();
-
-				//create and check the root VO
-				rootVO = new VO();
-				rootVO.setName(rootOrganization.getName());
-				rootVO.setGroupName("/"+rootOrganization.getName());
-				rootVO.setRoot(true);	
-
-				Group orgGroup = rootOrganization.getGroup();
-				String friendlyURL = orgGroup.getPathFriendlyURL(true, themeDisplay) + orgGroup.getFriendlyURL();
-
-				rootVO.setFriendlyURL(getPortalBasicUrl()+friendlyURL);
-				long logoId = rootOrganization.getLogoId();
-				String logoURL =  themeDisplay.getPathImage()+"/organization_logo?img_id="+ logoId +"&t" + ImageServletTokenUtil.getToken(logoId);
-				rootVO.setImageURL(logoURL);
-
-
-				if (rootOrganization.getComments() != null)
-					rootVO.setDescription(rootOrganization.getComments());
-
 
 				//for each root sub organizations (VO)
 				for (Organization vOrg : rootOrganization.getSuborganizations()) {
-
-					//_log.debug("SKIP GCUBE APPS " + vOrg.getName() );
-
-					//_log.debug("FOUND VO: " + vOrg.getName() );
-					//create the VO
-					VO voToAdd = new VO();
-					voToAdd.setName(vOrg.getName());
-					voToAdd.setGroupName("/"+vOrg.getParentOrganization().getName()+"/"+vOrg.getName());
-					voToAdd.setRoot(false);	
-
 						for (Organization vre : vOrg.getSuborganizations()) {
 						VRE vreToAdd = new VRE();
 						vreToAdd.setName(vre.getName());
 						vreToAdd.setGroupName("/"+vOrg.getParentOrganization().getName()+"/"+vOrg.getName()+"/"+vre.getName());
 
-						logoId = vre.getLogoId();
+						long logoId = vre.getLogoId();
-						logoURL =  themeDisplay.getPathImage()+"/organization_logo?img_id="+ logoId +"&t" + ImageServletTokenUtil.getToken(logoId);
+						String logoURL =  themeDisplay.getPathImage()+"/organization_logo?img_id="+ logoId +"&t" + ImageServletTokenUtil.getToken(logoId);
 						vreToAdd.setImageURL(logoURL);
 
 						String vreUrl = vre.getGroup().getPathFriendlyURL(true, themeDisplay) + vre.getGroup().getFriendlyURL();
-						vreToAdd.setFriendlyURL(getPortalBasicUrl()+vreUrl);
+						vreToAdd.setFriendlyURL(vreUrl);
-
-						//set the description for the vre
-						if (vre.getComments() != null)	{
-							vreToAdd.setDescription(vre.getComments());
-						}
 
 						//check if the user belongs to it
 						if (currUser.getOrganizations().contains(vre)) {
 							vreToAdd.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
-							voToAdd.addVRE(vreToAdd);
+							
+							String catName = OrganizationManagerImpl.getVirtualGroupName(vre);
+							String[] splits = catName.split("\\|");
+							catName = splits[0];
+							
+							//for preserving order we inserted the keys before
+							if (toReturn.containsKey(catName)) {
+								ArrayList<VRE> toUpdate = toReturn.get(catName);
+								toUpdate.add(vreToAdd);
+							}											
+						}		
 					}
 				}
 				
-
+				//sort the vres in the groups
-
+				for (String cat : toReturn.keySet()) {
-					Group group = vOrg.getGroup();
+					ArrayList<VRE> toSort = toReturn.get(cat);
-					String url = group.getPathFriendlyURL(true, themeDisplay) + group.getFriendlyURL();
+					Collections.sort(toSort);
-					voToAdd.setFriendlyURL(getPortalBasicUrl() + url);
-
-					//set the description for the vre
-					if (vOrg.getComments() != null)	voToAdd.setDescription(vOrg.getComments());
-					//check if the user belongs to it
-					if (currUser.getOrganizations().contains(vOrg)) {
-						voToAdd.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
 				}
-					else
-						voToAdd.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.NOT_BELONGING);
-					infrastructureVOs.add(voToAdd);
-				}
-
-
-				ArrayList<VO> toReturn = new ArrayList<VO>();
-
-
-				for (VO vo : infrastructureVOs) {
-					for (VRE vre : vo.getVres()) {
-						//_log.debug("VRE FOUND.... " + vre.getName());
-					}
-					toReturn.add(vo);
-				}			
-				//sort the VOs
-				Collections.sort(toReturn, Collections.reverseOrder()); 
-
-				//set the root vo as FIRST
-				toReturn.add(0, rootVO);
-
-				ArrayList<VO> toStoreInSession = toReturn;			
-				//_log.debug("SETTING INFRASTRUCTURE VOS in ASLSession");
-				getASLSession().setAttribute(CACHED_VOS, toStoreInSession);
-
 				return toReturn;
 
