secret instead of caller, used socialdbdriver

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/macos,intellij,eclipse,visualstudiocode,linux
-# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=macos,intellij,eclipse,visualstudiocode,linux
+# 
+ignore_me
+tomcat
+
+target
+.classpath
+.visual
+.project
+.settings
+/**/.DS_Store
+
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse
 
 ### Eclipse ###
 .metadata
@@ -67,118 +78,31 @@ local.properties
 # Spring Boot Tooling
 .sts4-cache/
 
-### Intellij ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
-# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+### Java ###
+# Compiled class file
+*.class
 
-# User-specific stuff
-.idea/**/workspace.xml
-.idea/**/tasks.xml
-.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
-.idea/**/dictionaries
-.idea/**/shelf
+# Log file
+*.log
 
-# AWS User-specific
-.idea/**/aws.xml
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
 
-# Generated files
-.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
 
-# Sensitive or high-churn files
-.idea/**/dataSources/
-.idea/**/dataSources.ids
-.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
-.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
-.idea/**/dynamic.xml
-.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
-.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.nar
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
 
-# Gradle
-.idea/**/gradle.xml
-.idea/**/libraries
-
-# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
-# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
-# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
-# auto-import.
-# .idea/artifacts
-# .idea/compiler.xml
-# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
-# .idea/modules.xml
-# .idea/*.iml
-# .idea/modules
-# *.iml
-# *.ipr
-
-# CMake
-cmake-build-*/
-
-# Mongo Explorer plugin
-.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
-
-# File-based project format
-*.iws
-
-# IntelliJ
-out/
-
-# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
-.idea_modules/
-
-# JIRA plugin
-atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
-
-# Cursive Clojure plugin
-.idea/replstate.xml
-
-# SonarLint plugin
-.idea/sonarlint/
-
-# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
-com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
-crashlytics.properties
-crashlytics-build.properties
-fabric.properties
-
-# Editor-based Rest Client
-.idea/httpRequests
-
-# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
-.idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
-
-### Intellij Patch ###
-# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
-
-# *.iml
-# modules.xml
-# .idea/misc.xml
-# *.ipr
-
-# Sonarlint plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
-.idea/**/sonarlint/
-
-# SonarQube Plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
-.idea/**/sonarIssues.xml
-
-# Markdown Navigator plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
-.idea/**/markdown-navigator.xml
-.idea/**/markdown-navigator-enh.xml
-.idea/**/markdown-navigator/
-
-# Cache file creation bug
-# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
-.idea/$CACHE_FILE$
-
-# CodeStream plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
-.idea/codestream.xml
-
-# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
-.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+replay_pid*
 
 ### Linux ###
 *~
@@ -247,4 +171,4 @@ Temporary Items
 .history
 .ionide
 
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/macos,intellij,eclipse,visualstudiocode,linux
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    // Usare IntelliSense per informazioni sui possibili attributi.
+    // Al passaggio del mouse vengono visualizzate le descrizioni degli attributi esistenti.
+    // Per altre informazioni, visitare: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug Service (Attach)",
+            "projectName": "social-service",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "hostName": "localhost",
+            "port": 5005
+        },
+        
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Current File",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mainClass": "${file}"
+        }
+    ]
+}

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
+    "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic"
+}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 # Changelog for Hello World Service
 
 
-## [v1.0.0-SNAPSHOT] 
+## [v0.0.1-SNAPSHOT] 
 
 - First Version
 

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+ARG JAVA_VERSION=11
+ARG SMARTGEARS_VERSION=4.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+#FROM d4science/smartgears-distribution:${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}-java${JAVA_VERSION}-tomcat10.1.19
+FROM hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/smartgears-distribution:${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}-java${JAVA_VERSION}-tomcat10.1.19
+#FROM smartgears-distribution:${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}-java${JAVA_VERSION}-tomcat10.1.19
+    ARG CONTAINER_INI="./docker/container.ini"
+
+    COPY ./docker/logback.xml /etc/
+    COPY ./docker/*.gcubekey /tomcat/lib
+    COPY ./target/social-service.war /tomcat/webapps/
+    COPY ${CONTAINER_INI} /etc/container.ini
+
+    EXPOSE 8080
+

buildImageAndStart.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# set -x   # uncomment to debug script
+
+BUILD_VERSION=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+SMARTGEARS_VERSION=4.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ACCEPTED_JAVA_VERSIONs=(11 17)
+PORT=8080
+DEBUG_PORT=5005
+DEBUG=false
+EXECUTE=false
+TEST=false
+COMPILE=true
+
+JAVA_VERSION=11
+NAME=social-service
+CONTAINER_INI="./docker/container.ini"
+IMAGE_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}-java${JAVA_VERSION}-smartgears${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}
+
+PUSH_DOCKER=false
+PUSH_HARBOR=false
+LOGIN_HARBOR=false
+
+BUILD_NAME=$NAME:$IMAGE_VERSION
+
+SMARTGEAR_IMAGE=hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/smartgears-distribution:${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}-java${JAVA_VERSION}-tomcat10.1.19
+DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=d4science/$BUILD_NAME
+HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME=hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/$BUILD_NAME
+
+echo "BUILD_NAME=$BUILD_NAME"
+
+################################################################################
+# Help                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+Help() {
+    # Display Help
+    echo "build, create and run in docker the identity manager service"
+    echo
+    echo "Syntax: buildDistribution [-n arg] [-p arg] [-j arg] [-d arg?] [-h]"
+    echo "options:"
+    echo "-s        skip maven package"
+    echo "-t        exec also maven tests"
+    echo "-n arg    specifies the docker image name (default is identity-manager)."
+    echo "-p arg    specifies the port to be exposed for the docker container to access the service (default $PORT)"
+    echo "-j arg    specify java version (default is $JAVA_VERSION)"
+    echo "          accepted version are: ${ACCEPTED_JAVA_VERSIONs[@]}"
+    echo "-e        execute the image"
+    echo "-d arg?   enable java debug mode for execution"
+    echo "          arg is the debug port (default is $DEBUG_PORT)"
+    echo "-r        push image to d4science harbo[r] (with login already done, or -l to login)"
+    echo "-l        [l]ogin to d4science harbor"
+    echo "-u        p[u]sh image to dockerhub (with docker login already done)"
+    echo "-c arg      path of the file to deploy as container.ini (default ./docker/container.ini)"
+    echo "-h        Print this Help."
+    echo
+    echo "to compile and push to harbor registry with a custom container.ini file: "
+    echo "     ./buildImageAndStart.sh -r -m  -l -c \"./docker/container-XXX.ini\" "
+    echo
+    echo "to debug locally: "
+    echo "     ./buildImageAndStart.sh -d "
+}
+
+################################################################################
+################################################################################
+# Main program                                                                 #
+################################################################################
+################################################################################
+
+set -e
+
+#OPTSTRING=":sn:p:d:j:?h"
+OPTSTRING=":c:n:p:d:?jsmulrteh"
+
+while getopts $OPTSTRING opt; do
+    # echo "Option -${opt} was triggered, Argument: ${OPTARG}"
+    case "${opt}" in
+    s) COMPILE=false && echo "compile $COMPILE" ;;
+    c)
+        CONTAINER_INI=${OPTARG}
+        echo "CONTAINER_INI: $CONTAINER_INI"
+        ;;
+    m) MULTI_PLATFORM=true ;;
+    n) NAME=${OPTARG} ;;
+    p) PORT=${OPTARG} ;;
+
+    u) PUSH_DOCKER=true ;;
+    l) LOGIN_HARBOR=true ;;
+    r) PUSH_HARBOR=true ;;
+
+    t) TEST=true ;;
+    e) EXECUTE=true ;;
+    d)
+        DEBUG=true
+        DEBUG_PORT=${OPTARG}
+        EXECUTE=true ;
+        echo "debug enabled, port $DEBUG_PORT, execute $EXECUTE"
+        ;;
+    j)
+        if [[ ${ACCEPTED_JAVA_VERSIONs[@]} =~ ${OPTARG} ]]; then
+            JAVA_VERSION=${OPTARG}
+        else
+            echo "Invalid java version" && echo "accepted version are: ${ACCEPTED_JAVA_VERSIONs[@]}" && exit 1
+        fi
+        ;;
+    h) Help && exit 0 ;;
+
+    :)
+        # matched when an option that is expected to have an argument is passed without one
+        if [ ${OPTARG} = "d" ]; then
+            DEBUG=true
+            EXECUTE=true
+            echo "debug enabled, not default debug port $DEBUG_PORT, execute $EXECUTE"
+        else
+            # matched when an option that is expected to have an argument is passed without one
+            echo "Option -${OPTARG} requires an argument."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        ;;
+    ?) # match any invalid option that is passed
+        echo "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}."
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ $COMPILE = true ]; then
+    if [ $TEST = false ]; then
+        mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip
+    else
+        mvn clean package
+    fi
+else
+    echo "skipping mvn package"
+fi
+
+docker pull $SMARTGEAR_IMAGE
+
+if [ $MULTI_PLATFORM ]; then
+    
+    echo "build multiplatform"
+
+    docker build -t $BUILD_NAME --build-arg="CONTAINER_INI=$CONTAINER_INI" --build-arg="JAVA_VERSION=${JAVA_VERSION}" --build-arg="SMARTGEARS_VERSION=${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}" --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7 .
+else
+    echo "build single platform"
+    docker build -t $BUILD_NAME --build-arg="CONTAINER_INI=$CONTAINER_INI" --build-arg="JAVA_VERSION=${JAVA_VERSION}" --build-arg="SMARTGEARS_VERSION=${SMARTGEARS_VERSION}" .
+
+    # docker manifest create hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/$BUILD_NAME \
+    #     hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/$NAME-amd64-linux:$IMAGE_VERSION \
+    #     hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/$NAME-arm-linux:$IMAGE_VERSION \
+    #     hub.dev.d4science.org/gcube/$NAME-arm-linux:$IMAGE_VERSION
+fi
+
+if [ ${PUSH_DOCKER} = true ]; then
+    docker tag $BUILD_NAME $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME./
+    docker push $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME
+    echo ">>> pushed on dockerhub the image $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME"
+fi
+
+if [ ${LOGIN_HARBOR} = true ]; then
+    ./loginHarborHub.sh
+fi
+
+if [ $PUSH_HARBOR = true ]; then
+    echo ">>> PUSHING on hub.dev.d4science.org the image $HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME"
+
+    docker tag $BUILD_NAME $HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME
+    echo ">>>    docker push $HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME"
+    docker push $HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME
+    echo ">>> pushed on hub.dev.d4science.org the image $HARBOR_IMAGE_NAME"
+fi
+
+if [ ${EXECUTE} = true ]; then
+    if [ $DEBUG = true ]; then
+        docker run -p $PORT:8080 -p $DEBUG_PORT:5005 -e JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=*:5005,server=y,suspend=y" $BUILD_NAME
+    else
+        docker run -p $PORT:8080 $BUILD_NAME
+    fi
+fi

dependencies/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mvn install:install-file -Dfile="social-service-model.jar" -DgroupId=org.gcube.social-networking -DartifactId=social-service-model -Dversion=2.0.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpackaging=jar

docker/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+container*.ini
+!container.default.ini
+*.gcubekey

docker/container.default.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[node]
+mode = offline
+hostname = localhost
+protocol= http
+port = 8080
+infrastructure = /gcube
+authorizeChildrenContext = true
+publicationFrequencyInSeconds = 60
+
+[properties]
+SmartGearsDistribution = 4.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+SmartGearsDistributionBundle = UnBundled
+
+[site]
+country = it
+location = pisa
+
+[authorization]
+factory = org.gcube.smartgears.security.defaults.DefaultAuthorizationProviderFactory
+factory.endpoint = https://accounts.dev.d4science.org/auth/realms/d4science/protocol/openid-connect/token
+credentials.class = org.gcube.smartgears.security.SimpleCredentials
+
+credentials.clientID = 
+credentials.secret = 
+

docker/logback copy.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<configuration scan="true" debug="true">
+
+	<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>Ï <pattern>%-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.gcube.service.idm" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.service.rest" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears" level="DEBUG" />
+
+	<!-- 
+	<logger name="org.gcube" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears.handlers" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.events" level="WARN" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.publishing" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.documentstore" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.core.publisher.is.legacy" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers" level="DEBUG" />
+ -->
+
+	<root level="INFO">
+		<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>

docker/logback.ori.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<configuration scan="true" debug="true">
+
+	<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>Ï <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.gcube.service.idm" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.service.rest" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears" level="DEBUG" />
+
+	<!-- 
+	<logger name="org.gcube" level="DEBUG" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears.handlers" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.events" level="WARN" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.publishing" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.documentstore" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.core.publisher.is.legacy" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers" level="DEBUG" />
+ -->
+
+	<root level="WARN">
+		<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>

docker/logback.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<configuration scan="true" debug="true">
+
+	<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+	<encoder>Ï
+	<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+	</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<logger name="org.gcube" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.smartgears.handlers" level="TRACE"/>
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.events" level="WARN" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.publishing" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.documentstore" level="ERROR" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.common.core.publisher.is.legacy" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access" level="TRACE" />
+	<logger name="org.gcube.data.access.storagehub.handlers" level="ERROR"/>
+	
+	<root level="ERROR">
+          <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>

docker/properties

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+${{adminId}}=social
+${{adminPwd}}=social

documentation/docker.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mvn clean package
+docker build -t idm .
+docker compose up -d --build --force-recreate
+
+#docker run -it -d -p 9090:8080  --name idm idm

enunciate.xml

@@ -2,22 +2,36 @@
 <enunciate
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://enunciate.webcohesion.com/schemas/enunciate-2.14.0.xsd">
-	<description package="org.gcube.acme.rest"/>
 	<api-classes>
-		<include pattern="org.gcube.acme.rest.*" />
-		<exclude pattern="org.gcube.acme.*" />
+		<include 
+			pattern="org.gcube.portal.social.networking.**"/>
+		<include 
+			pattern="org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.**"/>	
+		<exclude
+			pattern="org.gcube.portal.social.networking.ws.docs.DocsGenerator" />
 	</api-classes>
 	<modules>
+		<jackson1 disabled="true" />
 		<gwt-json-overlay disabled="true" />
 		<php-json-client disabled="true" />
 		<ruby-json-client disabled="true" />
-		<java-json-client disabled="true" />
+		<java-json-client disabled="true" /> 
+<!-- 		<java-json-client jarName="social-service-client.jar" -->
+<!-- 			bundleSourcesWithClasses="true" groupId="org.gcube.social-networking" -->
+<!-- 			artifactId="auto-social-client" javac-source="1.8" javac-target="1.8"> -->
+<!-- 			<package-conversions> -->
+<!-- 				<convert -->
+<!-- 					from="org.gcube.portal.social.networking.ws" -->
+<!-- 					to="org.gcube.social.client" /> -->
+<!-- 			</package-conversions> -->
+<!-- 		</java-json-client> -->
 		<javascript-client disabled="true" />
 		<docs docsDir="${project.build.directory}" docsSubdir="api-docs" />
-		<swagger basePath="/${project.artifactId}" />
-		<docs freemarkerTemplate="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/enunciate/d4science_docs.fmt">
+		<docs
+			freemarkerTemplate="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/enunciate/d4science_docs.fmt">
 			<additional-css
 				file="css/d4science_enunciate_custom.css" />
 		</docs>
+		<swagger basePath="/rest" />
 	</modules>
 </enunciate>

gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/application.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: ${artifactId}
+group: ${groupId}
+version: ${version}
+description: ${description}
+excludes:
+  - path: /docs.*
+  - path: /api-docs.*
+  - path: /guest

gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
-<application mode='online'>
-	<name>${project.artifactId}</name>
-	<group>${project.groupId}</group>
-	<version>${project.version}</version>
-	<description>${project.description}</description>
-	<exclude>/api-docs.*</exclude>
-	<exclude>/docs.*</exclude>
-</application>

gcube/extra-resources/WEB-INF/web.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_4_0.xsd"
+	version="4.0">
+	<display-name>Social Service</display-name>
+	<description>
+		Gcube Social Service
+	  </description>
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>social-service</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
+			<param-value>org.gcube.social_networking.rest</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
+			<param-value>
+				org.gcube.social_networking.mappers
+        </param-value>
+		</init-param>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>social-service</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>

loginHarborHub.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+REGISTRY_URL="hub.dev.d4science.org"
+#USERNAME="alfredo.oliviero"
+echo "to obtain Harbor username and CLI secret:"
+echo "https://hub.dev.d4science.org/ -> user profile -> CLI secret"
+
+read -p "username:" USERNAME
+
+echo ""
+
+read -s -p "CLI secret:" ACCESS_TOKEN
+echo "$ACCESS_TOKEN" | docker login $REGISTRY_URL -u $USERNAME --password-stdin
+unset ACCESS_TOKEN

pom.xml

@@ -5,21 +5,33 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
 		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0</version>
+		<version>1.2.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.social_networking</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-service</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>Social Service</name>
 	<description>This is the social service</description>
 
 	<properties>
+		<java.version>11</java.version>
+
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+
+
+		<!-- OPTIONAL. for authorization-control-library -->
+		<aspectj-plugin.version>1.14.0</aspectj-plugin.version>
+
 		<webappDirectory>
 			${project.basedir}${file.separator}src${file.separator}main${file.separator}webapp${file.separator}WEB-INF</webappDirectory>
 		<enunciate.version>2.14.0</enunciate.version>
 		<cassandra.driver.oss.version>4.13.0</cassandra.driver.oss.version>
+
+		<!-- only for serializers in example folder -->
+		<!-- <jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version> -->
 	</properties>
 
 	<scm>
@@ -35,7 +47,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gcube-smartgears-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5.0</version>
+				<version>3.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
@@ -47,6 +59,7 @@
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
+
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -54,34 +67,44 @@
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
-			<artifactId>authorization-utils</artifactId>
-			<version>[2.2.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
+
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-smartgears-app</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
-			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-smartgears</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<!--must be provided -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-scope</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-scope-maps</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>authorization-client</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.social-networking</groupId>
 			<artifactId>social-service-model</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.2.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0)</version>
+			<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
 			<artifactId>java-driver-query-builder</artifactId>
@@ -92,41 +115,28 @@
 			<artifactId>java-driver-mapper-runtime</artifactId>
 			<version>${cassandra.driver.oss.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
 			<version>2.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>common-smartgears-app</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Added to support Java 11 JDK -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<!-- END Added to support Java 11 JDK -->
+		<!-- <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-authorization</artifactId>
+		</dependency> -->
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>common-smartgears</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>authorization-control-library</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- Required for Enunciate plugin -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.webcohesion.enunciate</groupId>
@@ -140,19 +150,23 @@
 			<version>${enunciate.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
+
+
+		<!-- only for serializers in example folder -->
+		<!-- <dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
+		</dependency> -->
+
+
 		<!-- END Required for Enunciate plugin -->
 
 		<!-- Test libraries -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.11</version>
+			<version>4.13.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -160,33 +174,118 @@
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<!-- Sphinx plugin' -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
-				<artifactId>sphinx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<outputDirectory>
-						${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/docs</outputDirectory>
-					<builder>html</builder>
-					<configDirectory>${basedir}/docs</configDirectory>
-					<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/docs</sourceDirectory>
-				</configuration>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<phase>process-resources</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>generate</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 
-			<!-- Enunciate Maven plugin -->
+
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.mail/jakarta.mail-api -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jakarta.mail</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jakarta.mail-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.6.7</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
+			<version>2.10.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
+			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
+			<artifactId>aslsocial</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.8.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>4.0.4</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>portal-service</artifactId>
+			<version>6.2.5</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>notifications-common-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.3.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.socialnetworking</groupId>
+			<artifactId>social-data-search-client</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.socialnetworking</groupId>
+			<artifactId>social-util-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.1-SNAPSHOT,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+			<version>6.1.22</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>storagehub-client-library</artifactId>
+			<!-- <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> -->
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.idm</groupId>
+			<artifactId>idm-common-library</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-cdi2-se</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- idm client -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.idm</groupId>
+			<artifactId>idm-common-library</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.idm</groupId>
+			<artifactId>idm-client-library</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
+
+		<plugins>
+			<!-- Enunciate Maven plugin
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.webcohesion.enunciate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>enunciate-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -200,8 +299,7 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-			<!-- Copy Enunciate Documentation from your-application/api-docs
-				into your war -->
+	
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -227,7 +325,7 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-
+-->
 
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -237,7 +335,35 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
+
+			<!-- OPTIONAL. authorization-control-library: add this plugin if you
+			want to use gcube
+			authorization control funzionalities -->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${aspectj-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<complianceLevel>${java.version}</complianceLevel>
+					<source>${java.version}</source>
+					<target>${java.version}</target>
+					<aspectLibraries>
+						<aspectLibrary>
+							<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+							<artifactId>authorization-control-library</artifactId>
+						</aspectLibrary>
+					</aspectLibraries>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>compile</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-</project>
+</project>

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/HelloWorldInitializator.java

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking;
-
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.utils.manager.SecretManagerProvider;
-import org.gcube.smartgears.ApplicationManager;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
- */
-public class HelloWorldInitializator implements ApplicationManager {
-
-	/**
-	 * Logger
-	 */
-	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloWorldInitializator.class);
-	
-	public static boolean initialised;
-	
-	/** 
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public synchronized void onInit() {
-		
-		String context = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
-		
-		logger.trace(
-				"\n-------------------------------------------------------\n"
-				+ "Hello World Service is Starting on context {}\n"
-				+ "-------------------------------------------------------",
-				context);
-		
-//		ApplicationContext applicationContext = ContextProvider.get();
-//		String helloWorldEServiceID  = applicationContext.id();
-		
-		logger.trace(
-				"\n-------------------------------------------------------\n"
-				+ "Hello World Service Started Successfully on context {}\n"
-				+ "-------------------------------------------------------",
-				context);
-		
-	}
-	
-	/** 
-	 * {@inheritDoc} 
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public synchronized void onShutdown(){
-		
-		String context = SecretManagerProvider.instance.get().getContext();
-		
-		logger.trace(
-				"\n-------------------------------------------------------\n"
-				+ "Hello World Service is Stopping on context {}\n"
-				+ "-------------------------------------------------------", 
-				context);
-		
-		
-		logger.trace(
-				"\n-------------------------------------------------------\n"
-				+ "Hello World Service Stopped Successfully on context {}\n"
-				+ "-------------------------------------------------------", 
-				context);
-	}
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ResourceInitializer.java

