Add a new controller to the CAS7 server

[ztf863]

Hello, I am a beginner in CAS. I want to add a new controller to the CAS7 server, but it does not take effect. How should I implement it? Is there any documentation for this? Thanks

[Ray Bon]

See https://apereo.github.io/cas/6.6.x/webflow/Webflow-Customization-Extensions.html and https://fawnoos.com/2022/07/22/cas66-ui-themes/

Ray

On Fri, 2023-09-08 at 16:15 +0800, ztf863 wrote:

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[ztf863]

Thank you very much for your reply. After my attempts, I found a solution. By adding the controller's package path address in the configuration file META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports, the controller can be identified.

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[ztf863]

Just register the bean in Configuration

@Bean("authController")
public AuthController authController(){
    return new AuthController();
}

[Petr Bodnár]

Hi both,

thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I think what you actually need is to look at https://apereo.github.io/cas/6.6.x/configuration/Configuration-Management-Extensions.html. How to add a new Spring configuration class and to define new beans within in it is described there.

In practice, these are 2 simple steps:

1. Create your XyzConfiguration.java and put its fully qualified name into the corresponding "org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports" file.
2. Inside the XyzConfiguration.java, define your beans, which might be e.g. your new Spring MVC controller.

Besides that, one should be warned that since CAS 6.4.0-RC2, you can no longer rely on automatic beans' scanning - see https://groups.google.com/a/apereo.org/g/cas-user/c/HxZbT0i8KcQ/m/1GYUkh8LAgAJ for details.

Regards

Petr