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Portal 2.0: Bringing Social, Web 2.0

and SOA together for the Enterprise

Thursday, April 9, 2009


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Part One:

Overview


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Built-in Collaboration Suite

Liferay Collaboration brings the best collaboration tools together in a single package with all

the benefits of Liferays group workspaces, including roles, permissions, page

management, and social computing features.

Message Boards, Blogs, Wikis

WebMail

Shared Calendars

Enterprise Chat

RSS Feeds

Tagging, Ratings, Comments

Building on a Tradition of Value

See developer.cisco.com, www.webjunction.org, click.lavalife.com
http://www.developer.cisco.com/http://www.webjunction.org/http://www.click.lavalife.com/http://www.webjunction.org/http://www.webjunction.org/http://www.developer.cisco.com/http://www.developer.cisco.com/http://www.click.lavalife.com/http://www.click.lavalife.com/


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Built-in Social Computing and Mashups

Liferay includes tools to help enterprises create functional social networks and easily deploy

widgets and mashups to meet business needs.

Build a social network for your enterprise with a singleplugin.

Find knowledge and expertise in your organization withprofiles.

Familiar social features: Friend List, Facebook-style Wall,and Activity Tracker.

TheActivity Tracker API makes it easy to integrate thirdparty portlets and applications.

Integrated instant messagingand presence forcompliancepersists across all pages.

Publish Liferay portlets to Facebook, Myspace, iGoogleor any website.

Building on a Tradition of Value

See www.miniunited.com, www.thecradle.com, www.pjoon.com
http://www.miniunited.com/http://www.thecradle.com/http://www.pjoon.com/http://www.thecradle.com/http://www.thecradle.com/http://www.miniunited.com/http://www.miniunited.com/http://www.pjoon.com/http://www.pjoon.com/


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Part Two:

Liferays Social Networking API


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SocialActivity

A SocialActivity is any discrete action a user took that others might want to know

about. Out of the box, Liferay tracks:

Liferay Portal:

Blog Entries

Message Board posts

Calendar event creation

Wiki page edits

Adding of Friends

Document Library actions

Liferay Social Networking API

World of Liferay adds:

Wall posts

JIRA activity

SVN activity


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SocialActivity SocialActivityLocalService.addActivity()

Call the addActivity() method from within the business logic that generates the activity. This

simply adds an activity entry to the activities table. For example, in

BlogsEntryLocalServiceImpl.java:

package com.liferay.portlet.blogs.service.impl;

...

public class BlogsEntryLocalServiceImpl ... {public BlogsEntry addEntry(

...

// Social

if (!draft) {socialActivityLocalService.addActivity(

userId, groupId, BlogsEntry.class.getName(), entryId,BlogsActivityKeys.ADD_ENTRY, StringPool.BLANK, 0);

}...

}...

}



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SocialActivity SocialActivityLocalService.addActivity()

public SocialActivity addActivity(

! long userId: the userId of the activity doer

! long groupId:the groupId (community or organization) of the activity doer

! String className: qualifies the type of the activity (to allow for specific interpretation)

! long classPK: identifies the object associated with this activity; e.g., the blog entry added

! int type: allows for multiple types of activity within a class; e.g. Blogs: addEntry or addComment

! String extraData: catch-all field for providing extra data to the interpreter; e.g. commentId

! long receiverUserId: the userId of the recipient of the activity; e.g., friend added

)



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SocialActivityInterpreter

SocialActivityInterpreterLocalServiceUtil.interpret()

Call the interpret() method over a Collection of activities to display them. For example, in the

social-activities taglib (portal-web/docroot/html/taglib/ui/social_activities/page.jsp):

...

for (SocialActivity activity : activities) {SocialActivityFeedEntry activityFeedEntry

= SocialActivityInterpreterLocalServiceUtil.interpret(activity, themeDisplay);...

...

...



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SocialActivityInterpreter {Custom}ActivityInterpreter

Create a custom *ActivityInterpreter class to determine how your activity will be displayed.

For example, in BlogsActivityInterpreter.java:

package com.liferay.portlet.blogs.social;

...

public class BlogsActivityInterpreter extends BaseSocialActivityInterpreter {

protected SocialActivityFeedEntry doInterpret(SocialActivity activity, ThemeDisplay themeDisplay) ... {...// Check permissionsif (!BlogsEntryPermission.contains(

permissionChecker, activity.getClassPK(), ActionKeys.VIEW)) {

return null;}

// Get userIds; Create Link, Activity Title, Body, etc.}

private static final String[] _CLASS_NAMES = new String[] {BlogsEntry.class.getName()

};

}



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SocialActivityInterpreter {Custom}ActivityInterpreter

You could also create:

! SalesForceActivityInterpreter

! SharePointActivityInterpreter

! SAPActivityInterpreter

! YourCustomOrLegacyAppActivityInterpreter


Activities

Jane completed a nightly batch process on HAL9000.Yesterday at 4:23 PM

Bryan closed a $40,000 Liferay Subscription with ABCCompany. March 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Matt uploaded a new version ofPortal Pricing Sheet toSales Community. March 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM

Matt and Bryan are now friends. March 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM


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SocialRequest SocialRequestLocalServiceUtil.addRequest()

A SocialRequest is similar to a SocialActivity, but requires action by the other party.