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;
-
-import org.gcube.acme.rest.HelloWorld;
-import org.gcube.smartgears.annotations.ManagedBy;
-import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
-
-/**
- * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
- */
-@ApplicationPath("/")
-@ManagedBy(HelloWorldInitializator.class)
-public class ResourceInitializer extends ResourceConfig {
-	
-	public ResourceInitializer() {
-		packages(HelloWorld.class.getPackage().toString());
-	}
-	
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/SocialServiceApplicationManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.IdmClientFactory;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.is.IsServerConfig;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ApplicationManager;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.Mode;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.InfrastructureUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim
+ */
+public class SocialServiceApplicationManager implements ApplicationManager {
+	Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocialServiceApplicationManager.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void onInit() {
+		Secret isSecret = InfrastructureUtils.getSecretForInfrastructure();
+		IdmClientFactory factory = IdmClientFactory.getSingleton();
+		factory.setSecret(isSecret);
+
+		String baseurl = "http://146.48.85.179:9999/idm-service/";
+		IsServerConfig config = new IsServerConfig(baseurl);
+		factory.setConfig(config);
+
+		if (ContextProvider.get().container().configuration().mode() == Mode.offline) {
+
+			logger.debug("init called in offline mode");
+		} else {
+			Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+			if (secret != null) {
+				logger.debug("init called in context {}", secret.getContext());
+			} else {
+				logger.debug("init called in null context");
+			}
+		}
+
+		//setting cassandra connection
+		CassandraConnection conn = CassandraConnection.getInstance();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void onShutdown() {
+		if (ContextProvider.get().container().configuration().mode() == Mode.offline) {
+			logger.debug("shutDown called in offline mode");
+		} else {
+			Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+			if (secret != null) {
+				logger.debug("shutDown called in context {}", secret.getContext());
+			} else {
+				logger.debug("shutDown called in null context");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/caches/CachesManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.caches;
+
+import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
+import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
+
+/**
+ * Handle caches via Ehcache
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class CachesManager {
+
+	private static CacheManager cacheManager;
+	public static final CachesManager singleton = new CachesManager();
+
+	// the following caches are declared within the ehcache.xml (no default is available)
+	public static final String SOCIAL_NETWORKING_SITES_CACHE = "social_networking_site_cache";
+	public static final String USERS_CACHE = "users_cache";
+	public static final String GROUPS_CACHE = "groups_cache";
+	
+	private CachesManager(){
+		cacheManager = CacheManager.newInstance();
+	}
+
+	public static Ehcache getCache(String name){
+		return cacheManager.getEhcache(name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+		super.finalize();
+		cacheManager.shutdown();
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/caches/GroupsCache.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.caches;
+
+import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
+import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
+
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class GroupsCache {
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GroupsCache.class);
+	private static GroupsCache singleton = new GroupsCache();
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor: build the cache
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private GroupsCache(){
+
+		logger.debug("Building cache");
+		CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.GROUPS_CACHE);
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the singleton object
+	 */
+	public static GroupsCache getSingleton() {
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve an entry
+	 * @param groupId
+	 * @return user associated to the user
+	 */
+	public GCubeGroup getGroup(long groupId){
+		Ehcache groupsCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.GROUPS_CACHE);
+		if(groupsCache.get(groupId) != null)
+			return (GCubeGroup) groupsCache.get(groupId).getObjectValue();
+		else
+			return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Save an entry into the cache
+	 * @param id
+	 * @param group
+	 */
+	public void pushEntry(long id, GCubeGroup group){
+		Ehcache groupsCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.GROUPS_CACHE);
+		groupsCache.put(new Element(id, group));
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/caches/SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.caches;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingSite;
+import org.gcube.common.portal.GCubePortalConstants;
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.is.InfrastrctureServiceClient;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.InfrastructureUtils;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.VirtualGroup;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
+import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
+
+/**
+ * When a notification needs to be sent, this class offers utility to discover (starting from the scope)
+ * the site information needed to build up the SocialNetworkingSite object (which, for instance, contains the 
+ * portal email).
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class SocialNetworkingSiteFinder {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.class);
+
+	private static final String EMAIL_SENDER_SITE_CUSTOM_FIELD = "Emailsender";
+	private static final String CATEGORY = "Portal";
+
+	// these properties could be overwritten by the ones read from config.properties
+	private static String PROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = "D4Science.org Gateway";
+	private static String DEV_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = "gCube Snapshot Gateway";
+	private static String PREPROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = "D4Science Preproduction Gateway";
+
+	/**
+	 * Singleton object
+	 */
+	private static SocialNetworkingSiteFinder singleton = new SocialNetworkingSiteFinder();
+
+	/**
+	 * Build the singleton instance
+	 */
+	private SocialNetworkingSiteFinder(){
+
+		// read fallback properties
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Trying to read config.properties");
+			ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+			InputStream input = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("config.properties");
+			Properties properties = new Properties();
+			properties.load(input);
+			PROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = properties.getProperty("PROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY");
+			DEV_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = properties.getProperty("DEV_FALLBACK_GATEWAY");
+			PREPROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY = properties.getProperty("PREPROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY");
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.warn("Failed to read config.properties...", e);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the singleton instance
+	 */
+	public static SocialNetworkingSiteFinder getInstance(){
+
+		return singleton;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the SocialNetworkingSite given the scope
+	 * @param scope
+	 * @return 
+	 */
+	public static SocialNetworkingSite getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(String scope){
+		
+	   Ehcache socialSitesCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.SOCIAL_NETWORKING_SITES_CACHE);
+
+		if(scope == null || scope.isEmpty())
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Scope cannot be null/empty");
+
+		if(socialSitesCache != null && socialSitesCache.get(scope) != null)
+			return (SocialNetworkingSite) socialSitesCache.get(scope).getObjectValue();
+		else{
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = discoverSite(scope);
+			if(socialSitesCache != null && site != null)
+				socialSitesCache.put(new Element(scope, site));
+			return site;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Discover the site for this scope
+	 * @param scope
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static SocialNetworkingSite discoverSite(String scope) {
+
+		try{
+
+			logger.info("Requested site for scope " + scope);
+			GroupManager groupManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+			long groupId = groupManager.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(scope);
+
+			GCubeGroup matchingGateway = null;
+
+			if(groupManager.isVRE(groupId)){
+
+				// get the Virtual groups for the groupid related to the scope
+
+				List<VirtualGroup> virtualGroupsOfGroup = groupManager.getVirtualGroups(groupId);
+
+				if(virtualGroupsOfGroup == null || virtualGroupsOfGroup.isEmpty())
+					throw new Exception("It seems that the VRE is not linked to any VirtualGroups");
+
+				// get the gateways
+				List<GCubeGroup> gateways = groupManager.getGateways();
+
+				if(gateways == null || gateways.isEmpty())
+					throw new Exception("It seems there is no gateway here!");
+
+				logger.info("Retrieved Gateways are " + gateways);
+
+				// now, retrieve the virtual groups for each gateway and stop when a VG matches with one of the group
+				// then, it is the gateway of interest
+				ext_loop: for (GCubeGroup gateway : gateways) {
+					List<VirtualGroup> gatewayVirtualGroups = groupManager.getVirtualGroups(gateway.getGroupId());
+					if(gatewayVirtualGroups != null && !gatewayVirtualGroups.isEmpty()){
+						for (VirtualGroup gatewayVirtualGroup : gatewayVirtualGroups) {
+							if(virtualGroupsOfGroup.contains(gatewayVirtualGroup)){
+								logger.debug("Matching gateway for scope " + scope + " is " + gateway);
+								matchingGateway = gateway;
+								break ext_loop;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+			}else{
+
+				List<GCubeGroup> gateways = groupManager.getGateways();
+
+				// vo and root vo cases are treated separately: in production environment services.d4science.org is used, instead
+				// in dev next.d4science.org is used TODO better way...
+				ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get(); // get this info from SmartGears
+				String rootContext = "/"+ctx.container().configuration().infrastructure();
+				String matchingGatewayName = null;
+				if(isDevOrPreprod(rootContext)){
+					matchingGatewayName = DEV_FALLBACK_GATEWAY;
+				}else{
+					matchingGatewayName = PROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY;
+				}
+
+				// find the matching one among the gateways
+				for (GCubeGroup gateway : gateways) {
+					if(gateway.getGroupName().equals(matchingGatewayName)){
+						matchingGateway = gateway;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if(matchingGateway == null && isDevOrPreprod(rootContext)){
+
+					logger.warn("Checking if it is the preprod environment");
+					matchingGatewayName = PREPROD_FALLBACK_GATEWAY;
+					// find the matching one among the gateways
+					for (GCubeGroup gateway : gateways) {
+						if(gateway.getGroupName().equals(matchingGatewayName)){
+							matchingGateway = gateway;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+
+				}
+
+			}
+
+			if(matchingGateway == null){
+				logger.warn("There is no gateway for such scope. Returning null");
+				return null;
+			}else{
+				String siteName = matchingGateway.getGroupName();
+				String emailSender = (String)groupManager.readCustomAttr(matchingGateway.getGroupId(), EMAIL_SENDER_SITE_CUSTOM_FIELD);
+				emailSender = emailSender.replace("\"", ""); //this is because otherwise it would contains double quotes and postfix would use it as first part before @ e.g. senderEmail="aginfra@d4science.org"@d4science.org
+				String siteLandingPagePath = GCubePortalConstants.PREFIX_GROUP_URL + matchingGateway.getFriendlyURL();
+				String siteUrl = discoverHostOfServiceEndpoint(siteName);
+				SocialNetworkingSite site = new SocialNetworkingSite(siteName, emailSender, siteUrl, siteLandingPagePath);
+				logger.info("Site is " + site);
+				return site;
+			}
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to determine the SocialNetworkingSite for scope " + scope, e);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isDevOrPreprod(String rootContext) {
+		return (rootContext.equals("/gcube") || rootContext.equals("/pred4s"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve endpoint host from IS for this gateway
+	 * @return the host for the gateway
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private static String discoverHostOfServiceEndpoint(String gatewayName){
+
+		// String RUNTIME_RESOURCE_NAME = "identity-manager";
+        // String CATEGORY = "org.gcube.auth";
+        // String END_POINT_NAME = "d4science";
+        // boolean IS_ROOT_SERVICE = true;
+
+		Secret secret = InfrastructureUtils.getSecretForInfrastructure();
+		List<ServiceEndpoint> resources = InfrastrctureServiceClient.getEndopintsFromIS(gatewayName, CATEGORY, true, secret);
+		ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint = resources.get(0);
+		String host = "https://" + serviceEndpoint.profile().runtime().hostedOn();
+		logger.info("Gateway host is " + host);
+
+        // IsServerConfig cfg = InfrastrctureServiceClient.serviceConfigFromIS(gatewayName, CATEGORY,
+        //         END_POINT_NAME, IS_ROOT_SERVICE, current_secret);
+
+
+
+		// String currentScope = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
+		// ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get(); // get this info from SmartGears
+		// ScopeProvider.instance.set("/"+ctx.container().configuration().infrastructure());
+		// String host = null;
+		// try{
+
+		// 	SimpleQuery query = queryFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		// 	query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Name/text() eq '"+ gatewayName +"'");
+		// 	query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Category/text() eq '"+ CATEGORY +"'");
+		// 	DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		// 	List<ServiceEndpoint> toReturn = client.submit(query);
+		// 	for (ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint : toReturn) {
+		// 		host = "https://" + serviceEndpoint.profile().runtime().hostedOn();
+		// 		logger.info("Gateway host is " + host);
+		// 		break;
+		// 	}
+
+		// }catch(Exception e){
+		// 	logger.error("Error while retrieving host for the gateway " + gatewayName);
+		// }finally{
+		// 	ScopeProvider.instance.set(currentScope);
+		// }
+
+		return host;
+
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/caches/UsersCache.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.caches;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
+import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This cache will store GCubeUser of the users of the infrastructure as couples {user-id, user screename}
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class UsersCache{
+
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UsersCache.class);
+	private static UsersCache singleton = new UsersCache();
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor: build the cache
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private UsersCache(){
+
+		// create a thread to build the cache
+		new Thread(){
+			public void run() {
+				try{
+					logger.debug("Fetching users and putting them into cache");
+					Ehcache usersCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.USERS_CACHE);
+					GroupManager groupManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+					UserManager userManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+					ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get(); // get this info from SmartGears
+					List<GCubeUser> users = userManager.listUsersByGroup(groupManager.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope("/"+ctx.container().configuration().infrastructure()));
+					for (GCubeUser gCubeUser : users) {
+						usersCache.put(new Element(gCubeUser.getUserId(), gCubeUser));
+					}
+				}catch(Exception e){
+					logger.error("Unable to retrieve user's usernames. Other users will be discovered later on", e);
+				}
+			}
+		}.start();
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the singleton object
+	 */
+	public static UsersCache getSingleton() {
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve an entry
+	 * @param userId
+	 * @return user associated to the user
+	 */
+	public GCubeUser getUser(long userId){
+		Ehcache usersCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.USERS_CACHE);
+		if(usersCache.get(userId) != null)
+			return (GCubeUser) usersCache.get(userId).getObjectValue();
+		else
+			return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Save an entry into the cache
+	 * @param id
+	 * @param user
+	 */
+	public void pushEntry(long id, GCubeUser user){
+		Ehcache usersCache = CachesManager.getCache(CachesManager.USERS_CACHE);
+		usersCache.put(new Element(id, user));
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/liferay/ws/GroupManagerWSBuilder.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws;
+
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.ws.LiferayWSGroupManager;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class that builds a (singleton) GroupManagerWS object.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class GroupManagerWSBuilder {
+	
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GroupManagerWSBuilder.class);
+	private static GroupManagerWSBuilder singleton = new GroupManagerWSBuilder();
+	private static GroupManager groupManagerWs;
+
+	private GroupManagerWSBuilder(){
+
+		logger.debug("Building GroupManager please wait");
+
+		try{
+			groupManagerWs = new LiferayWSGroupManager(
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPassword(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getHost(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getSchema(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPort());
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to build the GroupManager. ", e);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		logger.debug("GroupManager instance built");
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the user manager instance
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupManager getGroupManager(){
+		return groupManagerWs;
+	}
+	
+	public static GroupManagerWSBuilder getInstance(){
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/liferay/ws/LiferayJSONWsCredentials.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws;
+
+import static org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory.clientFor;
+import static org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory.queryFor;
+
+import java.rmi.ServerException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.is.InfrastrctureServiceClient;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.is.IsServerConfig;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.SimpleQuery;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.InfrastructureUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.NotFoundException;
+
+/**
+ * This is a singleton bean instantiated at service start up. It contains
+ * the credentials of the user who is allowed to perform calls to Liferay.
+ * Its credentials are looked up from the infrastructure.
+ * 
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class LiferayJSONWsCredentials {
+
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.class);
+
+	// the singleton obj
+	private static LiferayJSONWsCredentials singleton = new LiferayJSONWsCredentials();
+
+	// properties that it contains
+	private String host;
+	private String schema;
+	private String user;
+	private String password;
+	private int port;
+
+	// The token of the user used to send notifications/messages when an application
+	// token is provided. (will be read from web.xml)
+	private String notifierUserToken;
+
+	// Service endpoint properties
+
+	private final static String RUNTIME_RESOURCE_NAME = "D4Science Infrastructure Gateway";
+	private final static String CATEGORY = "Portal";
+	private final static String END_POINT_NAME = "JSONWSUser";
+	private final static boolean IS_ROOT_SERVICE = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor
+	 */
+	private LiferayJSONWsCredentials() {
+		logger.debug("Building LiferayJSONWsCredentials object");
+		loadNotifierToken();
+		lookupPropertiesFromIs();
+		logger.debug("LiferayJSONWsCredentials object built");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load the token of the notifier user
+	 */
+	private void loadNotifierToken() {
+		try {
+			notifierUserToken = ServletContextClass.getNotifierToken();
+			logger.debug("Token read " + notifierUserToken.substring(0, 5) + "*********************");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Failed to read notifier user token!", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read the properties from the infrastructure
+	 */
+	private void lookupPropertiesFromIs() {
+		Secret secret = InfrastructureUtils.getSecretForInfrastructure();
+
+		IsServerConfig cfg;
+		try {
+			cfg = InfrastrctureServiceClient.serviceConfigFromIS(RUNTIME_RESOURCE_NAME, CATEGORY,
+					END_POINT_NAME, IS_ROOT_SERVICE, secret);
+		} catch (NotFoundException | ServerException e) {
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such service endpoint information!", e);
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		host = cfg.getServerUrl();
+		schema = cfg.getProperty("schema");
+		user = cfg.getProperty("username");
+
+		password = cfg.getProperty("password");
+
+		// TODO: check if needs to be decrypted
+		// password = StringEncrypter.getEncrypter().decrypt(passsword);
+
+		port = Integer.valueOf(cfg.getProperty("port"));
+
+		logger.debug("Bean built " + toString());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve endpoints information from IS for DB
+	 * 
+	 * @return list of endpoints for ckan database
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private List<ServiceEndpoint> getConfigurationFromIS() throws Exception {
+
+		SimpleQuery query = queryFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Name/text() eq '" + RUNTIME_RESOURCE_NAME + "'");
+		query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Category/text() eq '" + CATEGORY + "'");
+		DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		List<ServiceEndpoint> toReturn = client.submit(query);
+		return toReturn;
+
+	}
+
+	public static LiferayJSONWsCredentials getSingleton() {
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+	public String getHost() {
+		return host;
+	}
+
+	public String getSchema() {
+		return schema;
+	}
+
+	public String getUser() {
+		return user;
+	}
+
+	public String getPassword() {
+		return password;
+	}
+
+	public int getPort() {
+		return port;
+	}
+
+	public String getNotifierUserToken() {
+		return notifierUserToken;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "LiferayJSONWsCredentials [host=" + host + ", schema=" + schema
+				+ ", user=" + user + ", password=" + password + ", port="
+				+ port + ", notifierUserToken=" + notifierUserToken + "]";
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/liferay/ws/RoleManagerWSBuilder.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws;
+
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.RoleManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.ws.LiferayWSRoleManager;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class that builds a (singleton) UserManagerWS object.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class RoleManagerWSBuilder {
+	
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserManagerWSBuilder.class);
+	private static RoleManagerWSBuilder singleton = new RoleManagerWSBuilder();
+	private RoleManager roleManagerWs;
+
+	private RoleManagerWSBuilder(){
+
+		logger.debug("Building UserManager please wait");
+
+		try{
+			roleManagerWs = new LiferayWSRoleManager(
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPassword(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getHost(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getSchema(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPort());
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to build the UserManager. ", e);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		logger.debug("UserManager instance built");
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the role manager instance
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public RoleManager getRoleManager(){
+		return roleManagerWs;
+	}
+	
+	public static RoleManagerWSBuilder getInstance(){
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/liferay/ws/ServletContextClass.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
+
+/**
+ * Loaded at start up. This class performs some init - to be done once - operations.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class ServletContextClass implements ServletContextListener
+{
+	
+	private static String notifierToken;
+	
+	public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent arg0) {
+		
+		// get the token and save it
+		notifierToken = arg0.getServletContext().getInitParameter("NOTIFIER_TOKEN");
+		
+		// start the thread to retrieve infrastructure users (which is, build up the singleton)
+		//UsersCache.getSingleton();
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent arg0){ 
+		// on shutdown
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the token of the Liferay's User.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static String getNotifierToken() {
+		return notifierToken;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/liferay/ws/UserManagerWSBuilder.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws;
+
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.ws.LiferayWSUserManager;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class that builds a (singleton) UserManagerWS object.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class UserManagerWSBuilder {
+
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserManagerWSBuilder.class);
+	private static UserManagerWSBuilder singleton = new UserManagerWSBuilder();
+	private UserManager userManagerWs;
+
+	private UserManagerWSBuilder(){
+
+		logger.debug("Building UserManager please wait");
+
+		try{
+			userManagerWs = new LiferayWSUserManager(
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPassword(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getHost(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getSchema(), 
+					LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getPort());
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to build the UserManager. ", e);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		logger.debug("UserManager instance built");
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the user manager instance
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public UserManager getUserManager(){
+		return userManagerWs;
+	}
+	
+	public static UserManagerWSBuilder getInstance(){
+		return singleton;
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/mappers/ForbiddenExceptionMapper.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.mappers;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.ResponseBean;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ForbiddenException;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+@Provider
+public class ForbiddenExceptionMapper implements ExceptionMapper<ForbiddenException> {
+
+	@Override
+	public Response toResponse(ForbiddenException exception) {
+
+		Status status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		String exceptionMessage = exception.getMessage();
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = null;
+
+		try {
+			if (exception.getCause() != null) {
+				exceptionMessage = exception.getCause().getMessage();
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			exceptionMessage = exception.getMessage();
+		}
+
+		MediaType mediaType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_TYPE;
+
+		if (WebApplicationException.class.isAssignableFrom(exception.getClass())) {
+			Response gotResponse = ((WebApplicationException) exception).getResponse();
+			Object entity = gotResponse.getEntity();
+			if (entity != null && ResponseBean.class.isAssignableFrom(entity.getClass())) {
+				responseBean = (ResponseBean) entity;
+			}
+			status = Status.fromStatusCode(gotResponse.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode());
+		}
+
+		if (responseBean == null) {
+			responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		}
+		responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		responseBean.setMessage(exceptionMessage);
+		// responseBean.set
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).type(mediaType).build();
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/mappers/IDMExceptionMapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.mappers;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.ResponseBean;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+@Provider
+public class IDMExceptionMapper implements ExceptionMapper<Exception> {
+
+	@Override
+	public Response toResponse(Exception exception) {
+
+		Status status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		String exceptionMessage = exception.getMessage();
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = null;
+
+		try {
+			if (exception.getCause() != null) {
+				exceptionMessage = exception.getCause().getMessage();
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			exceptionMessage = exception.getMessage();
+		}
+
+		MediaType mediaType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_TYPE;
+
+		if (WebApplicationException.class.isAssignableFrom(exception.getClass())) {
+			Response gotResponse = ((WebApplicationException) exception).getResponse();
+			Object entity = gotResponse.getEntity();
+			if (entity != null && ResponseBean.class.isAssignableFrom(entity.getClass())) {
+				responseBean = (ResponseBean) entity;
+			}
+			status = Status.fromStatusCode(gotResponse.getStatusInfo().getStatusCode());
+		}
+
+		if (responseBean == null) {
+			responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		}
+		responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		responseBean.setMessage(exceptionMessage);
+		// responseBean.set
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).type(mediaType).build();
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Attachments.java

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Attachment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Like;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-
-@Path("attachments")
-@ResourceGroup("Attachments APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Attachments APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Attachments {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveAttachmentEntry(Attachment toSave) {
-
-    }
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Comments.java

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-import java.util.List;
-
-@Path("comments")
-@ResourceGroup("Comments APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Comments APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Comments {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void addComment(Comment comment) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void readComment(@PathParam("id") String id) {
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void editComment(@PathParam("id") String id, Comment comment) {
-
-    }
-
-    @DELETE
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void deleteComment(@PathParam("id") String id) {
-
-    }
-
-    //the following two methods had vreid why?
-    @POST
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveHashTagsComment(@PathParam("id") String commentId, List<String> hashtags) {
-
-    }
-
-    @DELETE
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void deleteHashTagsComment(@PathParam("id") String commentId, List<String> hashtags) {
-
-    }
-
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/HelloWorld.java

@@ -1,94 +1,26 @@
 package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
-import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
-import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
-import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.POST;
-import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
-import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
-import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.annotations.ManagedBy;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.SocialServiceApplicationManager;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.CommentIDNotFoundException;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
-@Path("comments")
-@ResourceGroup("Comments APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Comments APIs")
-@RequestHeaders ({
-	  @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
+@Path("test")
+@ManagedBy(SocialServiceApplicationManager.class)
 public class HelloWorld {
-
-	@POST
-	@Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	@Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	public void addComment(Comment comment) {
-
-	}
+	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloWorld.class);
 
 	@GET
-	@Path("/{id}")
-	@Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	public void readComment(@PathParam("id") String id) {
-
+	@Path("/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	public String test(){
+		logger.info("/social-service/test/ here");
+		return "{\"result\":\"funziona!!!\"}";
 	}
 
-	@PUT
-	@Path("/{id}")
-	@Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	@Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	public void editComment(@PathParam("id") String id, Comment comment) {
-
-	}
-
-	@DELETE
-	@Path("/{id}")
-	@Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-	public void deleteComment(@PathParam("id") String id) {
-
-	}
-	
-	@POST
-	@Produces("application/json;charset=UTF-8")
-	@Consumes("application/json;charset=UTF-8")
-	public String create(String json) {
-		//Greeting g = new Greeting();
-		//return g.create(json); 
-		return "{\"text\":\"hi\"}";
-
-	}
-	
-	@PUT
-	@Path("/{greeting_name}")
-	@Consumes("application/json;charset=UTF-8")
-	@Produces("application/json;charset=UTF-8")
-	@StatusCodes ({
-		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "The greeting has been updated successfully.")
-	})
-//	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles={"boss"}, exception=NotAuthorizedException.class)
-	public String update(@PathParam("greeting_name") String name, String json) {
-		return "{}";
-	}
-	
-	
-	@DELETE
-	@Path("/{greeting_name}")
-	@StatusCodes ({
-		@ResponseCode ( code = 204, condition = "The item has been deleted successfully."),
-		@ResponseCode ( code = 404, condition = "The item was not found.")
-	})
-	public String delete(@PathParam("greeting_name") String name) {
-		return "{}";
-	}
 }

