Implemented partial support for conference hotlists ("Add To Hotlist"

button, Conferences sidebox).

TODO

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ Lots!
 - There's no system admin functionality AT ALL.  We need to have this stuff
   before we go live.  (It plugs into the Administrative SIG features.)
 
+- Unimplemented functions on the Top page:
+  Manage SIG list (SIG sidebox)
+  Manage Conference Hotlist (Conference sidebox)
+  Customize Sideboxes
+
+- The plan for the "main" part of the Top page is to let a sysadmin put
+  notices there by "publishing" selected conference messages to the front page.
+  We may include a welcome message up top to be displayed if the user's not
+  logged in.
+
 - Implement quick e-mail from the user profile display (engine support and
   UI).
 
@@ -23,14 +33,12 @@ Lots!
 
 - Slippage during posting is still untested.
 
-- Functions still to do on conferencing "topics" page:
-  Add Conference To Hotlist
-
 - We need a "manage" button at conference list level so we can use that to
   manage the ordering of conferences.  This operation should be accessible
   only to users with "create" privilege on the SIG.
 
-- Implement conference hotlist for users.
+- Conference hotlist is now partially implemented, but we need some more work
+  at engine level.
 
 - Not everybody likes purple.  Provide a way to change the default colors.
   Probably via entries in render-config.xml.  Of course, if we go to a

setup/database.sql

@@ -1325,6 +1325,8 @@ INSERT INTO contacts (contactid, given_name, family_name, locality, region, pcod
 # new users.
 INSERT INTO sideboxes (uid, boxid, sequence, param)
     VALUES (1, 1, 100, NULL), (1, 2, 200, NULL);
+INSERT INTO confhotlist (uid, sequence, sigid, confid)
+    VALUES (1, 100, 2, 2);
 
 # Add the 'Administrator' user to the users table.
 # (UID = 2, CONTACTID = 2)
@@ -1337,6 +1339,8 @@ INSERT INTO contacts (contactid, given_name, family_name, locality, region, pcod
 # Create the default view for Administrator.
 INSERT INTO sideboxes (uid, boxid, sequence, param)
     VALUES (2, 1, 100, NULL), (2, 2, 200, NULL);
+INSERT INTO confhotlist (uid, sequence, sigid, confid)
+    VALUES (2, 100, 2, 2);
 
 # Add the administration SIG to the SIGs table.
 # (SIGID = 1, CONTACTID = 3)
@@ -1432,6 +1436,8 @@ INSERT INTO contacts (contactid, given_name, family_name, locality, region, pcod
     VALUES (5, 'Test', 'User', 'Denver', 'CO', '80231', 'US', 'testuser@example.com', 3);
 INSERT INTO sideboxes (uid, boxid, sequence, param)
     VALUES (3, 1, 100, NULL), (3, 2, 200, NULL);
+INSERT INTO confhotlist (uid, sequence, sigid, confid)
+    VALUES (3, 100, 2, 2);
 INSERT INTO sigmember (sigid, uid, granted_lvl, locked)
     VALUES (2, 3, 6500, 1);
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/ConferenceContext.java

@@ -141,4 +141,12 @@ public interface ConferenceContext
 
   public abstract boolean canDeleteConference();
 
+  public abstract boolean isInHotlist();
+
+  public abstract void addToHotlist() throws DataException;
+
+  public abstract boolean canAddToHotlist();
+
+  public abstract SIGContext getEnclosingSIG();
+
 } // end interface ConferenceContext

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/ConferenceHotlistEntry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+ * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+package com.silverwrist.venice.core;
+
+public interface ConferenceHotlistEntry
+{
+  public abstract ConferenceContext getConference();
+
+  public abstract int getSequence();
+
+} // end interface ConferenceHotlistEntry

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/UserContext.java

@@ -87,4 +87,6 @@ public interface UserContext extends SearchMode
 
   public abstract List getSideBoxList() throws DataException;
 
+  public abstract List getConferenceHotlist() throws DataException;
+
 } // end interface UserContext

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/ConferenceUserContextImpl.java

@@ -116,6 +116,37 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   } // end class FixSeenHelper
 
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   * Static class used to return hot list entries
+   *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   */
+
+  static class MyHotlist implements ConferenceHotlistEntry
+  {
+    private ConferenceContext conf;
+    private int seq;
+
+    MyHotlist(ConferenceContext conf, int seq)
+    {
+      this.conf = conf;
+      this.seq = seq;
+
+    } // end constructor
+
+    public ConferenceContext getConference()
+    {
+      return conf;
+
+    } // end getConference
+
+    public int getSequence()
+    {
+      return seq;
+
+    } // end getSequence
+
+  } // end class MyHotlist
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Static data members
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -515,8 +546,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     if (post>create)
     { // Post level should be no greater than Create
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-	logger.debug("Post level (" + String.valueOf(post) + ") was greater than create level ("
+	logger.debug("Post level (" + post + ") was greater than create level (" + create + "), correcting");
-		     + String.valueOf(create) + "), correcting");
       post = create;
 