The basic example is a request for someone to add you as a friend. In this case, call

the addRequest() method.

For example, in the WOL (World of Liferay) Summary portlet, you can request a friend:


package com.liferay.wol.summary.portlet;

...

public class SummaryPortlet extends JSPPortlet {...public void addFriend() {

SocialRequestLocalServiceUtil.addRequest(themeDisplay.getUserId(), 0, User.class.getName(),themeDisplay.getUserId(), FriendsRequestKeys.ADD_FRIEND,StringPool.BLANK, user.getUserId());

...}...

}


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SocialRequest SocialRequestInterpreterLocalServiceUtil.interpret()

... and in the Requests portlet, you can interpret, and accept a friend request:


......

...

...

...


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SocialRequestInterpreter {Custom}RequestInterpreter

Create a Custom *RequestInterpreter class to interpret custom requests.

For example, FriendsRequestInterpreter.java:


package com.liferay.wol.friends.social;

...

public class FriendsRequestInterpreter extends BaseSocialRequestInterpreter {

protected SocialRequestFeedEntry doInterpret(...) {

// Do Request presentation processing}

protected boolean doProcessConfirmation(...) {

SocialRelationLocalServiceUtil.addRelation(...);

SocialActivityLocalServiceUtil.addActivity(...);}

private static final String[] _CLASS_NAMES = new String[] {User.class.getName()

};}


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SocialRelation

A SocialRelation basically model relationships between two users. They can either be

bi-directional (friends, co-workers, group members, etc.) or uni-directional (child,

parent, boss, employee).

In our last example, doProcessConfirmation actually adds a SocialRelation:


package com.liferay.wol.friends.social;

...

public class FriendsRequestInterpreter extends BaseSocialRequestInterpreter {

...protected boolean doProcessConfirmation(...) {

SocialRelationLocalServiceUtil.addRelation(request.getUserId(), request.getReceiverUserId(),SocialRelationConstants.TYPE_BI_FRIEND);

...}...

}


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SocialRelation

A SocialRelation can also be deleted by calling:

SocialRelationLocalServiceUtil.deleteRelation(

long userId1, long userId2, int type

);



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Part Three:

Mashups and Scripting


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Easy Sharing / Mashups

Liferay > Facebook

Google Gadgets > Liferay

Liferay > Web page (JS Widget)

Liferay > iGoogle

XML / XSL > Liferay

iPhone Site > Liferay

Flickr > Liferay

Google Maps > Liferay

IFrame / Web Proxy



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Scripting Languages

! Velocity

! Ruby (uses JRuby)

! PHP (uses Quercus)

! Python (uses Jython?)

! Groovy

... and you can access Liferay Java

APIs through these languages!

So you could create Social Networking portlets using Liferays Social API and Ruby, for

example.



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Replace java.rb in sample-ruby portlet with: (Tested in LP5.2.3)require 'java'

include_class 'com.liferay.portal.service.OrganizationServiceUtil'include_class 'com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalServiceUtil'include_class 'com.liferay.portlet.social.service.SocialActivityLocalServiceUtil'include_class 'com.liferay.portlet.social.model.SocialActivityFeedEntry'include_class 'com.liferay.portlet.social.service.SocialActivityInterpreterLocalServiceUtil'

$renderResponse.setContentType "text/html"

out = $renderResponse.getPortletOutputStream

out.println """Invoking Liferay Services

"""if ($userInfo != nil)

userId = $userInfo['liferay.user.id'].to_iactivitiesCount = SocialActivityLocalServiceUtil.getUserActivitiesCount(userId)organizations = OrganizationServiceUtil.getUserOrganizations(userId)activities = SocialActivityLocalServiceUtil.getUserActivities(userId, 0, activitiesCount)

out.println "You belong to #{organizations.size} organizations:"

organizations.each do |organization|out.println "Organization Name: #{organization.getName()}"

end

out.println "You have #{activities.size} activities:"

themeDisplay = $renderRequest.getAttribute("THEME_DISPLAY")

activities.each do |activity|activityFeedEntry = SocialActivityInterpreterLocalServiceUtil.interpret(activity, themeDisplay);out.println "#{activityFeedEntry.getTitle}
#{activityFeedEntry.getBody}"

endout.println ""

elsifout.println "You do not belong to any organizations."

endout.println Custom.navigation



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Liferay goes beyond providing a superficial Javascript layer for social networking

Liferay processes on the server side for more robustness and scalability

Single HTTP request rather than multiple

Also automatically exposes to Javascript (portlet sharing and JSON services)

Specifically for Social Networking:

Liferay for Developers


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Pervasive compatibilityLiferay runs on all major app servers, databases andoperating systems. Minimizes new spending on infrastructure.