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/HelloWorldExceptionMapper.java

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
-import javax.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
-import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 
 /**
  * @author Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/IdmRest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
+
+import java.rmi.ServerException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.IdmClientFactory;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.IdmMeClient;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.IdmUsersClient;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.SearchUsersParams;
+import org.gcube.idm.client.model.UserInfo;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.models.IdmFullUser;
+import org.gcube.idm.common.models.IdmUser;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.utils.InfrastructureUtils;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+@Path("/idm")
+@RequestHeaders({
+        @RequestHeader(name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
+})
+public class IdmRest {
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/me")
+    @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+    public Response test() throws ServerException {
+
+        IdmClientFactory factory = IdmClientFactory.getSingleton();
+
+        String token = InfrastructureUtils.getAccessToken();
+
+        IdmMeClient client = factory.meClient(token);
+
+        UserInfo user = client.getMe();
+
+        HashMap<String, Object> resp = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+        resp.put("result", user);
+
+        try {
+            String jsonData = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resp);
+            return Response.ok(jsonData).build();
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return Response.serverError().build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/{username}/")
+    @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+    public Response getUser(
+            @PathParam("username") String username) throws ServerException {
+
+        IdmClientFactory factory = IdmClientFactory.getSingleton();
+
+        String token = InfrastructureUtils.getAccessToken();
+
+        IdmUsersClient client = factory.userClient(token);
+
+        UserInfo user = client.getUser(username);
+
+        HashMap<String, Object> resp = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+        resp.put("result", user);
+
+        try {
+            String jsonData = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resp);
+            return Response.ok(jsonData).build();
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return Response.serverError().build();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/{search}/")
+    @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+    public Response searchUsers(
+            @QueryParam("format") @DefaultValue("username") IdmUser.USERS_REPR format,
+            @QueryParam("exact") @DefaultValue("true") Boolean exact,
+            @QueryParam("username") String username,
+            @QueryParam("firstName") String firstName,
+            @QueryParam("lastName") String lastName,
+            @QueryParam("email") String email,
+            @QueryParam("first") @DefaultValue("0") int firstResult,
+            @QueryParam("max") @DefaultValue("100") int maxResults,
+            @QueryParam("enabled") @DefaultValue("true") Boolean enabled
+
+    ) throws ServerException {
+
+        IdmClientFactory factory = IdmClientFactory.getSingleton();
+
+        String token = InfrastructureUtils.getAccessToken();
+
+        IdmUsersClient client = factory.userClient(token);
+
+        SearchUsersParams params = new SearchUsersParams();
+
+        if (exact != null)
+            params.exact = exact;
+
+        if (username != null)
+            params.username = username;
+
+        if (firstName != null)
+            params.firstName = firstName;
+
+        if (lastName != null)
+            params.lastName = lastName;
+
+        if (email != null)
+            params.email = email;
+
+        if (enabled != null)
+            params.enabled = enabled;
+
+        Object resp = null;
+
+        if (format.equals(IdmUser.USERS_REPR.compact)) {
+            List<IdmUser> users = client.searchUsers(firstResult, maxResults, params);
+            resp = users;
+        }
+
+        if (format.equals(IdmUser.USERS_REPR.full)) {
+            List<IdmFullUser> users = client.searchFullUsers(firstResult, maxResults, params);
+            resp = users;
+        }
+
+        if (format.equals(IdmUser.USERS_REPR.username)) {
+            List<String> users = client.searchUsernames(firstResult, maxResults, params);
+            resp = users;
+        }
+
+        if (format.equals(IdmUser.USERS_REPR.email)) {
+            List<String> users = client.searchEmails(firstResult, maxResults, params);
+            resp = users;
+        }
+
+
+
+        try
+
+        {
+            String jsonData = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resp);
+            return Response.ok(jsonData).build();
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return Response.serverError().build();
+        }
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Invites.java

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Invite;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Notification;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-
-@Path("invites")
-@ResourceGroup("Invites APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Invites APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Invites {
-
-    @POST
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveInvite(Invite invite) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void readInvite(@PathParam("id") String inviteid) {
-
-    }
-
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Likes.java

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Like;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Notification;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-
-@Path("likes")
-@ResourceGroup("Likes APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Likes APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Likes {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void like(Like like) {
-
-    }
-
-    //had other params why?
-    @DELETE
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void unlike(@PathParam("id") String likeid) {
-
-    }
-
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Notifications.java

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Notification;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-
-@Path("notifications")
-@ResourceGroup("Notifications APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Notifications APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Notifications {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveNotification(Notification notification) {
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void setNotificationRead(@PathParam("id") String notid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void readNotification(@PathParam("id") String notid) {
-
-    }
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Posts.java

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Attachment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-import java.util.List;
-
-@Path("posts")
-@ResourceGroup("Posts APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Posts APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Posts {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/postuser")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveUserPost(Post post) {
-
-    }
-
-    @POST
-    @Path("/postuser")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveUserPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments){
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void deletePost(@PathParam("id") String postid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @POST
-    @Path("/postapp")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveAppPost(Post post) {
-
-    }
-
-    @POST
-    @Path("/postapp/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveAppPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments){
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void readPost(@PathParam("id") String postid){
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/portalprivacy")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllPortalPrivacyLevelPosts(){
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/comments")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllCommentByPost(@PathParam("id") String postid){
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/likes")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllLikesByPost(@PathParam("id") String postid){
-
-    }
-
-
-    //the following two methods had vreid why?
-    @POST
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void saveHashTags(@PathParam("id") String postid, List<String> hashtags) {
-
-    }
-
-    @DELETE
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void deleteHashTagsComment(@PathParam("id") String postid, List<String> hashtags) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/attachments")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAttachmentsByPostId(@PathParam("id") String postid) {
-
-    }
-
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/TestRest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+@Path("/test")
+@ResourceGroup("Comments APIs")
+@ResourceLabel("Comments APIs")
+@RequestHeaders({
+		@RequestHeader(name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
+})
+public class TestRest {
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("/test")
+	@Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+	public Response test() {
+
+		HashMap<String, Object> resp = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+		resp.put("result", "funziona");
+
+		try {
+			String jsonData = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(resp);
+			return Response.ok(jsonData).build();
+		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return Response.serverError().build();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Users.java

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteStatus;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationChannelType;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationType;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-@Path("entities")
-@ResourceGroup("Users & Apps APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("Users & Apps APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Users {
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllPostsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("apps/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllPostsByApp(@PathParam("id") String appid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/posts/comments")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentCommentedPostsByUserAndDate(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("time") long timeInMillis) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentPostsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentPostsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("time") long timeInMillis) {
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void setAllNotificationReadByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getUnreadNotificationsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notificationchannels")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getUserNotificationChannels(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("type") NotificationType notificationType) {
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("users/{id}/notificationpreferences")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void setUserNotificationPreferences(@PathParam("id") String userid, Map<NotificationType, NotificationChannelType[]> enabledChannels) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notificationpreferences")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getUserNotificationPreferences(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/comments")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentCommentsByUserAndDate(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("time") long timeInMillis) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/likes")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllLikedPostIdsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/likes")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllLikedPostsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/posts/likes")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentLikedPostsByUserAndDate(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("time") long timeInMillis) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllNotificationByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRangeNotificationsByUser(@PathParam("id") String userid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit,  @QueryParam("from") int from) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications/unread")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void checkUnreadNotifications(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("users/{id}/notifications/unread/messages")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void checkUnreadMessagesNotifications(@PathParam("id") String userid) {
-
-    }
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/Vres.java

@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-package org.gcube.social_networking.rest;
-
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceGroup;
-import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResourceLabel;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteStatus;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
-
-import javax.ws.rs.*;
-
-@Path("vres")
-@ResourceGroup("VREs APIs")
-@ResourceLabel("VREs APIs")
-@RequestHeaders({
-        @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see <a href=\"https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources\">https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources</a>")
-})
-public class Vres {
-    @POST
-    @Path("/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void savePostToVRETimeline(@PathParam("id") String vreid, Post post) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllPostsByVRE(@PathParam("id") String vreid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentPostsByVRE(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getRecentPostsByVREAndRange(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @QueryParam("limit") int limit, @QueryParam("from") int from) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getVREHashtagsWithOccurrence(@PathParam("id") String vreid) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getVREHashtagsWithOccurrenceFilteredByTime(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @QueryParam("time") long timestamp) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/hashtags/{hashtag}/posts")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getVREPostsByHashtag(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @PathParam("hashtag") String hashtag) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}/email/{email}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void isExistingInvite(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @PathParam("email") String email) {
-
-    }
-
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/{id}/email/{email}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void setInviteStatus(@PathParam("id") String vreid, @PathParam("email") String email, InviteStatus status) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/{id}")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    @Consumes({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getInvitedEmailsByVRE(@PathParam("id") String vreid, InviteStatus... status) {
-
-    }
-
-    @GET
-    @Path("/")
-    @Produces({"application/json;charset=UTF-8", "application/vnd.api+json"})
-    public void getAllVREIds() {
-
-    }
-}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/AuthenticatedService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples;
+
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.control.annotations.AuthorizationControl;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.utils.InnerMethodName;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lucio Lelii (ISTI - CNR)
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI - CNR)
+ */
+
+@Path("auth")
+public class AuthenticatedService {
+
+	private static final String ALLOWED_ROLE = "myRole";
+	private static final String ALLOWED_ROLE_ORG = "OrganizationMember";
+	private static final String ALLOWED_ROLE_MEMBER = "Member";
+
+	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles = { ALLOWED_ROLE_ORG })
+	@GET
+	@Path("org_member")
+	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+	public String authorizedOrg() {
+		InnerMethodName.set("auth");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String userId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		return String.format(
+				"User %s in context %s is authorized to execute this method because he has the role %s", userId,
+				context, ALLOWED_ROLE_ORG);
+	}
+
+	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles = { ALLOWED_ROLE_MEMBER })
+	@GET
+	@Path("member")
+	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+	public String authorizedMember() {
+		InnerMethodName.set("auth");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String userId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		return String.format(
+				"User %s in context %s is authorized to execute this method because he has the role %s", userId,
+				context, ALLOWED_ROLE_MEMBER);
+	}
+
+	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles = { ALLOWED_ROLE })
+	@GET
+	@Path("")
+	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+	public String authorized() {
+		InnerMethodName.set("auth");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String userId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		return String.format(
+				"User %s in context %s is authorized to execute this method because he has the role %s", userId,
+				context, ALLOWED_ROLE);
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/ExcludeAuthorizationService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Path("guest")
+public class ExcludeAuthorizationService {
+
+	private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExcludeAuthorizationService.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * this method doesn't need authorization and the SecretManagerProvider is null
+	 * see to implement this behavior add to excludes section in your
+	 * application.yaml
+	 * 
+	 * - path: /{path-to-your-method-path}
+	 * 
+	 * example for this method
+	 * 
+	 * - path: /excluded
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@GET
+	public String exludedMethod() {
+		logger.info("executed whithout any authorization");
+		return "executed whithout any authorization";
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/HelloService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.gcube.common.security.Owner;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.utils.InnerMethodName;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers.IdmObjectSerializator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Lucio Lelii (ISTI-CNR)
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ */
+
+@Path("")
+public class HelloService {
+
+	private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloService.class);
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("hello")
+	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+	public String hello() {
+		InnerMethodName.set("hello");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String userId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+
+		String infrastructureName = ContextProvider.get().container().configuration().infrastructure();
+		logger.info("caller id is {}", userId);
+		return String.format("Hello %s in context %s in infastructure %s -roles %s", userId, context,
+				infrastructureName, secret.getOwner().getRoles());
+	}
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("details")
+	@Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+	public Response details() {
+		InnerMethodName.set("details");
+
+		Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		data.put("context", context);
+
+		Owner owner = secret.getOwner();
+	
+		data.put("owner", owner);
+
+		// ContainerContext container = ContextProvider.get().container();
+		// data.put("container", container);
+
+		ObjectMapper objectMapper = IdmObjectSerializator.getSerializer();
+
+		try {
+			String jsonData = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(data);
+			return Response.ok(jsonData).build();
+
+		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return Response.serverError().build();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/ContainerConfigurationSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.container.ContainerConfiguration;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson serializer for ContainerConfiguration
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class ContainerConfigurationSerializer extends StdSerializer<ContainerConfiguration> {
+    protected ContainerConfigurationSerializer(Class<ContainerConfiguration> t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public ContainerConfigurationSerializer() {
+        super(ContainerConfiguration.class, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(ContainerConfiguration configuration, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+            throws IOException {
+        jgen.writeStartObject();
+        jgen.writeObjectField("mode", configuration.mode());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("app", configuration.apps());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("site", configuration.site());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("infrastructure", configuration.infrastructure());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("hostname", configuration.hostname());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("port", configuration.port());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("protocol", configuration.protocol());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("authorizeChildrenContext", configuration.authorizeChildrenContext());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("proxy", configuration.proxy());
+
+        jgen.writeObjectField("desc", configuration.toString());
+
+        jgen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/ContainerContextSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.container.ContainerContext;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson serializer for ContainerContext
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class ContainerContextSerializer extends StdSerializer<ContainerContext> {
+    protected ContainerContextSerializer(Class<ContainerContext> t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public ContainerContextSerializer() {
+        super(ContainerContext.class, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(ContainerContext ccontext, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+            throws IOException {
+        jgen.writeStartObject();
+        jgen.writeStringField("id", ccontext.id());
+        // jgen.writeObjectField("configuration.site", ccontext.configuration().site());
+        // jgen.writeObjectField("configuration", ccontext.configuration());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("properties", ccontext.properties());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("authorizationProvider", ccontext.authorizationProvider());
+
+        jgen.writeObjectField("configuration", ccontext.configuration());
+        jgen.writeObjectField("desc", ccontext.toString());
+
+        jgen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/IdmObjectSerializator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.container.ContainerConfiguration;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.container.ContainerContext;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.security.SimpleCredentials;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson Serialization utils for Smartgear Context classes
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class IdmObjectSerializator {
+    private static ObjectMapper serializer = null;
+
+    protected static TypeReference<HashMap<String, Object>> typeRefHashmap = new TypeReference<HashMap<String, Object>>() {
+    };
+
+    public static String decodeBase64String(String encodedString) {
+        return new String(Base64.getUrlDecoder().decode(encodedString), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    public static HashMap<String, Object> jsonStringToHasmap(String jsonString)
+            throws IOException {
+        return getSerializer().readValue(jsonString, typeRefHashmap);
+    }
+
+    public static ObjectMapper getSerializer() {
+        if (serializer == null) {
+            ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+            SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
+            // module.addSerializer(Owner.class, new OwnerSerializer());
+
+            module.addSerializer(ContainerConfiguration.class, new ContainerConfigurationSerializer());
+            module.addSerializer(ContainerContext.class, new ContainerContextSerializer());
+            module.addSerializer(SimpleCredentials.class, new SimpleCredentialsSerializer());
+
+            // DecodedJWT serialization
+            //om.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
+            serializer = om;
+        }
+        return serializer;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/OwnerSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.Owner;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson serializer for Owner
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class OwnerSerializer extends StdSerializer<Owner> {
+
+    protected OwnerSerializer(Class<Owner> t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public OwnerSerializer() {
+        super(Owner.class, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(Owner owner, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
+        jgen.writeStartObject();
+        jgen.writeStringField("ownerId", owner.getId());
+        jgen.writeStringField("clientName", owner.getClientName());
+        jgen.writeArrayFieldStart("roles");
+        for (String role : owner.getRoles()) {
+            jgen.writeString(role);
+        }
+        jgen.writeEndArray();
+        jgen.writeStringField("email", owner.getEmail());
+        jgen.writeStringField("firstName", owner.getFirstName());
+        jgen.writeStringField("lastName", owner.getLastName());
+        jgen.writeBooleanField("externalClient", owner.isExternalClient());
+        jgen.writeStringField("contactPerson", owner.getClientName());
+        jgen.writeStringField("contactOrganisation", owner.getContactOrganisation());
+
+        jgen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/ServiceEndpointAccessPointSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.gcube.common.encryption.encrypter.StringEncrypter;
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson serializer for ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class ServiceEndpointAccessPointSerializer extends StdSerializer<ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint> {
+
+    protected ServiceEndpointAccessPointSerializer(Class<ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint> t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public ServiceEndpointAccessPointSerializer() {
+        super(ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint.class, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint accessPoint, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+            throws IOException {
+        jgen.writeStartObject();
+
+        String error = null;
+        String clientSecret = null;
+        try {
+            clientSecret = StringEncrypter.getEncrypter().decrypt(accessPoint.password());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            error = e.getMessage();
+        }
+
+        jgen.writeStringField("address", accessPoint.address());
+        jgen.writeStringField("name", accessPoint.name());
+        jgen.writeStringField("description", accessPoint.description());
+
+        try {
+            jgen.writeStringField("username", accessPoint.username());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            jgen.writeStringField("username", null);
+        }
+        try {
+            jgen.writeStringField("tostring", accessPoint.toString());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            jgen.writeStringField("tostring", null);
+        }
+        if (error != null) {
+            jgen.writeStringField("key_error", error);
+            jgen.writeBooleanField("key_decoded", false);
+        } else {
+            jgen.writeBooleanField("key_decoded", true);
+        }
+        jgen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/rest/examples/serializers/SimpleCredentialsSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.rest.examples.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.security.SimpleCredentials;
+
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson serializer for SimpleCredentials
+ * 
+ * @author Alfredo Oliviero (ISTI-CNR)
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class SimpleCredentialsSerializer extends StdSerializer<SimpleCredentials> {
+
+    protected SimpleCredentialsSerializer(Class<SimpleCredentials> t) {
+        super(t);
+    }
+
+    public SimpleCredentialsSerializer() {
+        super(SimpleCredentials.class, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(SimpleCredentials credentials, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+            throws IOException {
+        jgen.writeStartObject();
+        jgen.writeStringField("clientId", credentials.getClientID());
+        jgen.writeStringField("secret", "[*****]");
+        jgen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/server/CassandraCluster.java

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.portal.GCubePortalConstants;
 import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
 import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint.AccessPoint;
-import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+//import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.TooManyRunningClustersException;
 import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
 import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.SimpleQuery;
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ class CassandraCluster implements Serializable {
             scope += readInfrastructureName();
             _log.debug("infrastrucute name is null, setting root scope=" + scope);
         }
-        String currScope = 	ScopeProvider.instance.get();
+        /*String currScope = 	ScopeProvider.instance.get();
         ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
         SimpleQuery query = queryFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
         query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Name/text() eq '"+ RUNTIME_RESOURCE_NAME +"'");
         query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Platform/Name/text() eq '"+ PLATFORM_NAME +"'");
         DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
         List<ServiceEndpoint> toReturn = client.submit(query);
-        ScopeProvider.instance.set(currScope);
-        return toReturn;
+        ScopeProvider.instance.set(currScope);*/
+        return null;
     }
 
     private String readInfrastructureName() {

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/server/SocialDBDriver.java

@@ -5,445 +5,435 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
 
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Attachment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Invite;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteOperationResult;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteStatus;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Like;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Notification;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationChannelType;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationType;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.RangePosts;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.CommentIDNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostIDNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostTypeNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.InviteIDNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.InviteStatusNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.LikeIDNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.NotificationIDNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.NotificationTypeNotFoundException;
-import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.*;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.*;
 
 /**
  * @author Massimiliano Assante ISTI-CNR
  * @author Costantino Perciante ISTI-CNR
  * <class>DatabookStore</class> is the high level interface for querying and adding data to DatabookStore
  */
+
 public interface SocialDBDriver {
-    /**
-     * save a Post instance in the store
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean saveUserPost(Post post);
-    /**
-     * Save a Post instance in the store having more than one attachment
-     * Use this if you need to attach more than one file to the post
-     *
-     * @param attachments a list of attachments starting from the second
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean saveUserPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments);
-    /**
-     * delete a post from the store
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean deletePost(String postid) throws PostIDNotFoundException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *  save a post in the VRES TimeLine in the store
-     * @param postKey the post id
-     * @param vreid vre identifier
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean savePostToVRETimeline(String postKey, String vreid) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * save a Post instance in the store
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean saveAppPost(Post post);
-    /**
-     * Save a Post instance in the store
-     * Use this if your app needs to attach more than one file to the post
-     *
-     * @param attachments a list of attachments starting from the second
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean saveAppPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments);
-    /**
-     * read a post from a given id
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    Post readPost(String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * return all the posts belonging to the userid
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getAllPostsByUser(String userid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param appid application identifier
-     * return all the posts belonging to the appid
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getAllPostsByApp(String appid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param userid the user identifier like andrea.rossi
-     * @param timeInMillis the initial time in millis to be considered
-     * @return a list of posts commented by userid starting from timeInMillis
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    List<Post> getRecentCommentedPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws Exception;
-    /**
-     * return all the posts whose Level is PORTAL
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getAllPortalPrivacyLevelPosts() throws PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * return the most recent posts for this user up to quantity param
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param  quantity the number of most recent posts for this user
-     * @return  a <class>List</class> of most recent posts for this user
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getRecentPostsByUser(String userid, int quantity) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param vreid vre identifier
-     * return all the posts belonging to the userid
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getAllPostsByVRE(String vreid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * return the most recent posts for this vre up to quantity param
-     * @param vreid VRES identifier
-     * @param quantity the number of most recent posts for this vre
-     * @return a <class>List</class> of most recent posts for this vre
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Post> getRecentPostsByVRE(String vreid,  int quantity) throws IllegalArgumentException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * return the most recent posts for this vre up to quantity param and the last index of the posts in the timeline
-     * lastReturnedPostTimelineIndex is useful to know from  where to start the range the next time you ask, because there are deletions
-     *
-     * @param vreid VRES identifier
-     * @param from the range start (most recent posts for this vre) has to be greater than 0
-     * @param quantity the number of most recent posts for this vre starting from "from" param
-     * @return a <class>RangePosts</class> containing of most recent posts for this vre
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    RangePosts getRecentPostsByVREAndRange(String vreid,  int from, int quantity) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
-     * @return the number of posts in the range from: today to: timeInMillis
-     */
-    List<Post> getRecentPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws IllegalArgumentException;
-    /**
-     * save a Notification instance in the store
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean saveNotification(Notification notification);
-    /**
-     * set an existing Notification instance in the to read
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     */
-    boolean setNotificationRead(String notificationidToSet) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * read a notification from a given id
-     * @throws {@link ColumnNameNotFoundException}
-     * @throws {@link NotificationIDNotFoundException}
-     * @throws {@link NotificationTypeNotFoundException}
-     */
-    Notification readNotification(String notificationid) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * save a Post instance in the store
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean saveUserPost(Post post);
+	/**
+	 * Save a Post instance in the store having more than one attachment
+	 * Use this if you need to attach more than one file to the post
+	 *
+	 * @param attachments a list of attachments starting from the second
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean saveUserPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments);
+	/**
+	 * delete a Post from the store
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean deletePost(String postid) throws PostIDNotFoundException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 *  save a post in the VRES TimeLine in the store
+	 * @param postKey the post id
+	 * @param vreid vre identifier
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	boolean savePostToVRETimeline(String postKey, String vreid) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * save a Post instance in the store
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean saveAppPost(Post post);	
+	/**
+	 * Save a Post instance in the store
+	 * Use this if your app needs to attach more than one file to the post
+	 *
+	 * @param attachments a list of attachments starting from the second
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean saveAppPost(Post post, List<Attachment> attachments);
+	/**
+	 * read a post from a given id 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */	
+	Post readPost(String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;	
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * return all the posts belonging to the userid
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getAllPostsByUser(String userid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * @param appid application identifier
+	 * return all the posts belonging to the appid
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getAllPostsByApp(String appid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;	/**
+	 * @param userid the user identifier like andrea.rossi
+	 * @param timeInMillis the initial time in millis to be considered
+	 * @return a list of posts commented by userid starting from timeInMillis
+	 * @throws Exception 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getRecentCommentedPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws Exception;
+	/**
+	 * return all the posts whose Level is PORTAL
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getAllPortalPrivacyLevelPosts() throws PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException;
 
