Chapter 12. WEF Profiling

In this chapter we will carry on detailed WEF profiling after its introduction in Chapter 7, Introduction to Web Experience Factory.

We will begin by explaining the profiling concepts and defining the related terms, followed by some of the mechanisms and techniques a developer can use to produce variability for portal applications built with WEF.

We will also develop a sample model to see how profiling concepts and techniques are utilized in an application.

The following are some of the topics we will cover in this chapter:

• Profiling

• Profile set

• Profiles

• Profile entries and profile values

• Profile set editor

• Profile selection handler

• Value setter

• Sample portlet

• Role-based profiling