     } // end if
@@ -524,8 +554,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     if (read>post)
     { // Read level should be no greater than Post
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-	logger.debug("Read level (" + String.valueOf(read) + ") was greater than post level ("
+	logger.debug("Read level (" + read + ") was greater than post level (" + post + "), correcting");
-		     + String.valueOf(post) + "), correcting");
       read = post;
 
     } // end if
@@ -533,8 +562,8 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     if (change>delete)
     { // Change level should be no greater than Delete
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-	logger.debug("Change level (" + String.valueOf(change) + ") was greater than delete level ("
+	logger.debug("Change level (" + change + ") was greater than delete level (" + delete
-		     + String.valueOf(delete) + "), correcting");
+		     + "), correcting");
       change = delete;
 
     } // end if
@@ -542,8 +571,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     if (nuke>delete)
     { // Nuke level should be no greater than Delete
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-	logger.debug("Nuke level (" + String.valueOf(nuke) + ") was greater than delete level ("
+	logger.debug("Nuke level (" + nuke + ") was greater than delete level (" + delete + "), correcting");
-		     + String.valueOf(delete) + "), correcting");
       nuke = delete;
 
     } // end if
@@ -551,8 +579,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
     if (hide>nuke)
     { // Hide level should be no greater than Nuke
       if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-	logger.debug("Hide level (" + String.valueOf(hide) + ") was greater than nuke level ("
+	logger.debug("Hide level (" + hide + ") was greater than nuke level (" + nuke + "), correcting");
-		     + String.valueOf(nuke) + "), correcting");
       hide = nuke;
 
     } // end if
@@ -791,7 +818,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   public boolean anyUnread()
   {
-    if (deleted)
+    if (deleted || sig.userIsAnonymous())
       return false;
     Connection conn = null;      // pooled database connection
 
@@ -1228,6 +1255,110 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   } // end canDeleteConference
 
+  public boolean isInHotlist()
+  {
+    Connection conn = null;
+
+    try
+    { // retrieve a connection from the datapool
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+      // do a quickie query
+      StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT sequence FROM confhotlist WHERE uid = ");
+      sql.append(sig.realUID()).append(" AND sigid = ").append(sig.realSIGID()).append(" AND confid = ");
+      sql.append(confid).append(';');
+      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+      return rs.next();
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // this becomes a DataException
+      logger.error("DB error checking hotlist: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      return false;
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure we release the connection before we go
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end isInHotlist
+
+  public void addToHotlist() throws DataException
+  {
+    Connection conn = null;
+
+    try
+    { // retrieve a connection from the datapool
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+      stmt.executeUpdate("LOCK TABLES confhotlist WRITE;");
+      try
+      { // do a quickie query to see if we're already in the hotlist
+	StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT sequence FROM confhotlist WHERE uid = ");
+	sql.append(sig.realUID()).append(" AND sigid = ").append(sig.realSIGID()).append(" AND confid = ");
+	sql.append(confid).append(';');
+	ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+	if (rs.next())
+	  return;  // already in hotlist - this is a no-op
+
+	// find a sequence number for the new entry
+	sql.setLength(0);
+	sql.append("SELECT MAX(sequence) FROM confhotlist WHERE uid = ").append(sig.realUID()).append(';');
+	rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+	if (!(rs.next()))
+	  throw new InternalStateError("bogus query result on addToHotlist");
+	int new_sequence = rs.getInt(1) + 100;
+
+	// add the new record
+	sql.setLength(0);
+	sql.append("INSERT INTO confhotlist (uid, sequence, sigid, confid) VALUES (").append(sig.realUID());
+	sql.append(", ").append(new_sequence).append(", ").append(sig.realSIGID()).append(", ");
+	sql.append(confid).append(");");
+	stmt.executeUpdate(sql.toString());
+
+      } // end try
+      finally
+      { // make sure the table is unlocked before we go
+	Statement ulk_stmt = conn.createStatement();
+	ulk_stmt.executeUpdate("UNLOCK TABLES;");
+
+      } // end finally
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // this becomes a DataException
+      logger.error("DB error adding to hotlist: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      throw new DataException("error adding to hotlist: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure we release the connection before we go
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end addToHotList
+
+  public boolean canAddToHotlist()
+  {
+    if (sig.userIsAnonymous())
+      return false;
+    return !(isInHotlist());
+
+  } // end canAddToHotlist
+
+  public SIGContext getEnclosingSIG()
+  {
+    return sig.selfSIG();
+
+  } // end getEnclosingSIG
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface UserBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1268,6 +1399,12 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  public SIGContext selfSIG()
+  {
+    return sig.selfSIG();
+
+  } // end selfsig;
+
   public int realSIGID()
   {
     return sig.realSIGID();
@@ -1468,8 +1605,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
   static List getSIGConferences(EngineBackend engine, SIGBackend sig, DataPool datapool) throws DataException
   {
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-      logger.debug("getSIGConferences for SIG # " + String.valueOf(sig.realSIGID()) + ", user #"
+      logger.debug("getSIGConferences for SIG # " + sig.realSIGID() + ", user #" + sig.realUID());
-		   + String.valueOf(sig.realUID()));
     Vector rc = new Vector();    // return from this function
     Connection conn = null;      // pooled database connection
 