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param limit set 0 to get everything, an int to get the most recent -limit- notifications
-     * return all the notifications belonging to the userid up to limit, set 0 to get everything
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Notification> getAllNotificationByUser(String userid, int limit) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param from the range start has to be greater than 0
-     * @param quantity the number of most recent notifications for this user starting from "from" param
-     * @return all the notifications for the userid in the range requested
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Notification> getRangeNotificationsByUser(String userid, int from, int quantity) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * This is a fast way to set all notification to read quickly
-     * @param userid
-     * @return true if everything went fine
-     * @throws {@link ColumnNameNotFoundException}
-     * @throws {@link NotificationIDNotFoundException}
-     * @throws {@link NotificationTypeNotFoundException}
-     */
-    boolean setAllNotificationReadByUser(String userid) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * return the not yet read notifications (not including messages)
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @return  a <class>List</class> of not yet read notifications for this user
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Notification> getUnreadNotificationsByUser(String userid)  throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException
-     * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException
-     * @return true if there are unread notifications (not including messages), false if they are all read
-     */
-    boolean checkUnreadNotifications(String userid)  throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException self explaining
-     * @throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException self explaining
-     * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException
-     * @return true if there are unread messages notifications (including messages), false if they are all read
-     */
-    boolean checkUnreadMessagesNotifications(String userid)  throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * return the most recent posts for this user up to quantity param 
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param  quantity the number of most recent posts for this user
+	 * @return  a <class>List</class> of most recent posts for this user
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getRecentPostsByUser(String userid, int quantity) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * @param vreid vre identifier
+	 * return all the posts belonging to the userid
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getAllPostsByVRE(String vreid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
 
-    /**
-     * return the channels a user chose for being notified for a given notification type
-     * @param userid  user identifier
-     * @param notificationType the type of the notification
-     * @return a list of <class>NotificationChannelType</class> that represents the channels this user wants to be notified
-     */
-    List<NotificationChannelType> getUserNotificationChannels(String userid, NotificationType notificationType) throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * set the notification preferences map (enable or disable the channels to be used for notifying the user)
-     * @param userid  user identifier
-     * @param enabledChannels a map of the channels to which reach the user per notification, empty array or null values to set the key notification type off
-     * @return true if everything was fine
-     */
-    boolean setUserNotificationPreferences(String userid, Map<NotificationType, NotificationChannelType[]> enabledChannels);
-    /**
-     * get the notification preferences map (enableor disable the channels to be used for notifying the user)
-     * @param userid  user identifier
-     * @return the map
-     * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException self explaining
-     * @throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException self explaining
-     */
-    Map<NotificationType, NotificationChannelType[]> getUserNotificationPreferences(String userid) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException, NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * return the most recent posts for this vre up to quantity param 
+	 * @param vreid VRES identifier
+	 * @param quantity the number of most recent posts for this vre
+	 * @return a <class>List</class> of most recent posts for this vre
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getRecentPostsByVRE(String vreid,  int quantity) throws IllegalArgumentException, PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
 
-    /**
-     * @param commentId comment unique identifier
-     * @return the comment belonging to the commentId
-     * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    Comment readCommentById(String commentId) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * add a comment to a post
-     * @param comment the Comment instance to add
-     */
-    boolean addComment(Comment comment) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param postid the post identifier
-     * return all the comments belonging to the postid
-     */
-    List<Comment> getAllCommentByPost(String postid);
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
-     * @return a list of comments (sorted starting from the most recent one) made by the user since timeInMillis up to now
-     */
-    List<Comment> getRecentCommentsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws Exception;
-    /**
-     * edit a comment
-     * @param comment the comment to edit
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean editComment(Comment comment) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, CommentIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * deletes a comment
-     * @param commentid the comment identifier to delete
-     * @param postid the postid to which the comment is associated
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean deleteComment(String commentid, String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, CommentIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * add a like to a post
-     * @param like instance
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean like(Like like) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * unlike a post
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param likeid the like identifier to delete
-     * @param postid the postid to which the comment is associated
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean unlike(String userid, String likeid, String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, LikeIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * return all the postids a user has liked
-     */
-    List<String> getAllLikedPostIdsByUser(String userid);
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param limit set 0 to get everything, an int to get the most recent -limit- liked posts
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * return all the posts a user has liked
-     */
-    List<Post> getAllLikedPostsByUser(String userid, int limit) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * @param userid user identifier
-     * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
-     * @return the likes made to posts in the range from: today to: timeInMillis
-     */
-    List<Post> getRecentLikedPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws IllegalArgumentException;
-    /**
-     * @param postid postid identifier
-     * return all the likes belonging to the postid
-     */
-    List<Like> getAllLikesByPost(String postid);
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
-     * @param postid the postid to which the hashtag is associated
-     * @param vreid VRE identifier
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean saveHashTags(String postid, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
-     * @param commentId the commentId to which the hashtag is associated
-     * @param vreid VRE identifier
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean saveHashTagsComment(String commentId, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
-     * @param postid the postid to which the hashtag is associated
-     * @param vreid VRE identifier
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean deleteHashTags(String postid, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
-     * @param commentId the commentId to which the hashtag is associated
-     * @param vreid VRE identifier
-     * @return true if success, false otherwise
-     * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean deleteHashTagsComment(String commentId, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * get a map of vre hashtags where the key is the hashtag and the value is the occurrence of the hashtag in the VRE
-     * @param vreid vre identifier (scope)
-     * @return a HashMap<String, Integer> of vre Hashtags associated with their occurrence
-     */
-    Map<String, Integer> getVREHashtagsWithOccurrence(String vreid);
-    /**
-     * get a map of vre hashtags where the key is the hashtag and the value is the occurrence of the hashtag in the VRE
-     * @param vreid vre identifier (scope)
-     * @param timestamp do not consider hashtags used before timestamp
-     * @return a HashMap<String, Integer> of vre Hashtags associated with their occurrence
-     */
-    Map<String, Integer> getVREHashtagsWithOccurrenceFilteredByTime(String vreid, long timestamp);
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param vreid VRE identifier
-     * @param hashtag the hashtag to look for including the '#', it is case sensitive
-     * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException .
-     * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
-     * @return all the posts having the hashtag passed as parameter
-     */
-    List<Post> getVREPostsByHashtag(String vreid, String hashtag) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * return the most recent posts for this vre up to quantity param and the last index of the posts in the timeline
+	 * lastReturnedPostTimelineIndex is useful to know from  where to start the range the next time you ask, because there are deletions
+	 * 
+	 * @param vreid VRES identifier
+	 * @param from the range start (most recent posts for this vre) has to be greater than 0
+	 * @param quantity the number of most recent posts for this vre starting from "from" param
+	 * @return a <class>RangePosts</class> containing of most recent posts for this vre
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	RangePosts getRecentPostsByVREAndRange(String vreid,  int from, int quantity) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
 
-    /**
-     * Save the invite for a given email into a given vre
-     * @param invite the invite object instanc to save
-     * @return {@link InviteOperationResult}  SUCCESS, FAILED or ALREADY_INVITED (if an invite is sent to en existing email in the same environment more than once)
-     */
-    InviteOperationResult saveInvite(Invite invite) throws AddressException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param vreid the environment where you want to check the invite
-     * @param email the email of the invite to check in the environmnet
-     * @return the InviteId if present, null otherwise
-     */
-    String isExistingInvite(String vreid, String email);
-    /**
-     * read an invite from a given id
-     * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException
-     * @throws InviteStatusNotFoundException
-     */
-    Invite readInvite(String inviteid) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * set the status of an invite, see {@link InviteStatus}
-     * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException
-     */
-    boolean setInviteStatus(String vreid, String email, InviteStatus status) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     * Use to get the list of invites per VRE
-     * @param vreid the vre id
-     * @param status optional, if you want to restict on the status, e.g. all pending invites
-     * @return return the list of invites
-     * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException
-     * @throws InviteStatusNotFoundException
-     */
-    List<Invite> getInvitedEmailsByVRE(String vreid, InviteStatus... status) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param postId
-     * @return the list of attachments of the post postId, starting from the second one (first attachment is included in post instance already)
-     */
-    List<Attachment> getAttachmentsByPostId(String postId) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
+	 * @return the number of posts in the range from: today to: timeInMillis
+	 */
+	List<Post> getRecentPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+	/**
+	 * save a Notification instance in the store
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean saveNotification(Notification notification);
+	/**
+	 * set an existing Notification instance in the to read
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 */
+	boolean setNotificationRead(String notificationidToSet) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * read a notification from a given id 
+	 * @throws {@link ColumnNameNotFoundException} 
+	 * @throws {@link NotificationIDNotFoundException}
+	 * @throws {@link NotificationTypeNotFoundException}
+	 */	
+	Notification readNotification(String notificationid) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;	
 
-    /**
-     * save an attachment
-     */
-    boolean saveAttachmentEntry(String postId, Attachment toSave);
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param limit set 0 to get everything, an int to get the most recent -limit- notifications
+	 * return all the notifications belonging to the userid up to limit, set 0 to get everything
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Notification> getAllNotificationByUser(String userid, int limit) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param from the range start has to be greater than 0
+	 * @param quantity the number of most recent notifications for this user starting from "from" param
+	 * @return all the notifications for the userid in the range requested
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
+	 * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	List<Notification> getRangeNotificationsByUser(String userid, int from, int quantity) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * This is a fast way to set all notification to read quickly
+	 * @param userid
+	 * @return true if everything went fine
+	 * @throws {@link ColumnNameNotFoundException} 
+	 * @throws {@link NotificationIDNotFoundException}
+	 * @throws {@link NotificationTypeNotFoundException}
+	 */
+	boolean setAllNotificationReadByUser(String userid) throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * return the not yet read notifications (not including messages)
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @return  a <class>List</class> of not yet read notifications for this user
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Notification> getUnreadNotificationsByUser(String userid)  throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException,	ColumnNameNotFoundException, NotificationIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException 
+	 * @return true if there are unread notifications (not including messages), false if they are all read
+	 */
+	boolean checkUnreadNotifications(String userid)  throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException self explaining
+	 * @throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException self explaining
+	 * @throws NotificationIDNotFoundException 
+	 * @return true if there are unread messages notifications (including messages), false if they are all read
+	 */
+	boolean checkUnreadMessagesNotifications(String userid)  throws NotificationIDNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieve all the ids of the vre
-     * @return the set of ids of the vre available or empty list in case of errors.
-     */
-    public List<String> getAllVREIds();
+	/**
+	 * return the channels a user chose for being notified for a given notification type
+	 * @param userid  user identifier
+	 * @param notificationType the type of the notification
+	 * @return a list of <class>NotificationChannelType</class> that represents the channels this user wants to be notified
+	 */
+	List<NotificationChannelType> getUserNotificationChannels(String userid, NotificationType notificationType) throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException, NotificationTypeNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * set the notification preferences map (enable or disable the channels to be used for notifying the user)
+	 * @param userid  user identifier
+	 * @param enabledChannels a map of the channels to which reach the user per notification, empty array or null values to set the key notification type off
+	 * @return true if everything was fine
+	 */
+	boolean setUserNotificationPreferences(String userid, Map<NotificationType, NotificationChannelType[]> enabledChannels);
+	/**
+	 * get the notification preferences map (enableor disable the channels to be used for notifying the user)
+	 * @param userid  user identifier
+	 * @return the map
+	 * @throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException self explaining
+	 * @throws NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException self explaining
+	 */
+	Map<NotificationType, NotificationChannelType[]> getUserNotificationPreferences(String userid) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException, NotificationChannelTypeNotFoundException;
 
+	/**
+	 * @param commentId comment unique identifier
+	 * @return the comment belonging to the commentId
+	 * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	Comment readCommentById(String commentId) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * add a comment to a post
+	 * @param comment the Comment instance to add
+	 */
+	boolean addComment(Comment comment) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * @param postid the post identifier
+	 * return all the comments belonging to the postid
+	 */
+	List<Comment> getAllCommentByPost(String postid);
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
+	 * @return a list of comments (sorted starting from the most recent one) made by the user since timeInMillis up to now
+	 */
+	List<Comment> getRecentCommentsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws Exception;
+	/**
+	 * edit a comment 
+	 * @param comment the comment to edit
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean editComment(Comment comment) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, CommentIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * deletes a comment 
+	 * @param commentid the comment identifier to delete
+	 * @param postid the postid to which the comment is associated
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean deleteComment(String commentid, String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, CommentIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * add a like to a post
+	 * @param like instance
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	boolean like(Like like) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * unlike a post 
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param likeid the like identifier to delete
+	 * @param postid the postid to which the comment is associated
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean unlike(String userid, String likeid, String postid) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException, LikeIDNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * return all the postids a user has liked
+	 */
+	List<String> getAllLikedPostIdsByUser(String userid);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param limit set 0 to get everything, an int to get the most recent -limit- liked posts
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException .
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException . 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
+	 * return all the posts a user has liked
+	 */
+	List<Post> getAllLikedPostsByUser(String userid, int limit) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param userid user identifier
+	 * @param timeInMillis time in milliseconds from which you want to start retrieve the posts
+	 * @return the likes made to posts in the range from: today to: timeInMillis
+	 */
+	List<Post> getRecentLikedPostsByUserAndDate(String userid, long timeInMillis) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param postid postid identifier
+	 * return all the likes belonging to the postid
+	 */
+	List<Like> getAllLikesByPost(String postid);
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
+	 * @param postid the postid to which the hashtag is associated
+	 * @param vreid VRE identifier
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	boolean saveHashTags(String postid, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
+	 * @param commentId the commentId to which the hashtag is associated
+	 * @param vreid VRE identifier
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	boolean saveHashTagsComment(String commentId, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
+	 * @param postid the postid to which the hashtag is associated
+	 * @param vreid VRE identifier
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	boolean deleteHashTags(String postid, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param hashtags the hashtag including the '#'
+	 * @param commentId the commentId to which the hashtag is associated
+	 * @param vreid VRE identifier
+	 * @return true if success, false otherwise
+	 * @throws CommentIDNotFoundException
+	 */
+	boolean deleteHashTagsComment(String commentId, String vreid, List<String> hashtags) throws CommentIDNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * get a map of vre hashtags where the key is the hashtag and the value is the occurrence of the hashtag in the VRE
+	 * @param vreid vre identifier (scope)
+	 * @return a HashMap<String, Integer> of vre Hashtags associated with their occurrence
+	 */
+	Map<String, Integer> getVREHashtagsWithOccurrence(String vreid);
+	/**
+	 * get a map of vre hashtags where the key is the hashtag and the value is the occurrence of the hashtag in the VRE
+	 * @param vreid vre identifier (scope)
+	 * @param timestamp do not consider hashtags used before timestamp
+	 * @return a HashMap<String, Integer> of vre Hashtags associated with their occurrence
+	 */
+	Map<String, Integer> getVREHashtagsWithOccurrenceFilteredByTime(String vreid, long timestamp);
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param vreid VRE identifier
+	 * @param hashtag the hashtag to look for including the '#', it is case sensitive
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException .
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException . 
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException .
+	 * @return all the posts having the hashtag passed as parameter 
+	 */
+	List<Post> getVREPostsByHashtag(String vreid, String hashtag) throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException, PostTypeNotFoundException, PostIDNotFoundException, ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Save the invite for a given email into a given vre
+	 * @param invite the invite object instanc to save
+	 * @return {@link InviteOperationResult}  SUCCESS, FAILED or ALREADY_INVITED (if an invite is sent to en existing email in the same environment more than once)
+	 */
+	InviteOperationResult saveInvite(Invite invite) throws AddressException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param vreid the environment where you want to check the invite
+	 * @param email the email of the invite to check in the environmnet
+	 * @return the InviteId if present, null otherwise
+	 */
+	String isExistingInvite(String vreid, String email);
+	/**
+	 * read an invite from a given id 
+	 * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws InviteStatusNotFoundException 
+	 */	
+	Invite readInvite(String inviteid) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * set the status of an invite, see {@link InviteStatus}
+	 * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException 
+	 */	
+	boolean setInviteStatus(String vreid, String email, InviteStatus status) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * Use to get the list of invites per VRE
+	 * @param vreid the vre id
+	 * @param status optional, if you want to restict on the status, e.g. all pending invites 
+	 * @return return the list of invites 
+	 * @throws InviteIDNotFoundException 
+	 * @throws InviteStatusNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	List<Invite> getInvitedEmailsByVRE(String vreid, InviteStatus... status) throws InviteIDNotFoundException, InviteStatusNotFoundException;
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param postId
+	 * @return the list of attachments of the post postId, starting from the second one (first attachment is included in Post instance already)
+	 */
+	List<Attachment> getAttachmentsByPostId(String postId) throws PostIDNotFoundException;
+
+	/**
+	 * save an attachment
+	 */
+	boolean saveAttachmentEntry(String postId, Attachment toSave);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve all the ids of the vre
+	 * @return the set of ids of the vre available or empty list in case of errors.
+	 */
+	List<String> getAllVREIds();
+   
     /**
      * close the connection to the underlying database
      */
     void closeConnection();
+
 }
 

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/utils/InfrastructureUtils.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.utils;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.configuration.container.ContainerConfiguration;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.container.ContainerContext;
+
+public class InfrastructureUtils {
+    
+        /**
+     * Retrieve the secret from smartgear configuration
+     * 
+     * @return Secret
+     */
+    public static Secret getSecretForInfrastructure() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get();
+        ContainerContext container = ctx.container();
+        ContainerConfiguration configuration = container.configuration();
+        String infra_context = configuration.infrastructure();
+        Secret secret = ctx.container().authorizationProvider().getSecretForContext(infra_context);
+        return secret;
+    }
+
+    
+
+    public static String getAccessToken() {
+        Map<String, String> authorizations = SecretManagerProvider.get().getHTTPAuthorizationHeaders();
+        String access_token = authorizations.get("Authorization").replace("Bearer", "").trim();
+        return access_token;
+    }
+}
+