Can run PHP, Ruby, Python, and moreprotect training and skills investments.

Pre-integrated with leading open source offerings.

Liberal MIT license is very flexible toward business use.

Liferay uses what you already use:



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*statistics taken from SourceForge.net

In its 10th year of development, Liferay Portal is todaysmost popular and widely downloaded open source portal.

Over 2.2 Million downloads and 75,000downloads per month

~66% of downloads Liferay Portal

~33% of downloads Liferay IDE & Plug-ins

Over 17,000 registered community members

Over 50 active volunteer contributors



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IBM / Oracle Comparison

Significant Savings

Customers that deployed Liferay Portal to production systems can savean average of93%in the first year over retail pricing for solutions from IBM and Oracle.


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Liferay offers a nimble approach to implementation to provideshort-term ROI without compromising long-term viability.

Phased agile approach to development: add capability as needed withimmediate feedback

Liferay provides direct access to highest levels of product development team

Assets can be quickly reused and deployed (e.g. WebEx community)

Sponsored development reduces maintenance costs

Website

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Intranet

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Website

Intranet

EAI

EAI

Collab Collab

Social

EAI

Implementation Agility

Agile development


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Flexible, Easy Integration

Pervasive compatibilityLiferay runs on all major app servers,databases and operating systems. Minimizes new spending oninfrastructure.

SOA Approach:Portal services can be easily integrated into ESBcomponents and portal can easily integrate other non-portal servicesdeployed to the ESB

Compliance to open standards: Portlet 2.0 (member), JSR-170

(content), JBI (ESB), WSRP 1.0/2.0, JSR-88Useable Infrastructure: Built-in application capability with EAIframework to expand


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Granular security and role-based authorization

Unlike other portals that maintain a simplified role-based permissions scheme, Liferay allows for granular, role-basedauthorizations. Portal administrators can assign individual users or groups of users different "roles" that grant varying

levels of access and editing rights to specific communities, files, applications and tools.

Built-in content tagging

Most pieces of content within the portal are treated as assets and can be tagged to help better group them together. Thisincludes blog entries, message board threads, and even web content. Admins can then optionally manage the tags within theportal using the Tags Admin Portlet, or even publish specific types of assets based on the tags that they do or do not have

using the Asset Publisher Portlet.

RSS and email subscriptions

In many cases, Liferay allows users to either subscribe to RSS feeds or via email. This includes things as specific as messageboard threads, user blogs, user activities, etc.

Liferay Portal - Features

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Application Scripts

Unlike other portlets that require development and deployment, Application Scripts enable users to createapplications on-the-fly.

Dynamic Datasets

By leveraging a framework called Expandos, Liferay provides a service that allows the creation of dynamic datasetswithout any change to the database schema. This data can be:

typed (boolean, Date, double, int, long, short, String, and arrays of all those)

associated with a specific entity (e.g. 'com.liferay.portal.model.User')

arranged into any number of "columns"

available to plugins

accessed from Velocity templates

accessed via Liferay's JSON API through AJAX


Features

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Multi-tenancy

Liferay provides the ability to host multiple sites on one deployment of Liferay Portal. In fact, adding anothersite is as simple as a few mouse-clicks and doesnot require additional deployments or the assistance of aSystem Administrator. Each community or organization can have its own:

Virtual hostSet of users

Content

Pages

Look-and-feel

Roles


Features

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Industry AttentionNamed a Visionary in Gartners Magic Quadrant for PortalProducts

InfoWorlds Best of Open Source Software (2007, 2008)

EContent 100 (2006, 2007, 2008)

CIO 100 Award (Goodwill Industries)

Liferay Portal was by far the most cost effective and efficient portal technology we considered. Steve Bergman, CIOGoodwill Industries International

There are a number of well-known open source portal solutions, including JBoss, Metadot, and MindTouch Deki.But when looking for enterprise strength, Liferay Portal stands apart.InfoWorld 2008



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For more information, please contact:

Alice ChengLiferay, [email protected]

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