 			} 
@@ -263,49 +217,17 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 		return toReturn;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * 
-	 * @return the portal basic url, e.g. http://www.foo.com
-	 */
-	private String getPortalBasicUrl() {
-		HttpServletRequest request = this.getThreadLocalRequest();
-		String toReturn = "";
-		//protocol
-		String protocol = (request.isSecure()) ? "https://" : "http://" ;
-		toReturn += protocol;
-		//server name
-		toReturn += request.getServerName();
-		//port
-		toReturn +=  (request.getServerPort() == 80) ? "" : ":"+request.getServerPort() ;
-	//	_log.trace("getPortalBasicUrl: " +toReturn + "queryString: " +	request.getQueryString());
-		return toReturn;
-	}
 	
 
 	/**
-	 * simply returns fake VOS for debugging purpose
+	 * simply returns fake VREs for development purpose
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected static ArrayList<VO> getFakeVOs() {
+	protected static LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> getFakeVREs() {
-		VO rootVO = new VO();
+		LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>> toReturn = new LinkedHashMap<String, ArrayList<VRE>>();
-		rootVO.setRoot(true);
-		rootVO.setName("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/");
-		rootVO.setDescription("This is the description for the ROOT VO");
-		rootVO.setImageURL("http://portal.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/vologin/html/RedGrid.jpg");
-		rootVO.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
 		
-
+		final String categoryNameOne = "gCubeApps";	
-		/***************************************/
+		final String categoryNameTwo = "BlueBRIDGE";	
-
-		VO emVO = new VO();
-		emVO.setRoot(false);
-		emVO.setGroupName("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/EM/");
-		emVO.setName("EM VO");
-		emVO.setDescription("EM and AEM Virtual Organisation The FARM Virtual Organisation is the dynamic group of individuals and/or institutions defined around a set of sharing rules in which resource providers and consumers specify clearly and carefully just what is shared, who is allowed to share, and the conditions under which sharing occurs to serve the needs of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources Management.");
-		emVO.setImageURL("http://portal.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/vologin/html/RedGrid.jpg");
-
-		emVO.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
-		//			
 		//			
 		VRE cool_EM_VRE = new VRE();
 		cool_EM_VRE.setName("BiodiversityResearchEnvironment");
@@ -314,7 +236,7 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 				"This Virtual Research Environment is for cool authors, managers and researchers who produce reports containing cool data.");
 		cool_EM_VRE.setImageURL("http://portal.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/vologin/html/gcm-preview.jpg");
 		cool_EM_VRE.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
-		emVO.addVRE(cool_EM_VRE);
+	
 
 		VRE cool_EM_VRE2 = new VRE();
 		cool_EM_VRE2.setName("COOL VRE 2");
@@ -334,6 +256,12 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 		cool_EM_VRE3.setImageURL("https://newportal.i-marine.d4science.org/image/organization_logo?img_id=13302&t1339191699773");
 		cool_EM_VRE3.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
 
+		ArrayList<VRE> toAdd = new ArrayList<VRE>();
+		toAdd.add(cool_EM_VRE);
+		toAdd.add(cool_EM_VRE2);
+		toAdd.add(cool_EM_VRE3);
+		
+		
 		VRE demo = new VRE();
 		demo.setName("Demo");
 		demo.setGroupName("/d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/EM/Demo");
@@ -351,19 +279,13 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 		vreGCM.setImageURL("https://newportal.i-marine.d4science.org/image/organization_logo?img_id=13302&t1339191699773");
 		vreGCM.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
 
+		ArrayList<VRE> toAdd2 = new ArrayList<VRE>();
+		toAdd2.add(demo);
+		toAdd2.add(vreGCM);
 		
-		emVO.addVRE(cool_EM_VRE);
+		toReturn.put(categoryNameOne, toAdd);
-		emVO.addVRE(cool_EM_VRE2);
+		toReturn.put(categoryNameTwo, toAdd2);
-		emVO.addVRE(cool_EM_VRE3);
-		emVO.addVRE(demo);
-		emVO.addVRE(vreGCM);
 		
-		emVO.setUserBelonging(UserBelonging.BELONGING);
-
-		ArrayList<VO> toReturn = new ArrayList<VO>();
-		toReturn.add(rootVO);
-		toReturn.add(emVO);
-		toReturn.add(emVO);
 		return toReturn;
 	}
 }

src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 			<short-title>VREs Login</short-title>
 			<keywords>VRE</keywords>
 		</portlet-info>
+		<portlet-preferences>
+			<preference>
+				<name>portlet-setup-show-borders</name>
+				<value>true</value>
+			</preference>
+		</portlet-preferences>
 		<security-role-ref>
 			<role-name>administrator</role-name>
 		</security-role-ref>