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/utils/ResponseBean.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.utils;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Response bean
+ *
+ */
+public class ResponseBean <T> implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2725238162673879658L;
+    /**
+     * The result of the request: true if it succeeded, false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean success;
+
+    /**
+     * An error message if something wrong happened, null/empty otherwise
+     */
+    private String message;
+    /**
+     * The result object of the request
+     */
+    private T result;
+
+    public ResponseBean() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param success
+     * @param message
+     * @param result
+     */
+    public ResponseBean(boolean success, String message, T result) {
+        super();
+        this.success = success;
+        this.message = message;
+        this.result = result;
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean isSuccess() {
+        return success;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setSuccess(boolean success) {
+        this.success = success;
+    }
+
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setMessage(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+
+
+    public T getResult() {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setResult(T result) {
+        this.result = result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "ResponseBean [success=" + success
+                + ", message=" + message + ", result=" + result + "]";
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/WelcomeService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+@Path("/")
+@Singleton
+public class WelcomeService {
+
+	@GET
+	@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+	public Response sayHtmlHello() {
+		return Response.ok("<html><body><h2>The social networking web service is up and running!</h2></body></html>").build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/docs/DocsGenerator.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.docs;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Path("api-docs")
+public class DocsGenerator {
+
+    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DocsGenerator.class);
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/{any: .*}")
+    public InputStream toDoc(@Context HttpServletRequest req) throws WebApplicationException {
+        logger.info(DocsGenerator.class.getSimpleName() + " toDoc called");
+
+        String pathInfo = req.getPathInfo();
+        logger.debug("pathInfo {}", pathInfo);
+        try {
+
+        	 if (pathInfo.endsWith("/api-docs")) {
+                 pathInfo += "index.html";
+             }
+
+             if (pathInfo.endsWith("/api-docs/")) {
+                 pathInfo += "index.html";
+             }
+
+
+            logger.info("going to {}", pathInfo);
+
+            String realPath = req.getServletContext().getRealPath(pathInfo);
+            return new FileInputStream(new File(realPath));
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+        	e.printStackTrace();
+            //MANAGE THE EXCEPTION
+        }
+		return null;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/ex/ApplicationException.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.ex;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Exception gets thrown when @Valid fail
+ */
+@Provider
+public class ApplicationException implements ExceptionMapper<Exception> {
+
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApplicationException.class);
+
+	public Response toResponse(Exception e) {
+		logger.warn("ApplicationException invoked for exception ", e);
+		return Response
+				.status(Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.getStatusCode())
+				.type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+				.entity(new ResponseBean(false, e.getMessage(), null))
+				.build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/ex/AuthException.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.ex;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+public class AuthException extends WebApplicationException  {
+	  /**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	public AuthException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause, Status.FORBIDDEN);
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/ex/ValidationException.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.ex;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown on fail
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Provider
+public class ValidationException implements ExceptionMapper<javax.validation.ValidationException> {
+
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ValidationException.class);
+	@Override
+	public Response toResponse(javax.validation.ValidationException e) {
+		final StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+		for (ConstraintViolation<?> cv : ((ConstraintViolationException) e).getConstraintViolations()) {
+			strBuilder.append(cv.getMessage());
+			break;
+		}
+
+		logger.warn("ValidationException invoked, returning " + strBuilder.toString());
+		return Response
+				.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST.getStatusCode())
+				.type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+				.entity(new ResponseBean(false, strBuilder.toString(), null))
+				.build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/ApplicationId.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+
+/**
+ * Application id object
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR
+ */
+//@ApiModel(description="An object containing the app_id field", value="Application")
+public class ApplicationId {
+
+	@JsonProperty("app_id")
+	@NotNull(message="app_id cannot be null")
+	@Size(message="app_id cannot be empty", min=1)
+	private String appId;
+
+	public ApplicationId() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	public ApplicationId(String appId) {
+		super();
+		this.appId = appId;
+	}
+
+	public String getAppId() {
+		return appId;
+	}
+
+	public void setAppId(String appId) {
+		this.appId = appId;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ApplicationId [appId=" + appId + "]";
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/CommentInputBean.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.DocumentationExample;
+/**
+ * Generic input bean for methods that allow to comment posts
+ */
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true) // ignore in serialization/deserialization
+public class CommentInputBean implements Serializable{
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5274608088828232980L;
+	
+	@JsonProperty("text")
+	@NotNull(message="text cannot be null")
+	@Size(min=1, message="text cannot be empty")
+	@DocumentationExample("I would like to comment that ...")
+	/**
+	 * text the text of the comment
+	 */
+	private String text;
+	
+	@NotNull(message="postid cannot be null")
+	@JsonProperty("postid")
+	/**
+	 * postid the postid of the post where you attach the comment
+	 */
+	private String postid; 
+
+	public CommentInputBean() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param text
+	 * @param postid
+     */
+	public CommentInputBean(String text, String postid) {
+		super();
+		this.text = text;
+		this.postid = postid;
+	}
+
+	public String getText() {
+		return text;
+	}
+
+	public void setText(String text) {
+		this.text = text;
+	}
+
+	public String getPostid() {
+		return postid;
+	}
+
+	public void setPostid(String postid) {
+		this.postid = postid;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "CommentInputBean [text=" + text + ", postid=" + postid + "]";
+	}
+    
+	
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/LikeInputBean.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+
+/**
+ * Like Bean object
+ */
+public class LikeInputBean {
+	
+	@JsonProperty("likeid")
+	@NotNull(message="likeid cannot be null")
+	@Size(message="likeid cannot be empty", min=1)
+	private String likeid;
+
+	@JsonProperty("postid")
+	@NotNull(message="postid cannot be null")
+	@Size(message="postid cannot be empty", min=1)
+	private String postid;
+
+	public LikeInputBean() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param likeid
+	 * @param postid
+	 */
+	public LikeInputBean(String likeid, String postid) {
+		super();
+		this.likeid = likeid;
+		this.postid = postid;
+	}
+
+	public String getLikeid() {
+		return likeid;
+	}
+
+	public void setLikeid(String likeid) {
+		this.likeid = likeid;
+	}
+
+	public String getPostid() {
+		return postid;
+	}
+
+	public void setPostid(String postid) {
+		this.postid = postid;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "LikeInputBean [likeid=" + likeid + ", postid=" + postid + "]";
+	}
+
+	
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/PostId.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+
+/**
+ * Application id object
+
+ */
+public class PostId {
+
+	@JsonProperty("postid")
+	@NotNull(message="postid cannot be null")
+	@Size(message="postid cannot be empty", min=1)
+	private String postId;
+
+	public PostId() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	public PostId(String postId) {
+		super();
+		this.postId = postId;
+	}
+
+	public String getPostId() {
+		return postId;
+	}
+
+	public void setPostId(String postId) {
+		this.postId = postId;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "PostId [postid=" + postId + "]";
+	}
+
+	
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/PostInputBean.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.DocumentationExample;
+/**
+ * Generic input bean for methods that allow to write posts
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true) // ignore in serialization/deserialization
+public class PostInputBean implements Serializable{
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5274608088828232980L;
+
+	@JsonProperty("text")
+	@NotNull(message="text cannot be null")
+	@Size(min=1, message="text cannot be empty")
+	@DocumentationExample("Dear vre members, ...")
+	/**
+	 * text the text of the post
+	 */
+	private String text;
+
+	private String previewtitle; 
+
+	@JsonProperty("preview_description")
+	private String previewdescription; 
+
+	@JsonProperty("preview_host")
+	private String previewhost; 
+
+	@JsonProperty("preview_url")
+	private String previewurl;
+
+	/**
+	 * param httpimageurl An image url for the preview"
+	 */
+	@JsonProperty("image_url")
+	private String httpimageurl;
+
+	/**
+	 * enablenotification If true send a notification to the other vre members about this post
+	 */
+	@JsonProperty("enable_notification")
+	private boolean enablenotification;
+
+	@JsonProperty("params")
+	private String params;
+
+	public PostInputBean() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	public PostInputBean(String text, String previewtitle,
+			String previewdescription, String previewhost, String previewurl,
+			String httpimageurl, boolean enablenotification, String params) {
+		super();
+		this.text = text;
+		this.previewtitle = previewtitle;
+		this.previewdescription = previewdescription;
+		this.previewhost = previewhost;
+		this.previewurl = previewurl;
+		this.httpimageurl = httpimageurl;
+		this.enablenotification = enablenotification;
+		this.params = params;
+	}
+
+	public String getText() {
+		return text;
+	}
+
+	public void setText(String text) {
+		this.text = text;
+	}
+
+	public String getPreviewtitle() {
+		return previewtitle;
+	}
+
+	public void setPreviewtitle(String previewtitle) {
+		this.previewtitle = previewtitle;
+	}
+
+	public String getPreviewdescription() {
+		return previewdescription;
+	}
+
+	public void setPreviewdescription(String previewdescription) {
+		this.previewdescription = previewdescription;
+	}
+
+	public String getPreviewhost() {
+		return previewhost;
+	}
+
+	public void setPreviewhost(String previewhost) {
+		this.previewhost = previewhost;
+	}
+
+	public String getPreviewurl() {
+		return previewurl;
+	}
+
+	public void setPreviewurl(String previewurl) {
+		this.previewurl = previewurl;
+	}
+
+	public String getHttpimageurl() {
+		return httpimageurl;
+	}
+
+	public void setHttpimageurl(String httpimageurl) {
+		this.httpimageurl = httpimageurl;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isEnablenotification() {
+		return enablenotification;
+	}
+
+	public void setEnablenotification(boolean enablenotification) {
+		this.enablenotification = enablenotification;
+	}
+
+	public String getParams() {
+		return params;
+	}
+
+	public void setParams(String params) {
+		this.params = params;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "PostInputBean [text=" + text + ", previewtitle=" + previewtitle
+				+ ", previewdescription=" + previewdescription
+				+ ", previewhost=" + previewhost + ", previewurl=" + previewurl
+				+ ", httpimageurl=" + httpimageurl + ", enablenotification="
+				+ enablenotification + ", params=" + params + "]";
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/inputs/UserSetNotificationBean.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+
+/**
+ * 
+ *
+ */
+public class UserSetNotificationBean {
+
+	@JsonProperty("username")
+	@NotNull(message="username cannot be null")
+	@Size(message="username cannot be empty", min=1)
+	private String username;
+
+	@JsonProperty("disableNotification")
+	@NotNull(message="disableNotification cannot be null")
+	private Boolean disableNotification;
+
+	public UserSetNotificationBean() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param username
+	 * @param disableNotification
+	 */
+	public UserSetNotificationBean(String username, boolean disableNotification) {
+		super();
+		this.username = username;
+		this.disableNotification = disableNotification;
+	}
+
+
+	public String getUsername() {
+		return username;
+	}
+
+	public void setUsername(String username) {
+		this.username = username;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isDisableNotification() {
+		return disableNotification;
+	}
+
+	public void setDisableNotification(boolean disableNotification) {
+		this.disableNotification = disableNotification;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "UserSetNotificationBean [username=" + username + ", disableNotification=" + disableNotification + "]";
+	}
+
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/mappers/CatalogueEventTypeMapper.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationType;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.NotificationTypeNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.catalogue.CatalogueEventType;
+
+public class CatalogueEventTypeMapper {
+
+	public CatalogueEventTypeMapper() {
+	}
+
+	public static NotificationType getType(CatalogueEventType type) throws NotificationTypeNotFoundException {
+		switch (type) {
+		case ITEM_PUBLISHED:
+			return NotificationType.CAT_ITEM_PUBLISHED;
+		case ITEM_REJECTED:
+			return NotificationType.CAT_ITEM_REJECTED;
+		case ITEM_REMOVED:
+			return NotificationType.CAT_ITEM_DELETE;
+		case ITEM_SUBMITTED:
+			return NotificationType.CAT_ITEM_SUBMITTED;
+		case ITEM_UPDATED:
+			return NotificationType.CAT_ITEM_UPDATED;
+		default:
+			throw new NotificationTypeNotFoundException("The Catalogue event could not be mapped");
+		}
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/mappers/JobMapper.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.JobStatusType;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.RunningJob;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.JobNotificationBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.JobStatusModelType;
+
+public class JobMapper {
+
+	public JobMapper() {
+	}
+	
+	public static RunningJob getJob(JobNotificationBean item) {
+		String jobId = null;
+		String jobName = null;
+		JobStatusType status = null;
+		String message = null;
+		String serviceName = null; // i.e., Dataminer, SmartExecutor..
+	
+		try {
+			jobId = item.getJobId();
+			jobName = item.getJobName();
+			status = getType(item.getStatus());
+			message = item.getStatusMessage();
+			serviceName = item.getServiceName();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return new RunningJob(jobId, jobName, status, message, serviceName);
+	}
+
+	public static JobStatusType getType(JobStatusModelType type) {
+		JobStatusType toReturn = null;
+		switch (type) {
+		case CANCELLED:
+			return JobStatusType.CANCELLED;
+		case DELETED:
+			return JobStatusType.DELETED;
+		case FAILED:
+			return JobStatusType.FAILED;
+		case CANCELLING:
+			return JobStatusType.CANCELLING;
+		case DELETING:
+			return JobStatusType.DELETING;
+		case EXECUTING:
+			return JobStatusType.EXECUTING;
+		case NEW:
+			return JobStatusType.NEW;
+		case SUBMITTED:
+			return JobStatusType.SUBMITTED;
+		case SUCCEEDED:
+			return JobStatusType.SUCCEEDED;
+		case TIMED_OUT:
+			return JobStatusType.TIMED_OUT;
+		case WAITING:
+			return JobStatusType.WAITING;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+	
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/mappers/WorkspaceItemMapper.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialFileItem;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialSharedFolder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FileItemBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FolderBean;
+
+public class WorkspaceItemMapper {
+
+	public WorkspaceItemMapper() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	public static SocialFileItem getFileItem(FileItemBean item) {
+		String id = null;
+		String name= null;
+		String title= null;
+		String path= null;
+		SocialSharedFolder parent = null;
+
+		try {
+			id = item.getId();
+			name = item.getName();
+			title = item.getTitle();
+			path = item.getPath();
+			parent = getSharedFolder(item.getParent());
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		SocialFileItem toReturn = new SocialFileItem(id, name, title, path, parent);
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+	public static SocialSharedFolder getSharedFolder(FolderBean item) {
+
+		String id = null;
+		String name= null;
+		String title= null;
+		String displayName= null;
+		String path= null;
+		String parentId= null;
+		boolean vreFolder = false;	
+		try {
+			id = item.getId();
+			name = item.getName();
+			title = item.getTitle();
+			displayName = item.getDisplayName();
+			path = item.getPath();
+			parentId = item.getParentId();
+			vreFolder = item.isVreFolder();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		SocialSharedFolder toReturn = new SocialSharedFolder(id, name, title, displayName, path, parentId, vreFolder);
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Comments.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.utils.InnerMethodName;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostIDNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.CommentInputBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.Filters;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.SocialUtils;
+
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (comments).
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Path("2/comments")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")
+})
+public class Comments {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Comments.class);
+
+	/*
+	 * Retrieve the list of comments belonging to the post id (key) of the token in the related context
+	 * @param key the key as in the POST JSON representation
+	 * @pathExample /get-comments-by-post-id?key=9ea137e9-6606-45ff-a1a2-94d4e8760583
+	 * @return the list of comments belonging to the post identified by the key in the context identified by the token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("get-comments-by-post-id")
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "The list of comments is put into the 'result' field"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllCommentsByPostId(
+			@NotNull
+			@QueryParam("key")
+			String key) {
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		
+		InnerMethodName.set("get-comments-by-post-id");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+
+		List<Comment> comments = null;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving comments for user id " + username);
+			comments = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllCommentByPost(key);
+			Filters.filterCommentsPerContext(comments, context);
+			responseBean.setResult(comments);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such comments.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Retrieve the list of comments belonging to the owner of the token in the related context
+	 * @return the list of comments belonging to the owner of the token in the related context.
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("get-comments-user")
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "The list of comments is put into the 'result' field"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getCommentsUser() {
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		InnerMethodName.set("get-comments-user");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		List<Comment> comments = null;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving comments for user id " + username);
+			comments = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getRecentCommentsByUserAndDate(username, 0);
+			Filters.filterCommentsPerContext(comments, context);
+			responseBean.setResult(comments);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such comments.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Retrieve comments of the token owner in the context bound to the token itself and filter them by date
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("get-comments-user-by-time")
+	public Response getCommentsUserByTime(
+			@QueryParam("time")
+			@Min(value = 0, message="time cannot be negative")
+			long timeInMillis
+	) throws ValidationException{
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		List<Comment> comments = null;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving comments for user id " + username);
+			comments = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getRecentCommentsByUserAndDate(username, timeInMillis);
+			Filters.filterCommentsPerContext(comments, context);
+			responseBean.setResult(comments);
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such comments.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Create a new comment to a post having as owner the auth token's owner
+	 * @param comment The CommentInputBean object
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("comment-post")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Successfull created, the new comment is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response writeComment(
+			@NotNull(message="Comment to write is missing")
+			@Valid
+			CommentInputBean comment) throws ValidationException {
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		logger.debug("Request of writing a comment coming from user " + username);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		try {
+			String postId = comment.getPostid();
+			String commentText = comment.getText();
+			String userid = username;
+			Date time = new Date();
+
+			String postOwnerId = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().readPost(postId).getEntityId();
+			Comment theComment = SocialUtils.commentPost(userid, time, postId, commentText, postOwnerId, context, secret);
+			if (theComment != null)
+				logger.debug("Added comment " + theComment.toString());
+			else {
+				logger.error("Unable to write comment");
+				responseBean.setMessage("Unable to write comment, something went wrong please see server log");
+				responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+				status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+				return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+			}
+
+			responseBean.setResult(theComment);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		} catch(PostIDNotFoundException ex) {
+			logger.error("Unable to find a post comment", ex);
+			responseBean.setMessage("Could not reach the DB to write the comment, something went wrong");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+		catch(Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Unable to write comment", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage("Could not reach the DB to write the comment, something went wrong");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/FullTextSearch.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.security.AuthorizationProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.utils.Caller;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.EnhancedPost;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.SocialDBDriver;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ElasticSearchConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.Filters;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.TokensUtils;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.message.filtering.spi.ScopeProvider;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (post and its comments).
+ */
+@Path("2/full-text-search")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")	  
+	})
+public class FullTextSearch {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FullTextSearch.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve posts/comments that match the given query
+	 * @param httpServletRequest
+	 * @param query A string to search for
+	 * @param from the index of the base result to be returned, range[0, infinity], defaults from = 0
+	 * @param quantity defines how many results are most are to be returned, range[1, infinity], defaults from = 0,
+	 * @return The posts/comments returned belong to the context bound to the AUTH Token
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("search-by-query")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful retrieval of posts/comments that match the query, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response searchByQuery(
+			@Context HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest,
+			@QueryParam("query") @NotNull(message="query cannot be null") @Size(min=1, message="query cannot be empty") 
+			String query,
+			@DefaultValue("0") @QueryParam("from") @Min(value=0, message="from cannot be negative") 
+			int from, 	
+			@DefaultValue("10") @QueryParam("quantity") @Min(value=0, message="quantity cannot be negative") 
+			int quantity
+			) throws ValidationException{
+
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+		responseBean.setMessage("This method can be only invoked by using a user token.");
+		if(!TokensUtils.isUserToken(secret))
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		
+		 status = Status.OK;
+		 responseBean.setMessage(null);
+		
+		GroupManager groupManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+		UserManager userManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+
+		try{
+			// Retrieve user's vres in which we must search
+			Set<String> vres = new HashSet<String>();
+			
+			// get the group id from the current context
+			long currentGroupId = groupManager.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(context);
+			GCubeUser currUser = userManager.getUserByUsername(username);
+			List<GCubeGroup> userContexts = groupManager.listGroupsByUser(currUser.getUserId());
+
+			if (groupManager.isRootVO(currentGroupId)) {
+				for (GCubeGroup group : groupManager.listGroupsByUser(currUser.getUserId())) {		
+					if (groupManager.isVRE(group.getGroupId()) && userContexts.contains(group)) {
+						vres.add(groupManager.getInfrastructureScope(group.getGroupId()));
+					}
+				}				
+			}
+			else if(groupManager.isVO(currentGroupId)){
+				for (GCubeGroup group : groupManager.listGroupsByUser(currUser.getUserId())) {		
+					if (groupManager.isVRE(group.getGroupId()) && group.getParentGroupId() == currentGroupId && userContexts.contains(group)) {
+						vres.add(groupManager.getInfrastructureScope(group.getGroupId()));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				vres.add(context);
+			}			
+
+			// query elastic search
+			List<EnhancedPost> enhancedPosts = ElasticSearchConnection.getSingleton().getElasticSearchClient().search(query, vres, from, quantity);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(enhancedPosts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			SocialDBDriver store = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+
+			// retrieve the ids of liked Posts by the user
+			List<String> likedPosts = store.getAllLikedPostIdsByUser(username);
+
+			// update fields "liked" and "isuser"
+			for (EnhancedPost enhancedPost : enhancedPosts) {
+				if(isUsers(enhancedPost.getPost(), username))
+					enhancedPost.setUsers(true);
+				if(likedPosts.contains(enhancedPost.getPost().getKey()))
+					enhancedPost.setLiked(true);
+			}
+			responseBean.setResult((ArrayList<EnhancedPost>) enhancedPosts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Something went wrong while searching", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * tell if a Post belongs to the current user or not
+	 * @param tocheck
+	 * @param username
+	 * @return true if this Post is of the current user
+	 */
+	private static final boolean isUsers(Post tocheck, String username) {
+		return (tocheck.getEntityId().equals(username));
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/HashTags.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.*;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.SocialDBDriver;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (hash tags).
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Path("2/hashtags")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")
+})
+public class HashTags {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HashTags.class);
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-hashtags-and-occurrences/")
+	@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Hashtags and occurrences retrieved, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	/**
+	 * @return hashtags in the context bound to the  auth token
+	 */
+	public Response getHashTagsAndOccurrences(){
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		logger.debug("User " + username + " has requested hashtags of context " + context);
+
+		try{
+			SocialDBDriver datastore = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+			// TODO handle the case of VO and ROOT
+			boolean isVRE = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager().isVRE(GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager().getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(context));
+			if(isVRE){
+				Map<String, Integer> map = datastore.getVREHashtagsWithOccurrence(context);
+				responseBean.setResult(map);
+				responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			}else{
+				responseBean.setMessage("Please provide a VRE token. VO and ROOT VO cases are not yet managed.");
+				responseBean.setResult(false);
+			}
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to retrieve hashtags", e);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Likes.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Like;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.LikeInputBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.PostId;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.SocialUtils;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (likes).
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Path("2/likes")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")
+})
+public class Likes {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Likes.class);
+
+	/*
+	 * Retrieve the list of likes belonging to the post id (key) of the token in the related context
+	 * @param key the key as in the POST JSON representation
+	 * @pathExample /get-likes-by-post-id?key=9ea137e9-6606-45ff-a1a2-94d4e8760583
+	 * @return the list of likes belonging to the post identified by the key in the context identified by the token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("get-likes-by-post-id")
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "The list of likes is put into the 'result' field"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllLikesByPostId(
+			@NotNull
+			@QueryParam("key")
+			String key) {
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		List<Like> likes = null;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving likes for user id " + username);
+			likes = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllLikesByPost(key);
+			responseBean.setResult(likes);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such likes.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new like to a post in the context of the token
+	 * @param postid The post id to be liked
+	 * @return true if everything is OK
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("like-post")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Successful created, the like operation result is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response like(
+			@NotNull(message="Post to like is missing")
+			@Valid
+			PostId post) throws ValidationException {
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		logger.debug("Request of like coming from user " + username);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		boolean likeResultOperation = SocialUtils.like(username, post.getPostId(), context);
+		if (likeResultOperation)
+			logger.debug("Added like OK to postId " + post.getPostId());
+		else {
+			logger.error("Unable to like this post"+ post.getPostId());
+			responseBean.setMessage("Unable to like, something went wrong please see server log");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		responseBean.setResult(true);
+		responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unlike to a post in the context of the token
+	 * @param postid The post id to be liked
+	 * @return true if everything is OK
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("unlike-post")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "The unlike operation result is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response unlike(
+			@NotNull(message="Post to unlike is missing")
+			@Valid
+			LikeInputBean likeInputBean) throws ValidationException {
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		logger.debug("Request of unlike coming from user " + username);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		boolean likeResultOperation = SocialUtils.unlike(username, likeInputBean.getLikeid(), likeInputBean.getPostid());
+		if (likeResultOperation)
+			logger.debug("Unlike OK to postId " + likeInputBean.getPostid());
+		else {
+			logger.error("Unable to unlike this post"+ likeInputBean.getPostid());
+			responseBean.setMessage("Unable to unlike, something went wrong please see server log");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		responseBean.setResult(true);
+		responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Messages.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.FormParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.ApplicationNotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.NotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingSite;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingUser;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.control.annotations.AuthorizationControl;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.utils.Caller;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.plugins.AbstractPlugin;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.proxies.MessageManagerClient;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.messages.Message;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.bean.GenericItemBean;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.MessageNotificationsThread;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.security.AuthorizationProvider;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.caches.SocialNetworkingSiteFinder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.LiferayJSONWsCredentials;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.ex.AuthException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.UserSetNotificationBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.TokensUtils;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.MessageInputBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.Recipient;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemException;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserRetrievalFault;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.message.filtering.spi.ScopeProvider;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * Messages services REST interface
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR 
+ * (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+@Path("2/messages")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")	  
+	})
+public class Messages {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Messages.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * Write a message to another user. The sender is the token's owner by default
+	 * @responseExample application/json {"success": true, "message": null, "result": "556142e3-d6f5-4550-b2fa-abe5626625d3"}
+	 * @param input The message to write"
+	 * @param httpServletRequest
+	 * @return see response example
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 * @throws UserManagementSystemException
+	 * @throws UserRetrievalFault
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("write-message/")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful write a message. Its id is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response writeMessage(
+			@NotNull(message="Message to send is missing") 
+			@Valid 
+			MessageInputBean input,
+			@Context HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest) throws ValidationException, UserManagementSystemException, UserRetrievalFault{
+
+		logger.debug("Incoming message bean is " + input);
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+
+		UserManager um = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		GCubeUser senderUser = null;
+		SocialNetworkingUser user = null;
+		// check if the token belongs to an application token. In this case use J.A.R.V.I.S (the username used to communicate with Liferay)
+		String username = null;
+		String fullName = "";
+		
+		logger.debug("Catalogue Notification called by " +  secret.getOwner().getId() + " isUser?"+TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller));
+		if(!TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller)){
+			GCubeUser jarvis = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByEmail(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser());
+			SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getNotifierUserToken());
+			username = jarvis.getUsername();
+			fullName = secret.getOwner().getId().replace("service-account-", ""); // the actual name of the IAM Client
+			senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);	
+			user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), fullName, senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+		}else{
+			username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+			senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);	
+			fullName = senderUser.getFullname();
+			user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), fullName, senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+		}	
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.CREATED;
+		String body = input.getBody();
+		String subject = input.getSubject();
+		List<Recipient> recipientsIds = input.getRecipients(); // "recipients":[{"recipient":"id recipient"}, ......]
+		logger.debug("Sender is going to be [" + fullName  + "]");
+
+		// get the recipients ids (simple check, trim)
+		List<String> recipientsListFiltered = new ArrayList<String>();
+		List<GenericItemBean> recipientsBeans = new ArrayList<GenericItemBean>();
+		for (Recipient recipientId : recipientsIds) {
+			try{
+				String tempId = recipientId.getId().trim();
+				if(tempId.isEmpty())
+					continue;
+				GCubeUser userRecipient = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByUsername(tempId);				
+				if(userRecipient == null)
+					userRecipient = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByEmail(tempId);
+				if(userRecipient != null){
+					GenericItemBean beanUser = new GenericItemBean(userRecipient.getUsername(), userRecipient.getUsername(), userRecipient.getFullname(), userRecipient.getUserAvatarURL());
+					recipientsBeans.add(beanUser);
+					recipientsListFiltered.add(userRecipient.getUsername());
+				}
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to retrieve recipient information for recipient with id " + recipientId, e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(recipientsListFiltered.isEmpty()){
+			logger.error("Missing/wrong request parameters");
+			status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+			responseBean.setMessage(ErrorMessages.MISSING_PARAMETERS);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		try{
+
+			logger.debug("Trying to send message with body " + body + " subject " + subject + " to users " + recipientsIds + " from " + username);
+
+			// send message
+			MessageManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.messages().build();
+			logger.debug("Sending message to " + recipientsListFiltered);
+			String messageId = client.sendMessage(recipientsListFiltered, subject, body, input.getAttachmentIds());
+
+			// send notification
+			logger.debug("Message sent to " + recipientsIds + ". Sending message notification to: " + recipientsIds);
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(context);
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, secret.getContext(), user);
+			new Thread(new MessageNotificationsThread(recipientsBeans, messageId, subject, body, nm)).start();
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult(messageId);
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to send message.", e);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.toString());
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-sent-messages")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful read of the sent messages, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of sent messages of the user (the token's owner)
+	 */
+	public Response getSentMessages(){
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		logger.debug("Request for retrieving sent messages by " + username);
+
+		try{
+			MessageManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.messages().build();
+			List<Message> sentMessages = client.getSentMessages();
+			Collections.reverse(sentMessages);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			logger.debug("Result is " + sentMessages);
+			responseBean.setResult(sentMessages);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve sent messages", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-received-messages")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful read of the received messages, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of received messages of the user (the token's owner)
+	 */
+	public Response getReceivedMessages(){
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		logger.debug("Request for retrieving received messages by " + username);
+		try{
+			MessageManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.messages().build();
+			List<Message> getMessages =client.getReceivedMessages();
+			Collections.reverse(getMessages);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult(getMessages);
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve sent messages", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Set message read or unread
+	 * @param messageId the message identifier
+	 * @param read true to set read, false to set unread
+	 * @return the result of the operation
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("set-message-read/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Message set Read or Unread is correctly executed"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response setMessageRead(
+			@NotNull(message="input is missing") 
+			@FormParam("messageId") String messageId, 
+			@FormParam("read") Boolean read) throws ValidationException{
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		String opExecutor = "";
+		try{
+			opExecutor = secret.getOwner().getId();
+			MessageManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.messages().build();
+			client.setRead(messageId, read);
+			String toReturn = "set Message id:" + messageId + (read ? " read" : " unread");
+			logger.debug("set Message id:" + messageId + " read?" + read + " for " + opExecutor);	
+			
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult(toReturn);
+
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to set message read / unread property for user " + opExecutor, e);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Notifications.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.ApplicationNotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.NotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingSite;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingUser;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.control.annotations.AuthorizationControl;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.AuthorizationProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.SecurityTokenProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.utils.Caller;
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Notification;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationChannelType;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.NotificationType;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.RunningJob;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.bean.GenericItemBean;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.JobStatusNotificationThread;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.caches.SocialNetworkingSiteFinder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.caches.UsersCache;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.LiferayJSONWsCredentials;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.ex.AuthException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers.CatalogueEventTypeMapper;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers.JobMapper;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.mappers.WorkspaceItemMapper;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.TokensUtils;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.JobNotificationBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.catalogue.CatalogueEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.AddedItemEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.DeletedItemEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FolderAddedUserEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FolderAdminDowngradeEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FolderAdminUpgradeEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.FolderRemovedUserEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.RenamedFolderEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.SharedFolderEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.UnsharedFolderEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.UpdatedItemEvent;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.beans.workspace.WorkspaceEvent;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemException;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserRetrievalFault;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.mortbay.log.Log;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (notifications).
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Path("2/notifications")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")
+})
+public class Notifications {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Notifications.class);
+	private static final String INFRASTRUCTURE_MANAGER_ROLE = "Infrastructure-Manager";
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve notifications of the token's owner
+	 * @param from  must be greater or equal to 1, range[0, infinity]
+	 * @param quantity quantity must be greater or equal to 0
+	 * @return notifications up to quantity
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-range-notifications/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Notifications retrieved and reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getRangeNotifications(
+			@DefaultValue("1") @QueryParam("from") @Min(value=1, message="from must be greater or equal to 1")
+			int from,
+			@DefaultValue("10") @QueryParam("quantity") @Min(value=0, message="quantity must be greater or equal to 0")
+			int quantity
+	) throws ValidationException{
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+
+		logger.debug("Retrieving " +  quantity + " notifications of user = " + username + " from " + from);
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		List<Notification> notifications = null;
+		try{
+			notifications = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getRangeNotificationsByUser(username, from, quantity);
+			responseBean.setResult(notifications);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			logger.debug("List of notifications retrieved");
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such notifications.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Return whether the notifications for this user are enabled or not
+	 * @pathExample /is-user-disabled?username=john.smith
+	 * @responseExample application/json { "success": true, "message": null  "result": true }
+	 * @param username the username you want to check
+	 * @return true if the notification for the user are disabled (Catalogue and Workspace ones)
+	 *
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("is-user-disabled/")
+
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "true if the notification for the username given as query param are disabled (Catalogue and Workspace ones), false otherwise"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles={INFRASTRUCTURE_MANAGER_ROLE}, exception=AuthException.class)
+	public Response isUserDisabled(
+			@QueryParam("username") @NotNull(message="username cannot be null")
+			String username) throws ValidationException{
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+			Boolean userDisabled= !isNotificationEnabled(username);
+			responseBean.setResult(userDisabled);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			logger.debug("are User " + username + " Notifications Disabled?"+userDisabled);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to read whether the notifications for this user are enabled or not.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+//	/**
+//	 * Set user notification enabled or disabled
+//	 * @param disable true if you want to disable the notifications for this user, false if you want to enable them
+//	 * @return the result of the operation
+//	 * @throws ValidationException
+//	 */
+//	@POST
+//	@Path("set-user-notifications/")
+//	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+//	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+//	@StatusCodes ({
+//		@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Notification set Off or On correctly executed"),
+//		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+//	})
+//	@AuthorizationControl(allowedRoles={INFRASTRUCTURE_MANAGER_ROLE}, exception=AuthException.class)
+//	public Response setUserNotifications(
+//			@NotNull(message="input is missing")
+//			@Valid
+//			UserSetNotificationBean setting) throws ValidationException{
+//
+//		Caller caller = AuthorizationProvider.instance.get();
+//		String context  = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
+//		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+//		Status status = Status.OK;
+//
+//
+//		try{
+//			String opExecutor = caller.getClient().getId();
+//			Boolean result = setUserNotificationsOnOff(setting.getUsername(), setting.isDisableNotification(), opExecutor);
+//			String toReturn = "Could not set notifications";
+//			if (result) {
+//				toReturn = "Notifications have been set";
+//				toReturn += setting.isDisableNotification() ? " OFF (for 29 days unless re-enabled manually) ": " ON ";
+//				toReturn += "for username=" + setting.getUsername();
+//			}
+//			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+//			responseBean.setResult(toReturn);
+//
+//		} catch(Exception e){
+//			logger.error("Unable to set user notification", e);
+//			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+//			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+//			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+//		}
+//
+//
+//		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+//	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated
+	 * @param usernameToCheck
+	 * @return true if notification are enabled for this user
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	private boolean isNotificationEnabled(String usernameToCheck) throws IOException {
+//		MemcachedClient	entries = new DistributedCacheClient().getMemcachedClient();
+//		String key = SocialUtils.DISABLED_USERS_NOTIFICATIONS_NAMESPACE+usernameToCheck;
+//		Boolean userEnabled = false;
+//		if(entries.get(key) == null)
+//			userEnabled = true;
+//		entries.getConnection().shutdown();
+//		return userEnabled;
+		return true;
+	}
+//	/**
+//	 *
+//	 * @param username the user you want to disable or enable notifications (max 29 days)
+//	 * @param callerId the username or clientid of the operation executor
+//	 * @param disable true if you want to disable the notifications for this user
+//	 * @return true if the operation was performed
+//	 * @throws IOException
+//	 */
+//	private Boolean setUserNotificationsOnOff(String username, boolean disable, String callerId) throws IOException {
+//		MemcachedClient	entries = new DistributedCacheClient().getMemcachedClient();
+//		String key = SocialUtils.DISABLED_USERS_NOTIFICATIONS_NAMESPACE+username;
+//		OperationFuture<Boolean> result = null;
+//		if (disable) {
+//			result = entries.set(key, SocialUtils.CACHING_TIME_TO_EXPIRATION, "op.ex:" + callerId);  //operator executor is who silenced the user
+//		} else {
+//			result = entries.delete(key);
+//		}
+//		try {
+//			boolean res = result.getStatus().isSuccess();
+//			entries.getConnection().shutdown();
+//			return res;
+//		} catch (Exception e) {
+//			entries.getConnection().shutdown();
+//			e.printStackTrace();
+//		}
+//		return null;
+//	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a JOB notification to a given recipient
+	 * @param job The job bean
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("notify-job-status/")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Notification is sent correctly"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response notifyJobStatus(
+			@NotNull(message="input is missing")
+			@Valid
+			JobNotificationBean job) throws ValidationException{
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		String appQualifier = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		logger.debug("Received request from app " + appQualifier + " to notify job status described by bean " + job);
+
+		try{
+
+			String recipient = job.getRecipient();
+			GCubeUser userRecipient = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByUsername(recipient);
+			GenericItemBean recipientBean = new GenericItemBean(userRecipient.getUsername(), userRecipient.getUsername(), userRecipient.getFullname(), userRecipient.getUserAvatarURL());
+
+			// notifications are sent by using the user allowed to use liferay's json apis
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(context);
+			GCubeUser senderUser = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByEmail(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser());
+			SocialNetworkingUser user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), senderUser.getFullname(), senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, context, user);
+
+			RunningJob theJob = JobMapper.getJob(job);
+
+			new Thread(new JobStatusNotificationThread(theJob, Arrays.asList(recipientBean), nm)).start();
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult("Notification thread started");
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to send job notification", e);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a Catalogue notification to a given user
+	 * @param event
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("catalogue/")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Catalogue Notification is sent correctly"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response catalogue(
+			@NotNull(message="input is missing")
+			@Valid
+			CatalogueEvent event)  throws ValidationException, UserManagementSystemException, UserRetrievalFault{
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		
+		UserManager um = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		GCubeUser senderUser = null;
+		SocialNetworkingUser user = null;
+		// check if the token belongs to an application token. In this case use J.A.R.V.I.S (the username used to communicate with Liferay)
+		String username = null;
+		String fullName = "";
+		logger.debug("Catalogue Notification called by " +  secret.getOwner().getId() + " isUser?"+TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller));
+		if(!TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller)){
+			GCubeUser jarvis = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByEmail(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser());
+			SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getNotifierUserToken());
+			username = jarvis.getUsername();
+			fullName = caller.getClient().getId().replace("service-account-", ""); // the actual name of the IAM Client
+			senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);
+			user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), fullName, senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+		}else{
+			username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+			senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);
+			user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), senderUser.getFullname(), senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+		}
+
+		String context  = secret.getContext();
+
+		logger.debug("catalogue notifications from user = " + username);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		boolean deliveryResult = false;
+		try {
+			//logger.debug("catalogue notifications type is " + event.getType());
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(context);
+			//logger.debug("social networking site is " + site.getName());
+			//logger.debug("context is " + context);
+			//logger.debug("user is " + user.getUsername());
+
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, context, user);
+
+			String[] idsToNotify = event.getIdsToNotify();
+			if (! event.idsAsGroup()) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < idsToNotify.length; i++) {
+					String userIdToNotify = idsToNotify[i];
+					if (isNotificationEnabled(userIdToNotify)) {
+						String username2Notify = null;
+						try {
+							username2Notify = um.getUserByUsername(userIdToNotify).getUsername();
+						}
+						catch (Exception e) {
+							status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+							logger.error("Username not found", e);
+							responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+							responseBean.setMessage("Username not found, got: " + userIdToNotify);
+							return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+						}
+						//logger.debug("username2notify " + username2Notify);
+						//logger.debug("type is " + CatalogueEventTypeMapper.getType(event.getType()));
+						//logger.debug("item id is " + event.getItemId());
+						//logger.debug("item text is " + event.getNotifyText());
+						//logger.debug("item url is " + event.getItemURL());
+						
+						deliveryResult 	=
+								nm.notifyCatalogueEvent(
+										CatalogueEventTypeMapper.getType(event.getType()),
+										username2Notify,
+										event.getItemId(),
+										event.getNotifyText(),
+										event.getItemURL());
+					}
+					else {
+						Log.info("Notification disabled (admin) for user "+userIdToNotify +  " will not notify");
+					}
+
+				}
+			} else { //the ids are contexts
+				for (int i = 0; i < idsToNotify.length; i++) {
+					String contextId = idsToNotify[i];
+					try {
+						ScopeBean scope = new ScopeBean(contextId);
+						if (scope.type() != ScopeBean.Type.VRE) {
+							logger.error("Context not a VRE");
+							status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+							responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+							responseBean.setMessage("Not a VRE Context, only VREs are supported");
+							return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+						} else { // it is a context and it is a valid VRE
+							String[] userIdsToNotify = getUsernamesByContext(scope).toArray(new String[0]); //resolve the members
+							for (int j = 0; j < userIdsToNotify.length; j++) {
+								String userIdToNotify = userIdsToNotify[j];
+								if (isNotificationEnabled(userIdToNotify)) {
+									deliveryResult 	=
+											nm.notifyCatalogueEvent(
+													CatalogueEventTypeMapper.getType(event.getType()),
+													userIdToNotify,
+													event.getItemId(),
+													event.getNotifyText(),
+													event.getItemURL());
+								} else {
+									Log.info("Notification disabled (admin) for user "+userIdToNotify +  " will not notify");
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
+						status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+						logger.error("Context not valid", e);
+						responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+						responseBean.setMessage("Context not valid, must start with / " + e.getMessage());
+						return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to send job notification", e);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		logger.debug("catalogue notifications should have been sent");
+		if (deliveryResult) {
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setMessage("catalogue notification delivered correctly");
+			responseBean.setResult(new Boolean(true));
+		} else {
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage("An error occurred between this service and Cassandra DB, notification not delivered correctly");
+			responseBean.setResult(new Boolean(false));
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a Workspace notification to a given user
+	 * @param event
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("workspace/")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Workspace Notification is sent correctly"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response workspace(
+			@NotNull(message="input is missing")
+			@Valid
+			WorkspaceEvent event) throws ValidationException{
+
+		Caller caller = AuthorizationProvider.instance.get();
+		String context  = ScopeProvider.instance.get();
+		String username = caller.getClient().getId();
+
+		logger.debug("workspace notifications from = " + username);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		boolean deliveryResult = false;
+		try {
+			GCubeUser senderUser = null;
+			SocialNetworkingUser user = null;
+			String fullName = "";
+			logger.debug("workspace notifications type is " + event.getType());
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(context);
+			UserManager um = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+			logger.debug("Workspace Notification called by " +  caller.getClient().getId() + " isUser?"+TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller));
+			if(!TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller)){
+				GCubeUser jarvis = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager().getUserByEmail(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getUser());
+				SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(LiferayJSONWsCredentials.getSingleton().getNotifierUserToken());
+				username = jarvis.getUsername();
+				fullName = caller.getClient().getId().replace("service-account-", ""); // the actual name of the IAM Client
+				senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);
+				user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), fullName, senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+			}else{
+				username = caller.getClient().getId();
+				senderUser = um.getUserByUsername(username);
+				user = new SocialNetworkingUser(senderUser.getUsername(), senderUser.getEmail(), senderUser.getFullname(), senderUser.getUserAvatarURL());
+			}
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, context, user);
+
+			String[] idsToNotify = event.getIdsToNotify();
+			if (! event.idsAsGroup()) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < idsToNotify.length; i++) {
+					String userIdToNotify = idsToNotify[i];
+					if (isNotificationEnabled(userIdToNotify)) {
+						String username2Notify = "";
+						try {
+							username2Notify = um.getUserByUsername(userIdToNotify).getUsername();
+						}
+						catch (Exception e) {
+							status = Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE;
+							logger.error("Username not found", e);
+							responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+							responseBean.setMessage("Username not found, received: " + userIdToNotify);
+							return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+						}
+						deliveryResult 	= notifyWorkspaceEvent(event, nm, username2Notify);
+					}
+					else {
+						Log.info("Notification disabled (admin) for user "+userIdToNotify +  " will not notify");
+					}
+				}
+			} else { //the ids are contexts
+				for (int i = 0; i < idsToNotify.length; i++) {
+					String contextId = idsToNotify[i];
+					try {
+						ScopeBean scope = new ScopeBean(contextId);
+						if (scope.type() != ScopeBean.Type.VRE) {
+							logger.error("Context not a VRE");
+							status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+							responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+							responseBean.setMessage("Not a VRE Context, only VREs are supported");
+							return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+						} else { // it is a context and it is a valid VRE
+							String[] userIdsToNotify = getUsernamesByContext(scope).toArray(new String[0]); //resolve the members
+							for (int j = 0; j < userIdsToNotify.length; j++) {
+								String userIdToNotify = userIdsToNotify[j];
+								if (isNotificationEnabled(userIdToNotify))
+									deliveryResult 	= notifyWorkspaceEvent(event, nm, userIdToNotify);
+								else {
+									Log.info("Notification disabled (admin) for user "+userIdToNotify +  " will not notify");
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
+						status = Status.BAD_REQUEST;
+						logger.error("Context not valid", e);
+						responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+						responseBean.setMessage("Context not valid, must start with / " + e.getMessage());
+						return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to send job notification", e);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		logger.debug("workspace notifications should have been sent");
+		if (deliveryResult) {
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setMessage("Workspace notification delivered correctly");
+			responseBean.setResult(new Boolean(true));
+		} else {
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage("An error occurred between this service and Cassandra DB, notification not delivered correctly");
+			responseBean.setResult(new Boolean(false));
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param event
+	 * @param nm
+	 * @param idToNotify
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private boolean notifyWorkspaceEvent(WorkspaceEvent event, NotificationsManager nm, String idToNotify) {
+		try {
+			switch (event.getType()) {
+				case ITEM_NEW: {
+					AddedItemEvent itemBean = (AddedItemEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyAddedItem(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getFileItem(itemBean.getItem()), WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getItem().getParent()));
+				}
+				case ITEM_UPDATE: {
+					UpdatedItemEvent itemBean = (UpdatedItemEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyUpdatedItem(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getFileItem(itemBean.getItem()), WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getItem().getParent()));
+				}
+				case ITEM_DELETE: {
+					DeletedItemEvent itemBean = (DeletedItemEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyRemovedItem(idToNotify, itemBean.getItemName(), WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()));
+				}
+				case FOLDER_SHARE: {
+					SharedFolderEvent itemBean = (SharedFolderEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyFolderSharing(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()));
+				}
+				case FOLDER_UNSHARE: {
+					UnsharedFolderEvent itemBean = (UnsharedFolderEvent) event;
+					return  nm.notifyFolderUnsharing(idToNotify, itemBean.getUnsharedFolderId(), itemBean.getUnsharedFolderName());
+				}
+				case FOLDER_RENAME: {
+					RenamedFolderEvent itemBean = (RenamedFolderEvent) event;
+					return  nm.notifyFolderRenaming(idToNotify, itemBean.getPreviousName(), itemBean.getNewName(), itemBean.getRenamedFolderId());
+				}
+				case FOLDER_ADMIN_UPGRADE: {
+					FolderAdminUpgradeEvent itemBean = (FolderAdminUpgradeEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyAdministratorUpgrade(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()));
+				}
+				case FOLDER_ADMIN_DOWNGRADE: {
+					FolderAdminDowngradeEvent itemBean = (FolderAdminDowngradeEvent) event;
+					return nm.notifyAdministratorDowngrade(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()));
+				}
+				case FOLDER_ADDEDUSER: {
+					FolderAddedUserEvent itemBean = (FolderAddedUserEvent) event;
+					UserManager userManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+					return  nm.notifyFolderAddedUsers(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()), itemBean.getNewAddedUserIds(), userManager);
+				}
+				case FOLDER_REMOVEDUSER: {
+					FolderRemovedUserEvent itemBean = (FolderRemovedUserEvent) event;
+					return  nm.notifyFolderRemovedUser(idToNotify, WorkspaceItemMapper.getSharedFolder(itemBean.getFolder()));
+				}
+				default:
+					break;
+			}
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to send job notification", e);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param context
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private List<String> getUsernamesByContext(ScopeBean context) throws Exception {
+		List<String> usernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+		GroupManager groupManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+		UserManager userManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		long groupId = groupManager.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(context.toString());
+
+		// first retrieve ids
+		List<Long> userIds = userManager.getUserIdsByGroup(groupId);
+
+		// check info in cache when available
+		UsersCache cache = UsersCache.getSingleton();
+
+		for (Long userId : userIds) {
+			if(cache.getUser(userId) == null){
+				GCubeUser theUser = userManager.getUserById(userId);
+				if(theUser != null){
+					usernames.add(theUser.getUsername());
+					cache.pushEntry(userId, theUser);
+				}
+			}else
+				usernames.add(cache.getUser(userId).getUsername());
+		}
+		return usernames;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Posts.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.*;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.ColumnNameNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostIDNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostTypeNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.PostInputBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.SocialDBDriver;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.Filters;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.SocialUtils;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (posts).
+ * @author Ahmed Ibrahim ISTI-CNR
+ */
+@Path("2/posts")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+		@RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")
+})
+public class Posts {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Posts.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve posts of the  auth token's owner, and allow to filter them by time"
+	 * @param timeInMillis The reference time since when retrieving posts
+	 * @return the posts
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-user-since/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful retrieval of posts, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getRecentPostsByUserAndDate(
+			@QueryParam("time") @Min(value = 0, message="time cannot be negative")
+			long timeInMillis
+	) throws ValidationException{
+
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		List<Post> posts = null;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving post for user id " + username + " and reference time " + timeInMillis);
+			posts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getRecentPostsByUserAndDate(username, timeInMillis);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve all user's posts
+	 * @return all posts of the auth token's owner in the context identified by the token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-user/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful retrieval of posts, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllPostsByUser() {
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		List<Post> posts = null;
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving posts for user with id " + username);
+			posts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllPostsByUser(username);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such Posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve a post by id
+	 * @return the post if the post id belongs to a post in the context identified by the token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-post/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful retrieval of posts, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getPost(@QueryParam("id") String id) {
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		List<Post> posts = new ArrayList<>();
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving post with id " + id);
+			try {
+				posts.add(CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().readPost(id));
+			} catch(PostIDNotFoundException e){
+				responseBean.setMessage("The post with id " + id + " does not exist in context " + context);
+				responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+				return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+			}
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			if (posts.isEmpty()) {
+				responseBean.setMessage("The post with id " + id + " does not belong to this context " + context);
+				responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+				status = Status.FORBIDDEN;
+				return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+			}
+			responseBean.setResult(posts.get(0));
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such post.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve a given quantity of latest user's posts
+	 * @param quantity the number of latest post to get
+	 * @pathExample /get-posts-user-quantity?quantity=10
+	 * @return all posts of the auth token's owner in the context identified by the token, in reverse chronological order up to quantity (at most)
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-user-quantity/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successful retrieval of posts, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getQuantityPostsByUser(
+			@DefaultValue("10")
+			@QueryParam("quantity")
+			@Min(value=0, message="quantity cannot be negative")
+			int quantity) throws ValidationException{
+
+				Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+				String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		List<Post> posts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		// if quantity is zero, just return an empty list
+		if(quantity == 0){
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+		try{
+			logger.debug("getRecentPostsByUser first, posts made by user " + username);
+			posts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllPostsByUser(username);
+			if (posts != null)
+				logger.debug("got " + posts.size() + " posts");
+			logger.debug("Retrieving last " + quantity + " posts made by user " + username + " in context = "+context);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+			quantity = (quantity > posts.size()) ? posts.size() : quantity;
+			posts = posts.subList(0, quantity);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new user post having as owner the auth token's owner
+	 * @param post The post to be written
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("write-post-user")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Successfull created, the new post is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response writePostUser(
+			@NotNull(message="Post to write is missing")
+			@Valid
+			PostInputBean post) throws ValidationException{
+
+		logger.debug("Request of writing a Post coming from user " + post);
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.CREATED;
+
+		// parse
+		String postText = post.getText();
+		String previewTitle = post.getPreviewtitle();
+		String previewDescription = post.getPreviewdescription();
+		String previewHost = post.getPreviewhost();
+		String previewUrl = post.getPreviewurl();
+		String httpImageUrl = post.getHttpimageurl();
+		boolean enableNotification = post.isEnablenotification();
+
+		// convert enablenotification parameter
+		if(enableNotification)
+			logger.debug("Enable notification for this user post.");
+		else
+			logger.debug("Disable notification for this user post.");
+
+
+		// try to share
+		logger.debug("Trying to share user post...");
+		Post res = SocialUtils.shareUserUpdate(
+				username,
+				postText,
+				context,
+				previewTitle,
+				previewDescription,
+				previewHost,
+				previewUrl,
+				httpImageUrl,
+				enableNotification
+		);
+
+		if(res != null){
+			logger.debug("Post correctly written by user " + username);
+			responseBean.setResult(res);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+
+		}
+
+		logger.error("Unable to write post.");
+		responseBean.setMessage("Unable to write post");
+		responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the application's posts
+	 * @return the application (IAM Client) posts belonging to the token's owner (i.e., an application)"
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-app/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successfull created, the new post is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 403, condition = "\"There is no application profile with such token"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllPostsByApp() {
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String appId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		// check if the token actually matches an application
+		ApplicationProfile appProfile = SocialUtils.getProfileFromInfrastrucure(appId, context);
+		if(appProfile == null){
+
+			logger.error("The given token is not belonging to an application!!!");
+			status = Status.FORBIDDEN;
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(ErrorMessages.NOT_APP_TOKEN);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+
+		}
+		try{
+
+			logger.debug("Retrieving posts for app with id " + appId);
+			List<Post> posts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllPostsByApp(appId);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve such Posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new application post having as owner-application the token's owner (the IAM Client), note that the application must be registered on the Information System
+	 * @param post The post to be written
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@POST
+	@Path("write-post-app")
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successfull created, the new post is reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 403, condition = "\"There is no application profile with such token"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response writePostApp(
+			@NotNull(message="Post to write is null")
+			@Valid
+			PostInputBean post){
+
+				Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				String appId = secret.getOwner().getId();
+				String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.CREATED;
+
+		logger.debug("Request of writing a Post coming from an application.");
+
+		// check if the token actually matches an application profile
+		ApplicationProfile appProfile = SocialUtils.getProfileFromInfrastrucure(appId, context);
+
+		if(appProfile == null){
+			logger.error("The given token doesn't belong to an application!!!");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(ErrorMessages.NOT_APP_TOKEN);
+			status = Status.FORBIDDEN;
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		// parse
+		String postText = post.getText();
+		String previewTitle = post.getPreviewtitle();
+		String previewDescription = post.getPreviewdescription();
+		String httpImageUrl = post.getHttpimageurl();
+		boolean enableNotification = post.isEnablenotification();
+		String params = post.getParams();
+
+		// convert enablenotification parameter
+		if(enableNotification)
+			logger.debug("Enable notification for this application post.");
+		else
+			logger.debug("Disable notification for this application post.");
+
+		// write post + notification if it is the case
+		Post written = SocialUtils.shareApplicationUpdate(
+				postText,
+				params,
+				previewTitle,
+				previewDescription,
+				httpImageUrl,
+				appProfile,
+				secret,
+				enableNotification
+		);
+
+		if(written != null){
+			responseBean.setResult(written);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		logger.error("Unable to write post.");
+		responseBean.setMessage("Unable to write post");
+		responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @return all the posts in the context bound to the auth token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-vre/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Sccessfull retrieved posts, they are reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllPostsByVRE() {
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		logger.debug("Retrieving all posts coming from vre = " + context);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+			List<Post> posts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllPostsByVRE(context);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve posts for vre = " + context, e);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.toString());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * return the most recent posts for this vre up to quantity param and the last index of the posts in the timeline
+	 * lastReturnedPostTimelineIndex is useful to know from  where to start the range the next time you ask, because there are deletions
+	 *
+	 * @param from the range start (most recent Posts for this vre) has to be greater than 0
+	 * @param quantity the number of most recent Posts for this vre starting from "from" param
+	 * @pathExample /get-recent-posts-vre-by-range?from=1&quantity=10
+	 * @return a <class>RangePosts</class> containing of most recent Posts for this vre
+	 * @throws PostTypeNotFoundException
+	 * @throws PrivacyLevelTypeNotFoundException
+	 * @throws ColumnNameNotFoundException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-recent-posts-vre-by-range/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Sccessfull retrieved posts, they are reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getRecentPostsByVREAndRange(
+			@QueryParam("from")
+			@Min(value=1, message="from cannot be negative")
+			int from,
+			@QueryParam("quantity")
+			@Min(value=1, message="quantity cannot be negative")
+			int quantity) throws ValidationException {
+
+				Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				String context = secret.getContext();
+		logger.debug("Retrieving all posts coming from vre = " + context);
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+			RangePosts rangePosts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getRecentPostsByVREAndRange(context, from, quantity);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(rangePosts.getPosts(), secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(rangePosts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to retrieve posts for vre = " + context, e);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.toString());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve posts containing the hashtag in the context bound to the auth token
+	 * @param hashtag he hashtag to be contained within the posts
+	 * @pathExample /get-posts-by-hashtag?hashtag=#thehashtag
+	 * @return the posts in the context bound to the auth token matching the hashtag
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-posts-by-hashtag/")
+	@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Sccessfull retrieved posts, they are reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getPostsByHashTags(
+			@QueryParam("hashtag")
+			@NotNull(message="hashtag cannot be missing")
+			String hashtag) throws ValidationException {
+
+				Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+				String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		logger.debug("User " + username + " has requested posts containing hashtag " + hashtag + " in context " + context);
+		try{
+			SocialDBDriver datastore = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+			List<Post> posts = datastore.getVREPostsByHashtag(context, hashtag);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(posts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(posts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Failed to retrieve hashtags", e);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve ids (UUID) of the liked posts by the user
+	 * @return ids (UUID) of the liked posts by the user in the context bound to the auth token
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-id-liked-posts/")
+	@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Sccessfull retrieved ids, they are reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllLikedPostIdsByUser() {
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		logger.debug("Retrieving all liked posts for user with id " + username + " in context " + context);
+
+		List<String> retrievedLikedPostsIds = null;
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+
+			SocialDBDriver datastore = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+			retrievedLikedPostsIds = datastore.getAllLikedPostIdsByUser(username);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContextById(retrievedLikedPostsIds, context);
+			responseBean.setResult(retrievedLikedPostsIds);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			logger.debug("Ids of liked posts by " + username + " retrieved");
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to read such ids of liked Posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve posts liked by the user
+	 * @param limit The maximum number of posts to be retrieved
+	 * @return posts liked by the user (up to a given quantity) in the context bound to the auth token
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-liked-posts/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 200, condition = "Successfull retrieved posts, they are reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+			@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	public Response getAllLikedPostsByUser(
+			@DefaultValue("10")
+			@QueryParam("limit")
+			@Min(message="limit cannot be negative", value = 0)
+			int limit) throws ValidationException{
+
+				Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+				String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+				String context = secret.getContext();
+		List<Post> retrievedLikedPosts = null;
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+		try{
+			logger.debug("Retrieving " + limit + " liked posts for user with id " + username + " in context " + context);
+			retrievedLikedPosts = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllLikedPostsByUser(username, limit);
+			Filters.filterPostsPerContext(retrievedLikedPosts, context);
+			Filters.hideSensitiveInformation(retrievedLikedPosts, secret.getOwner().getId());
+			responseBean.setResult(retrievedLikedPosts);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			logger.debug("Liked posts by " + username + " retrieved");
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to read such liked posts.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	//libapi
+
+	@POST
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("save-user-post-attachments-lib")
+	public Response saveUserPostLib(
+			@NotNull(message="post to add is missing")
+			@Valid
+			PostWithAttachment postWithAttachment
+	) throws ValidationException{
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+			Post post = postWithAttachment.getPost();
+			logger.debug("Post is " + post);
+			List<Attachment> attachments = postWithAttachment.getAttachments();
+			logger.debug("Attachments are " + attachments);
+			boolean result = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveUserPost(post,attachments);
+			responseBean.setResult(result);
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(result);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to write comment.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+	@POST
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Path("save-app-post-attachments-lib")
+	public Response saveAppPostLib(
+			@NotNull(message="post to add is missing")
+			@Valid
+			PostWithAttachment postWithAttachment
+	) throws ValidationException{
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+		try{
+			Post post = postWithAttachment.getPost();
+			List<Attachment> attachments = postWithAttachment.getAttachments();
+			boolean result = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveAppPost(post,attachments);
+			responseBean.setResult(result);
+			responseBean.setMessage("");
+			responseBean.setSuccess(result);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to write comment.", e);
+			responseBean.setMessage(e.getMessage());
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/Tokens.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import static org.gcube.common.authorization.client.Constants.authorizationService;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.ApplicationProfile;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.inputs.ApplicationId;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.ErrorMessages;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils.SocialUtils;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.ResponseCode;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.StatusCodes;
+
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (tokens).
+ */
+@Path("2/tokens")
+@Deprecated
+public class Tokens {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Tokens.class);
+
+	@POST
+	@Path("generate-application-token/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	@StatusCodes ({
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 201, condition = "Successful creation of the token, reported in the 'result' field of the returned object"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 403, condition = "There is no application profile with such id"),
+		@ResponseCode ( code = 500, condition = ErrorMessages.ERROR_IN_API_RESULT)
+	})
+	/**
+	 * Generate a legacy application auth token for the application with id app_id
+	 * @param input The bean containing the app_id field
+	 * @return the legacy application token
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	public Response generateApplicationToken(
+			@NotNull(message="Missing input parameter") 
+			@Valid
+			ApplicationId input) throws ValidationException{
+
+		logger.debug("Incoming request for app token generation.");
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String context = secret.getContext();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.CREATED;
+		String appId = input.getAppId();
+		try {
+			// check if the token actually matches an application profile
+			ApplicationProfile appProfile = SocialUtils.getProfileFromInfrastrucure(appId, context);
+			if(appProfile == null){
+				logger.error("The given id doesn't belong to an application!!!");
+				responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+				responseBean.setMessage(ErrorMessages.NOT_APP_ID);
+				status = Status.FORBIDDEN;
+				return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+			}
+			logger.debug("Generating token for the application with id " + appId);
+			// each token is related to an identifier and the context
+			String appToken = authorizationService().generateExternalServiceToken(appId);
+			responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+			responseBean.setResult(appToken);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Unable to generate token for app " + appId + " and scope " + context);
+			status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+			responseBean.setMessage(ErrorMessages.TOKEN_GENERATION_APP_FAILED);
+			return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+		}
+
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/methods/v2/VREs.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.methods.v2;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.policies.Users;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.utils.Caller;
+import org.gcube.common.security.providers.SecretManagerProvider;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.RoleManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs.ResponseBean;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.RoleManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeader;
+import com.webcohesion.enunciate.metadata.rs.RequestHeaders;
+
+
+/**
+ * REST interface for the social networking library (vres).
+ */
+@Path("2/vres")
+@RequestHeaders ({
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Authorization", description = "Bearer token, see https://dev.d4science.org/how-to-access-resources"),
+	  @RequestHeader( name = "Content-Type", description = "application/json")	  
+	})
+public class VREs {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Users.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * @responseExample application/json {
+  "success" : true,
+  "message" : null,
+  "result" : [ {
+    "name" : "NextNext",
+    "context" : "/gcube/devNext/NextNext",
+    "description" : "NextNext description  AAA"
+  }, {
+    "name" : "devVRE",
+    "context" : "/gcube/devsec/devVRE",
+    "description" : "devVRE description  BBB"
+  } ]
+}
+	 * @pathExample /get-my-vres?getManagers=false
+	 * @param getManagers set true if you also want to know the VRE-Managers
+	 * @return the list of vres along with some metadata
+	 * @throws ValidationException
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@GET
+	@Path("get-my-vres/")
+	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+	public Response getMyVres(
+			@DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("getManagers") boolean getManagers
+			) throws ValidationException {
+
+		Secret secret = SecretManagerProvider.get();
+		String username = secret.getOwner().getId();
+		ResponseBean responseBean = new ResponseBean();
+		Status status = Status.OK;
+
+
+		if(!TokensUtils.isUserToken(caller)){
+			status = Status.FORBIDDEN;
+			responseBean.setMessage("This method can only be invoked with a user token!");
+			logger.warn("Trying to access get-my-vres method via a token different than USER is not allowed");
+		}else{
+			GroupManager gmManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+			UserManager userManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+			RoleManager roleManager = RoleManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getRoleManager();
+			try{
+
+				GCubeUser user = userManager.getUserByUsername(username);
+				List<GCubeGroup> vres = gmManager.listVresByUser(user.getUserId());
+				JSONArray toReturn = new JSONArray();
+
+				for (GCubeGroup group : vres) {
+
+					// # ticket 9333
+					JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
+					obj.put("name", group.getGroupName());
+					obj.put("context", gmManager.getInfrastructureScope(group.getGroupId()));
+					obj.put("description", group.getDescription());
+					//obj.put("thumbnail_url", ...); // TODO
+					JSONArray managers = new JSONArray();
+
+					if(getManagers){
+						List<GCubeUser> vreManagers = userManager.listUsersByGroupAndRole(group.getGroupId(), 
+								roleManager.getRoleIdByName(GatewayRolesNames.VRE_MANAGER.getRoleName()));
+
+						for (GCubeUser vreManager : vreManagers) {
+							JSONObject manager = new JSONObject();
+							manager.put("username", vreManager.getUsername());
+							manager.put("fullname", vreManager.getFullname());
+							managers.add(manager);
+						}
+
+						obj.put("managers", managers);
+					}
+					toReturn.add(obj);
+				}
+
+				responseBean.setSuccess(true);
+				responseBean.setResult(toReturn);
+
+			}catch(Exception e){
+
+				logger.error("Unable to retrieve vres for user.", e);
+				responseBean.setMessage(e.toString());
+				responseBean.setSuccess(false);
+				status = Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+
+			}
+		}
+		return Response.status(status).entity(responseBean).build();
+	}	
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/outputs/ResponseBean.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.outputs;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Response bean
+ *
+ */
+public class ResponseBean implements Serializable {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -2725238162673879658L;
+	/**
+	 * The result of the request: true if it succeeded, false otherwise
+	 */
+	private boolean success;
+
+	/**
+	 * An error message if something wrong happened, null/empty otherwise
+	 */
+	private String message;
+	/**
+	 * The result object of the request
+	 */
+	private Object result;
+
+	public ResponseBean() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param success
+	 * @param message
+	 * @param result
+     */
+	public ResponseBean(boolean success, String message, Object result) {
+		super();
+		this.success = success;
+		this.message = message;
+		this.result = result;
+	}
+
+
+	public boolean isSuccess() {
+		return success;
+	}
+
+
+	public void setSuccess(boolean success) {
+		this.success = success;
+	}
+
+
+	public String getMessage() {
+		return message;
+	}
+
+
+	public void setMessage(String message) {
+		this.message = message;
+	}
+
+
+	public Object getResult() {
+		return result;
+	}
+
+
+	public void setResult(Object result) {
+		this.result = result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ResponseBean [success=" + success
+				+ ", message=" + message + ", result=" + result + "]";
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/providers/CustomObjectMapper.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.providers;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+
+@Provider
+/**
+ * Custom mapper with property CAMEL_CASE_TO_LOWER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES to perform serialization/deserialization
+ *  with snake case over camel case for json beans.
+ *  TODO check https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-docs/wiki/JacksonMixInAnnotations for applying such transformation
+ *  only to some classes.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class CustomObjectMapper implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
+
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomObjectMapper.class);
+	private final ObjectMapper mapper;
+
+	public CustomObjectMapper() {
+		logger.debug("new ObjectMapperResolver()");
+		mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
+		mapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(PropertyNamingStrategy.SNAKE_CASE);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ObjectMapper getContext(Class<?> type) {
+		logger.debug("ObjectMapperResolver.getContext(...) invoked");
+		return mapper;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/utils/ElasticSearchConnection.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils;
+
+import org.gcube.smartgears.ContextProvider;
+import org.gcube.smartgears.context.application.ApplicationContext;
+import org.gcube.socialnetworking.social_data_search_client.ElasticSearchClient;
+import org.gcube.socialnetworking.social_data_search_client.ElasticSearchClientImpl;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The class discovers and offer connections to the elastic search cluster.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class ElasticSearchConnection {
+	
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ElasticSearchConnection.class);
+
+	// databook store (singleton)
+	private ElasticSearchClient es; 
+
+	// singleton
+	private static ElasticSearchConnection singleton = new ElasticSearchConnection();
+
+	private ElasticSearchConnection(){
+		try {
+			ApplicationContext ctx = ContextProvider.get(); // get this info from SmartGears
+			logger.debug("Creating connection to Elasticsearch");
+			es = new ElasticSearchClientImpl(ctx.container().configuration().infrastructure());
+			logger.debug("Elasticsearch connection created");
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Failed to connect to elasticsearch", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static ElasticSearchConnection getSingleton(){
+
+		return singleton;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the object to connect to cassandra cluster.
+	 * @return connection pool to cassandra cluster
+	 * @throws Exception 
+	 */
+	public ElasticSearchClient getElasticSearchClient(){
+
+		return es;
+
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/utils/ErrorMessages.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class that contains error messages to be returned in the HTTP responses.
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR
+ */
+public class ErrorMessages {
+
+	public static final String MISSING_TOKEN = "Missing token.";
+	public static final String MISSING_PARAMETERS = "Missing request parameters.";
+	public static final String INVALID_TOKEN = "Invalid token.";
+	public static final String TOKEN_GENERATION_APP_FAILED = "Token generation failed.";
+	public static final String NOT_APP_TOKEN  = "Invalid token: not belonging to an application.";
+	public static final String NOT_APP_ID = "Invalid application id: it doesn't belong to an application.";
+	public static final String NO_APP_PROFILE_FOUND = "There is no application profile for this app id/scope.";
+	public static final String BAD_REQUEST = "Please check the parameter you passed, it seems a bad request";
+	public static final String ERROR_IN_API_RESULT = "The error is reported into the 'message' field of the returned object";
+	public static final String POST_OUTSIDE_VRE = "A post cannot be written into a context that is not a VRE";
+	public static final String DEPRECATED_METHOD = "This method is deprecated, must use version 2";
+	
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/utils/Filters.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.EnhancedPost;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.SocialDBDriver;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.GroupRetrievalFault;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemException;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeGroup;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Filters to apply to Posts/comments etc
+ * @author Costantino Perciante at ISTI-CNR (costantino.perciante@isti.cnr.it)
+ */
+public class Filters {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Filters.class);
+
+	private static List<String> getContexts(String context) throws IllegalArgumentException, UserManagementSystemException, GroupRetrievalFault{
+		
+		// retrieve group information
+		GroupManager gm = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+		GCubeGroup group = gm.getGroup(gm.getGroupIdFromInfrastructureScope(context));
+
+		List<String> contexts = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+		if(gm.isRootVO(group.getGroupId())){
+			
+		}
+		else if(gm.isVO(group.getGroupId())){
+
+			List<GCubeGroup> vres = group.getChildren();
+			for (GCubeGroup gCubeGroup : vres) {
+				contexts.add(gm.getInfrastructureScope(gCubeGroup.getGroupId()));
+			}
+
+		}else{
+			contexts.add(gm.getInfrastructureScope(group.getGroupId()));
+		}
+		
+		return contexts;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Given a list of not filtered Posts, the methods remove Posts unaccessible in this scope.
+	 * If the initial context is the root: all Posts are returned;
+	 * If the initial context is a VO: Posts for vres within the vo are returned;
+	 * If the initial context is a vre: Posts of the vre are returned;
+	 * @param postsIds
+	 * @param context
+	 * @throws Exception 
+	 */
+	public static void filterPostsPerContextById(
+			List<String> postsIds, String context) throws Exception {
+
+		SocialDBDriver datastore = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+		List<Post> posts = new ArrayList<Post>();
+
+		for (String postId : postsIds) {
+			try{
+				posts.add(datastore.readPost(postId));
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to read post with id " + postId, e);	
+			}
+		}
+
+		// filter
+		filterPostsPerContext(posts, context);
+
+		// clear and convert
+		postsIds.clear();
+		for (Post post : posts) {
+			postsIds.add(post.getKey());
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Given a list of not filtered posts, the methods remove posts unaccessible in this scope.
+	 * If the initial context is the root: all posts are returned;
+	 * If the initial context is a VO: posts for vres within the vo are returned;
+	 * If the initial context is a vre: posts of the vre are returned;
+	 * @param posts
+	 * @param context
+	 * @throws Exception 
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public static void filterPostsPerContext(List<Post> posts, String context) throws Exception {
+
+		List<String> contexts = getContexts(context);
+		
+		// filter
+		Iterator<Post> iterator = posts.iterator();
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			Post post = (Post) iterator.next();
+			if(!contexts.contains(post.getVreid()))
+				iterator.remove();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Filter comments per context
+	 * @param comments
+	 * @param context
+	 * @throws Exception 
+	 */
+	public static void filterCommentsPerContext(List<Comment> comments, String context) throws Exception {
+
+		List<String> contexts = getContexts(context);
+
+		// get cassandra store
+		SocialDBDriver datastore = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore();
+
+		// filter
+		Iterator<Comment> iterator = comments.iterator();
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			try{
+				Comment comment = (Comment) iterator.next();
+				Post parent = datastore.readPost(comment.getPostid());
+				if(!contexts.contains(parent.getVreid()))
+					iterator.remove();
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.warn("Failed to analyze this comment", e);
+				iterator.remove(); // remove it anyway
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Depending on the type of object provided (e.g. Post, Comment etc), some information are removed
+	 * @param toClear
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public static <T> void hideSensitiveInformation(List<T> toClear, String usernameCaller){
+
+		if(toClear == null || toClear.isEmpty() || usernameCaller == null || usernameCaller.isEmpty())
+			return;
+		else{
+
+			// for posts
+			if(toClear.get(0).getClass().equals(Post.class)){
+
+				for (T post : toClear) {
+					Post posted = ((Post)post);
+					if(!usernameCaller.equals(posted.getEntityId()))
+						posted.setEmail(""); // remove the email field
+				}
+
+			}else if(toClear.get(0).getClass().equals(EnhancedPost.class)){
+				for (T enhancedPost : toClear) {
+					Post posted = ((EnhancedPost)enhancedPost).getPost();
+					if(!usernameCaller.equals(posted.getEntityId()))
+						posted.setEmail(""); // remove the email field
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/utils/SocialUtils.java

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+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils;
+
+import static org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory.client;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.ApplicationNotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.NotificationsManager;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.ex.ApplicationProfileNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingSite;
+import org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer.social.shared.SocialNetworkingUser;
+import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.utils.Caller;
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.utils.XPathHelper;
+import org.gcube.common.security.secrets.Secret;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.server.CassandraConnection;
+//import org.gcube.common.scope.impl.ScopeBean;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.ApplicationProfile;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Comment;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Like;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.Post;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.PostType;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.PrivacyLevel;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.exceptions.PostIDNotFoundException;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.bean.GenericItemBean;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.CommentNotificationsThread;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.LikeNotificationsThread;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.MentionNotificationsThread;
+import org.gcube.portal.notifications.thread.PostNotificationsThread;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.caches.SocialNetworkingSiteFinder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.GroupManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.liferay.ws.UserManagerWSBuilder;
+import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.pickitem.shared.ItemBean;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.Query;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.impl.QueryBox;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialutillibrary.Utils;
+import org.gcube.socialnetworking.socialtoken.SocialMessageParser;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.UserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.TeamRetrievalFault;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserManagementSystemException;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.exception.UserRetrievalFault;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayUserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+public class SocialUtils {
+
+	// Logger
+	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocialUtils.class);
+
+	public final static String NO_TEXT_FILE_SHARE = "_N0_73X7_SH4R3_";
+	public final static int CACHING_TIME_TO_EXPIRATION = 2506000;//29 days 6 minutes 40 seconds 
+	public final static String DISABLED_USERS_NOTIFICATIONS_NAMESPACE = "dun:";
+
+	// name of the portlet for vre notification
+	public static final String NEWS_FEED_PORTLET_CLASSNAME = "org.gcube.portlets.user.newspost.server.NewsServiceImpl";
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param mentions the set of string containing the usernames
+	 * @return a list of existing usernames associated with their fullnames
+	 */
+	private static ArrayList<GenericItemBean> getUsersFromUsernames(Set<String> mentions) {
+		if (mentions.isEmpty()) 
+			return new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<GenericItemBean> toReturn = new ArrayList<>();
+		UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		for (String username : mentions) {
+			try{				
+				GCubeUser user = uManager.getUserByUsername(username);
+				String fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
+				toReturn.add(new GenericItemBean(""+user.getUserId(), username, fullName, ""));
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to get user informations for username=" + username);
+			}			
+		}
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+	// utility method
+	private static ArrayList<ItemBean> convertToItemBean(Collection<GenericItemBean> items) {
+		ArrayList<ItemBean> toReturn = new ArrayList<>(items.size());
+		for (GenericItemBean item : items) {
+			toReturn.add(new ItemBean(item.getId(), item.getName(), item.getAlternativeName(), item.getThumbnailURL()));
+		}
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method used when an application needs to publish something.
+	 * @param postText
+	 * @param uriParams
+	 * @param previewTitle
+	 * @param previewDescription
+	 * @param httpImageUrl
+	 * @return true upon success, false on failure
+	 */
+	public static Post shareApplicationUpdate(
+			String postText, 
+			String uriParams, 
+			String previewTitle, 
+			String previewDescription, 
+			String httpImageUrl,
+			ApplicationProfile applicationProfile,
+			Secret secret,
+			boolean notifyGroup
+			){
+
+		SocialMessageParser messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(postText);
+		String escapedPostText = messageParser.getParsedMessage();
+		List<String> hashtags = messageParser.getHashtags();
+		ArrayList<GenericItemBean> mentionedUsers = getUsersFromUsernames(Utils.getMentionedUsernames(postText));
+		ArrayList<ItemBean> mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML = convertToItemBean(mentionedUsers);
+
+		SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(secret.getContext());
+
+		escapedPostText = Utils.convertMentionUsernamesAnchorHTML(escapedPostText, mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML, site.getSiteURL(), site.getSiteLandingPagePath());
+		logger.debug("*** Escaped post text is " + escapedPostText);
+
+		String scope = secret.getContext();
+		String appId = secret.getOwner().getId();		
+
+		Post toWrite = 
+				buildPost(
+						escapedPostText, 
+						uriParams == null ? "" : uriParams, 
+								previewTitle == null ? "" : previewTitle, 
+										previewDescription == null ? "" : previewDescription, 
+												httpImageUrl == null ? "" : httpImageUrl, 
+														applicationProfile, 
+														scope);
+
+		// try to save it
+		boolean res = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveAppPost(toWrite);
+
+		if(res){
+			logger.debug("Post correctly written by application " + appId);
+
+			// wait a bit before saving hashtags
+			if(hashtags != null && !hashtags.isEmpty())
+				new Thread(()->{
+					try {
+						Thread.sleep(1000);
+						CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveHashTags(toWrite.getKey(), scope, hashtags);
+					} catch (Exception e1) {
+						logger.error("Failed to save hashtags in Cassandra", e1);
+					}
+				}).start();
+
+
+			//  build the notification manager
+
+			SocialNetworkingUser user = new SocialNetworkingUser(appId, "", applicationProfile.getName(), applicationProfile.getImageUrl());
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(
+					UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(),
+					site, 
+					scope, 
+					user, 
+					NEWS_FEED_PORTLET_CLASSNAME);
+
+			if (!mentionedUsers.isEmpty())
+				new Thread(new MentionNotificationsThread(toWrite.getKey(), toWrite.getDescription(), nm, null, mentionedUsers)).start();
+
+			if(notifyGroup){
+
+				logger.debug("Sending notifications for " + appId + " " + scope);
+
+				try{
+
+					String name = scope;//new ScopeBean(scope).name(); // scope such as devVRE // need to fix
+
+					// retrieve group information
+					GroupManager gManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+
+					long groupId = gManager.getGroupId(name);
+					String groupName =  gManager.getGroup(groupId).getGroupName();
+
+					logger.debug("Company id and name " + groupId + " " + groupName);
+
+					// start notification thread
+					new Thread(new PostNotificationsThread(
+							UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(),
+							toWrite.getKey(), 
+							toWrite.getDescription(), 
+							""+groupId, 
+							nm, 
+							new HashSet<String>(hashtags),
+							new HashSet<String>())
+							).start();
+				}catch (Exception e) {
+					logger.debug("Post succesfully created but unable to send notifications.");
+				}
+
+			}
+			return toWrite;
+		}
+		else
+			return null;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Build an ApplicationProfile Post.
+	 * 
+	 * @param description add a description for the update you are sharing
+	 * @param uriParams the additional parameters your applicationProfile needs to open the subject of this update  e.g. id=12345&type=foo
+	 * @param previewTitle the title to show in the preview
+	 * @param previewDescription the description to show in the preview
+	 * @param previewThumbnailUrl the image url to show in the preview
+	 * @return a post instance ready to be written
+	 */
+	private static Post buildPost(
+			String description, 
+			String uriParams, 
+			String previewTitle, 
+			String previewDescription, 
+			String previewThumbnailUrl,
+			ApplicationProfile applicationProfile,
+			String scopeApp) {
+
+		String uri = applicationProfile.getUrl();
+
+		//add the GET params if necessary
+		if (uriParams != null && uriParams.compareTo("") != 0)
+			uri += "?"+uriParams;		
+
+		Post toReturn = new Post( 
+				UUID.randomUUID().toString(), 
+				PostType.PUBLISH, 
+				applicationProfile.getKey(), 
+				new Date(), 
+				scopeApp, 
+				uri, 
+				previewThumbnailUrl, 
+				description, 
+				PrivacyLevel.SINGLE_VRE, 
+				applicationProfile.getName(), 
+				"no-email", 
+				applicationProfile.getImageUrl(), 
+				previewTitle, 
+				previewDescription, 
+				"", 
+				true);
+
+		return toReturn;
+	}	
+
+	//removed getprofilefrominfrastructure
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows user to post a post in a certain vre.
+	 * @param userId
+	 * @param postText
+	 * @param vreId
+	 * @param previewTitle
+	 * @param previewDescription
+	 * @param previewHost
+	 * @param previewUrl
+	 * @param urlThumbnail
+	 * @param notifyGroup
+	 * @return The written Post
+	 */
+	public static Post shareUserUpdate(
+			String userId,
+			String postText,
+			String vreId, 
+			String previewTitle, 
+			String previewDescription, 
+			String previewHost,
+			String previewUrl,
+			String urlThumbnail, 
+			boolean notifyGroup,
+			Secret secret) {
+
+		SocialMessageParser messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(postText);
+		String escapedPostText = messageParser.getParsedMessage();
+		List<String> hashtags = messageParser.getHashtags();
+		//check if any mention exists
+		ArrayList<GenericItemBean> mentionedUsers = getUsersFromUsernames(Utils.getMentionedUsernames(postText));
+		ArrayList<ItemBean> mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML = convertToItemBean(mentionedUsers);
+
+		SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(secret.getContext());
+
+		escapedPostText = Utils.convertMentionUsernamesAnchorHTML(escapedPostText, mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML, site.getSiteURL(), site.getSiteLandingPagePath());
+
+		GCubeUser user;
+
+		// retrieve group information
+		UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		try {
+			user = uManager.getUserByUsername(userId);
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to get user informations, post write fails.", e);
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		String email = user.getEmail();
+		String fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
+		String thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+		String linkTitle = previewTitle == null ? "" : previewTitle;
+		String linkDesc = previewDescription == null ? "" : previewDescription;
+		String host = previewHost == null ? "" : previewHost;
+		String url = previewUrl == null ? "" : previewUrl;
+		if (urlThumbnail == null)
+			urlThumbnail = "null";
+
+		//this means the user has shared a file without text in it.
+		String textToPost = "";
+		if (escapedPostText.trim().compareTo(NO_TEXT_FILE_SHARE) == 0) {
+			textToPost = org.gcube.social_networking.socialutillibrary.Utils.convertFileNameAnchorHTML(url);
+		} else {
+			textToPost = escapedPostText;
+		}
+
+		Post toShare = new Post(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), PostType.PUBLISH, userId, new Date(),
+				vreId, url, urlThumbnail, textToPost, PrivacyLevel.SINGLE_VRE, fullName, email, thumbnailURL, linkTitle, linkDesc, host);
+
+		logger.debug("Attempting to save Post with text: " + textToPost + " Level = " + PrivacyLevel.SINGLE_VRE + " Timeline = " + vreId);
+
+		boolean result = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveUserPost(toShare);
+
+		if(vreId != null && vreId.compareTo("") != 0 && result) {
+
+			logger.trace("Attempting to write onto " + vreId);
+
+			try {
+
+				try{
+					logger.debug("Sleeping waiting for cassandra's update");
+					Thread.sleep(1000);
+
+				}catch(Exception e){
+
+					logger.error(e.toString());
+
+				}
+				CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().savePostToVRETimeline(toShare.getKey(), vreId);
+
+				if (hashtags != null && !hashtags.isEmpty())
+					CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().saveHashTags(toShare.getKey(), vreId, hashtags);
+
+			} catch (PostIDNotFoundException e) {
+				logger.error("Error writing onto VRES Time Line" + vreId);
+			}  
+			logger.trace("Success writing onto " + vreId);				
+		}
+
+		if (!result) 
+			return null;
+
+		SocialNetworkingUser socialUser = 
+				new SocialNetworkingUser(userId, email, fullName, thumbnailURL);
+		NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, vreId, socialUser, NEWS_FEED_PORTLET_CLASSNAME);
+		if (!mentionedUsers.isEmpty())
+			new Thread(new MentionNotificationsThread(toShare.getKey(), toShare.getDescription(), nm, null, mentionedUsers)).start();
+
+		//send the notification about this posts to everyone in the group if notifyGroup is true
+		if (vreId != null && vreId.compareTo("") != 0 && notifyGroup) {
+
+			try{		
+				// retrieve group information
+				GroupManager gManager = GroupManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getGroupManager();
+				// handle the scope
+				String name = vreId; //new ScopeBean(vreId).name(); // scope such as devVR // need to fix
+				long groupId = gManager.getGroupId(name);
+				String groupName = gManager.getGroup(groupId).getGroupName();
+
+				logger.debug("Company id and name " + groupId + " " + groupName);
+				new Thread(
+						new PostNotificationsThread(
+								UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(),
+								toShare.getKey(), 
+								toShare.getDescription(), 
+								""+groupId, 
+								nm, 
+								new HashSet<String>(),
+								new HashSet<String>(hashtags))
+						).start();
+
+				logger.debug("Start sending notifications for post written by " + userId);
+			}catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to notify users", e);
+			}
+		}
+		return toShare;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Allows to comment post in a certain vre.
+
+	 * @param userid the username
+	 * @param time the date and time of the comment
+	 * @param postId the key of the post that was commented
+	 * @param commentText the text as it is, it will be parsed
+	 * @param postOwnerId the username of the user who created the post that was commented
+	 * @param context the VRE context
+	 * 
+	 * @return the Comment instance if ok, null if somwthign went KO
+	 * @throws PostIDNotFoundException 
+	 */
+	public static Comment commentPost(String userid, Date time, String postId, String commentText, String postOwnerId, String context, Secret secret) throws PostIDNotFoundException {
+
+		SocialMessageParser messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(commentText);
+		String escapedCommentText = messageParser.getParsedMessage();
+		//check if any mention exists
+		ArrayList<GenericItemBean> mentionedUsers = getUsersFromUsernames(Utils.getMentionedUsernames(commentText));
+		ArrayList<ItemBean> mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML = convertToItemBean(mentionedUsers);
+		SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(secret.getContext());
+
+		escapedCommentText = Utils.convertMentionUsernamesAnchorHTML(escapedCommentText, mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML, site.getSiteURL(), site.getSiteLandingPagePath());
+
+		// retrieve user information
+		GCubeUser user;
+		UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		try {
+			user = uManager.getUserByUsername(userid);
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to get user informations, comment write fails.", e);
+			return null;
+		}
+		String commentKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString(); // a unique id that goes in the DB
+		String email = user.getEmail();
+		String fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
+		String thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+
+		Comment theComment = new Comment(commentKey, userid, time, postId, escapedCommentText, fullName, thumbnailURL);		
+		logger.debug("Attempting to save Comment with text: " + commentText + " postid="+postId);
+
+		boolean result = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().addComment(theComment);
+		logger.debug("Added comment? " + theComment.toString() + " Result is " +result);
+
+		if (!result) 
+			return null;
+
+		//if the comment was correctly delivered notify users involved
+		SocialNetworkingUser socialUser = new SocialNetworkingUser(userid, email, fullName, thumbnailURL);
+
+		NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(uManager, site, context, socialUser, NEWS_FEED_PORTLET_CLASSNAME);
+
+		//if the user who commented this post is not the user who posted it notify the poster user (Post owner) 
+		logger.debug("The post creator is " + postOwnerId);
+		if (! user.getUsername().equals(postOwnerId)) {	
+			boolean resultNotifyOwnComment = nm.notifyOwnCommentReply(postOwnerId, postId, escapedCommentText, theComment.getKey());
+			logger.debug("Comment Notification to post creator added? " + resultNotifyOwnComment);
+		} 
+		//if there are users who liked this post they get notified, asynchronously with this thread
+		ArrayList<Like> likes = getAllLikesByPost(postId);
+		Thread likesThread = new Thread(new LikeNotificationsThread(escapedCommentText, nm, likes, postOwnerId, theComment.getKey()));
+		likesThread.start();
+
+		//notify the other users who commented this post (excluding the ones above)
+		Thread commentsNotificationthread = new Thread(new CommentNotificationsThread(
+				CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore(),
+				uManager, user.getUsername(), theComment.getPostid(), escapedCommentText, nm, postOwnerId,  theComment.getKey(), likes));
+		commentsNotificationthread.start();	
+
+		//send the notification to the mentioned users, if any
+		if (mentionedUsers != null && mentionedUsers.size() > 0) {
+			ArrayList<GenericItemBean> toPass = new ArrayList<GenericItemBean>();
+
+
+			// among the mentionedUsers there could be groups of people
+			Map<String, ItemBean> uniqueUsersToNotify = new HashMap<>();
+			UserManager um = new LiferayUserManager();
+
+			for (ItemBean bean : mentionedUsersToConvertInHTML) {
+
+				if(bean.isItemGroup()){
+
+					// retrieve the users of this group
+					try {
+						List<GCubeUser> teamUsers = um.listUsersByTeam(Long.parseLong(bean.getId()));
+
+						for (GCubeUser userTeam : teamUsers) {
+							if(!uniqueUsersToNotify.containsKey(userTeam.getUsername()))
+								uniqueUsersToNotify.put(userTeam.getUsername(), new ItemBean(userTeam.getUserId()+"",
+										userTeam.getUsername(), userTeam.getFullname(), userTeam.getUserAvatarURL()));
+						}
+
+					} catch (NumberFormatException
+							| UserManagementSystemException
+							| TeamRetrievalFault | UserRetrievalFault e) {
+						logger.error("Unable to retrieve team information", e);
+					}
+
+				}else{
+					// it is a user, just add to the hashmap
+					if(!uniqueUsersToNotify.containsKey(bean.getName()))
+						uniqueUsersToNotify.put(bean.getName(), bean);
+
+				}
+			}
+
+			// iterate over the hashmap
+			Iterator<Entry<String, ItemBean>> userMapIterator = uniqueUsersToNotify.entrySet().iterator();
+			while (userMapIterator.hasNext()) {
+				Map.Entry<String, ItemBean> userEntry = (Map.Entry<String, ItemBean>) userMapIterator
+						.next();
+				ItemBean userBean = userEntry.getValue();
+				toPass.add(new GenericItemBean(userBean.getId(), userBean.getName(), userBean.getAlternativeName(), userBean.getThumbnailURL()));
+			}
+
+			Thread thread = new Thread(new MentionNotificationsThread(theComment.getPostid(), escapedCommentText, nm, null, toPass));
+			thread.start();
+		}
+		return theComment;
+	}
+
+	private static ArrayList<Like> getAllLikesByPost(String postid) {
+		ArrayList<Like> toReturn = (ArrayList<Like>) CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().getAllLikesByPost(postid);
+		logger.debug("Asking likes for " + postid);
+		for (Like like : toReturn) {
+			// retrieve user information
+			GCubeUser user;
+			UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+			try {
+				user = uManager.getUserByUsername(like.getUserid());
+			} catch(Exception e){
+				logger.error("Unable to get user informations, comment write fails.", e);
+				return null;
+			}
+			String thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+
+			like.setThumbnailURL(thumbnailURL == null ? "" : thumbnailURL);
+		}
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean like(String username, String postid, String context, Secret secret) {
+		boolean likeCommitResult = false;
+		// retrieve user information
+		GCubeUser user;
+		UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		try {
+			user = uManager.getUserByUsername(username);
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to get user informations, like write fails.", e);
+			return false;
+		}
+		String email = user.getEmail();
+		String fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
+		String thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+		SocialNetworkingUser socialUser = new SocialNetworkingUser(user.getUsername(), email, fullName, thumbnailURL);
+	
+		Like toLike = new Like(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), user.getUsername(), 
+				new Date(), postid, user.getFullname(), user.getUserAvatarURL());
+		Post thePost = null;
+		try {
+			logger.debug("Attempting to read post with id: " +postid);
+			thePost = CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().readPost(postid);
+			likeCommitResult =  CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().like(toLike);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Post not found for this like ot could not like the post " + e.getMessage());
+			return false;
+		}
+		//if the like was correctly delivered notify the user who made the post
+		
+		boolean resultNotifyLike =false;
+		if (likeCommitResult) {
+			SocialNetworkingSite site = SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.getSocialNetworkingSiteFromScope(secret.getContext());
+			NotificationsManager nm = new ApplicationNotificationsManager(UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager(), site, context, socialUser, NEWS_FEED_PORTLET_CLASSNAME);
+			
+			String postText = thePost.getDescription();
+			String postOwnerId = thePost.getEntityId();
+			SocialMessageParser messageParser = new SocialMessageParser(postText);
+			String escapedPostText = messageParser.getParsedMessage();
+			
+			//if the user who liked this post is not the user who posted it notify the poster user (Post owner) 
+			logger.debug("The post creator is " + postOwnerId);			
+			if (! user.getUsername().equals(postOwnerId)) {	
+				resultNotifyLike = nm.notifyLikedPost(postOwnerId, postid, escapedPostText);
+				logger.debug("Like Notification to post creator added? " + resultNotifyLike);
+			} 				
+		}
+		return likeCommitResult && resultNotifyLike;
+	}
+	
+	public static boolean unlike(String username, String likeid, String postid) {
+		boolean unlikeCommitResult = false;
+		// retrieve user information
+		GCubeUser user;
+		UserManager uManager = UserManagerWSBuilder.getInstance().getUserManager();
+		try {
+			user = uManager.getUserByUsername(username);
+		} catch(Exception e){
+			logger.error("Unable to get user informations, unlike write fails.", e);
+			return false;
+		}
+		String fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
+		String thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+		try {
+	
+			unlikeCommitResult =  CassandraConnection.getInstance().getDatabookStore().unlike(username, likeid, postid);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Post not Found for this like ot could not unlike the post " + e.getMessage());
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		return unlikeCommitResult;
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/ws/utils/UserProfileExtendedWithVerifiedEmail.java

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package org.gcube.social_networking.ws.utils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+public class UserProfileExtendedWithVerifiedEmail {
+
+	@JsonProperty("id")
+	private String username;
+
+	@JsonProperty("roles")
+	private List<String> roles;
+
+	@JsonProperty("picture")
+	private String avatar;
+
+	@JsonProperty("name")
+	private String fullname;
+	
+	@JsonProperty("middle_name")
+	private String middleName;
+
+	@JsonProperty("male")
+	private boolean male;
+
+	@JsonProperty("location_industry")
+	private String locationIndustry;
+
+	@JsonProperty("given_name")
+	private String firstName;
+
+	@JsonProperty("email")
+	private String email;
+
+	@JsonProperty("job_title")
+	private String jobTitle;
+
+	@JsonProperty("family_name")
+	private String lastName;
+
+	@JsonProperty("verified_email")
+	private boolean verifiedEmail = true;
+
+	public UserProfileExtendedWithVerifiedEmail() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param username
+	 * @param roles
+	 * @param avatar
+	 * @param fullname
+	 */
+	public UserProfileExtendedWithVerifiedEmail(String username, List<String> roles, String avatar, String fullname) {
+		this.username = username;
+		this.roles = roles;
+		this.avatar = avatar;
+		this.fullname = fullname;
+	}
+
+	public String getUsername() {
+		return username;
+	}
+
+	public void setUsername(String username) {
+		this.username = username;
+	}
+
+	public List<String> getRoles() {
+		return roles;
+	}
+
+	public void setRoles(List<String> roles) {
+		this.roles = roles;
+	}
+
+	public String getAvatar() {
+		return avatar;
+	}
+
+	public void setAvatar(String avatar) {
+		this.avatar = avatar;
+	}
+
+	public String getFullname() {
+		return fullname;
+	}
+
+	public void setFullname(String fullname) {
+		this.fullname = fullname;
+	}
+
+	public String getMiddleName() {
+		return middleName;
+	}
+
+	public void setMiddleName(String middleName) {
+		this.middleName = middleName;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isMale() {
+		return male;
+	}
+
+	public void setMale(boolean male) {
+		this.male = male;
+	}
+
+	public String getLocationIndustry() {
+		return locationIndustry;
+	}
+
+	public void setLocationIndustry(String locationIndustry) {
+		this.locationIndustry = locationIndustry;
+	}
+
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getEmail() {
+		return email;
+	}
+
+	public void setEmail(String email) {
+		this.email = email;
+	}
+
+	public String getJobTitle() {
+		return jobTitle;
+	}
+
+	public void setJobTitle(String jobTitle) {
+		this.jobTitle = jobTitle;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isVerifiedEmail() {
+		return verifiedEmail;
+	}
+
+	public void setVerifiedEmail(boolean verifiedEmail) {
+		this.verifiedEmail = verifiedEmail;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		builder.append("UserProfileExtendedWithVerifiedEmail [username=");
+		builder.append(username);
+		builder.append(", roles=");
+		builder.append(roles);
+		builder.append(", avatar=");
+		builder.append(avatar);
+		builder.append(", fullname=");
+		builder.append(fullname);
+		builder.append(", middleName=");
+		builder.append(middleName);
+		builder.append(", male=");
+		builder.append(male);
+		builder.append(", locationIndustry=");
+		builder.append(locationIndustry);
+		builder.append(", firstName=");
+		builder.append(firstName);
+		builder.append(", email=");
+		builder.append(email);
+		builder.append(", jobTitle=");
+		builder.append(jobTitle);
+		builder.append(", lastName=");
+		builder.append(lastName);
+		builder.append(", verifiedEmail=");
+		builder.append(verifiedEmail);
+		builder.append("]");
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+	
+
+	
+}

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

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE xml>
 <web-app>
+    <context-param>
+        <param-name>admin-username</param-name>
+        <param-value>{{adminId}}</param-value>
+    </context-param>
+    <context-param>
+        <param-name>admin-pwd</param-name>
+        <param-value>{{adminPwd}}</param-value>
+    </context-param>
 	<servlet>
-    	<servlet-name>org.gcube.acme.ResourceInitializer</servlet-name>
+    	<servlet-name>org.gcube.social_networking.SocialService</servlet-name>
     </servlet>
     <servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/docs/*</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-    <servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/api-docs/*</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-    <servlet-mapping>
-        <servlet-name>org.gcube.acme.ResourceInitializer</servlet-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+        <servlet-name>org.gcube.social_networking.SocialService</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/social-service/*</url-pattern>
     </servlet-mapping>
 </web-app>

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+[INFO] -------------< org.gcube.social_networking:social-service >-------------
+[INFO] Building Social Service 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+[INFO]   from pom.xml
+[INFO] --------------------------------[ war ]---------------------------------
+[INFO] 
+[INFO] --- dependency:3.6.1:tree (default-cli) @ social-service ---
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+[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+[INFO] Finished at: 2024-05-16T15:44:20+02:00
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+[INFO] Scanning for projects...
+[INFO] 
+[INFO] -------------< org.gcube.social_networking:social-service >-------------
+[INFO] Building Social Service 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+[INFO]   from pom.xml
+[INFO] --------------------------------[ war ]---------------------------------
+[INFO] 
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