@@ -1529,8 +1665,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 					 int confid) throws DataException
   {
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-      logger.debug("getConference(#" + String.valueOf(confid) + ") for SIG # "
+      logger.debug("getConference(#" + confid + ") for SIG # " + sig.realSIGID() + ", user #" + sig.realUID());
-		   + String.valueOf(sig.realSIGID()) + ", user #" + String.valueOf(sig.realUID()));
 
     Connection conn = null;      // pooled database connection
 
@@ -1553,8 +1688,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
       // Run that monster query!
       ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
       if (!(rs.next()))
-	throw new DataException("conference ID#" + String.valueOf(confid) + " not found in SIG#"
+	throw new DataException("conference ID#" + confid + " not found in SIG#" + sig.realSIGID());
-				+ String.valueOf(sig.realSIGID()));
 
       // pass back the new object
       return new ConferenceUserContextImpl(engine,sig,datapool,confid,rs.getString(2),
@@ -1581,8 +1715,8 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 					 String alias) throws DataException
   {
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
-      logger.debug("getConference(\"" + alias + "\") for SIG # " + String.valueOf(sig.realSIGID())
+      logger.debug("getConference(\"" + alias + "\") for SIG # " + sig.realSIGID() + ", user #"
-		   + ", user #" + String.valueOf(sig.realUID()));
+		   + sig.realUID());
 
     Connection conn = null;      // pooled database connection
 
@@ -1607,8 +1741,7 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
       // Run that monster query!
       ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
       if (!(rs.next()))
-	throw new DataException("conference \"" + alias + "\" not found in SIG#"
+	throw new DataException("conference \"" + alias + "\" not found in SIG#" + sig.realSIGID());
-				+ String.valueOf(sig.realSIGID()));
 
       // pass back the new object
       return new ConferenceUserContextImpl(engine,sig,datapool,rs.getInt(1),rs.getString(3),rs.getString(4),
@@ -1630,4 +1763,77 @@ class ConferenceUserContextImpl implements ConferenceContext, ConferenceBackend
 
   } // end getConference
 
+  static List getUserHotlist(EngineBackend engine, UserBackend user, DataPool datapool) throws DataException
+  {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("getUserHotlist for user #" + user.realUID());
+
+    Connection conn = null;      // pooled database connection
+    Vector rc = new Vector();    // return from this function
+
+    try
+    { // get a database connection
+      conn = datapool.getConnection();
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+
+      // Build a monster query!  We pull the SIGID and ConfID entries from the confhotlist table,
+      // but we need to pull in "confs" and "confmember" (left joined) to get enough data to create
+      // a ConferenceUserContextImpl object.
+      StringBuffer sql =
+	new StringBuffer("SELECT h.sigid, h.confid, c.name, c.descr, c.createdate, s.granted_lvl, "
+			 + "f.granted_lvl, h.sequence FROM confhotlist h, sigtoconf s, confs c "
+			 + "LEFT JOIN confmember f ON h.confid = f.confid AND h.uid = f.uid "
+			 + "WHERE h.confid = s.confid AND c.confid = h.confid AND h.uid = ");
+      sql.append(user.realUID()).append(" ORDER BY h.sequence ASC;");
+      if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	logger.debug("SQL: " + sql.toString());
+
+      // Run that puppy!
+      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+
+      // Create some temporary data structures to assist us in building the return list.
+      HashMap sig_backend_cache = new HashMap();
+
+      while (rs.next())
+      { // retrieve the sigid from the resultset first
+	Integer sigid = new Integer(rs.getInt(1));
+
+	// we need a SIG backend for our conference, so make sure we have one
+	SIGBackend sig = (SIGBackend)(sig_backend_cache.get(sigid));
+	if (sig==null)
+	{ // get it and make sure it's in the cache for next time
+	  sig = SIGUserContextImpl.getSIGBackend(engine,user,datapool,conn,sigid.intValue());
+	  sig_backend_cache.put(sigid,sig);
+
+	} // end if
+
+	// make the new ConferenceContext
+	ConferenceContext conf =
+	    new ConferenceUserContextImpl(engine,sig,datapool,rs.getInt(2),rs.getString(3),rs.getString(4),
+					  SQLUtil.getFullDateTime(rs,5),rs.getInt(6),rs.getInt(7),conn);
+
+	// and create the actual return value
+	ConferenceHotlistEntry hle = new MyHotlist(conf,rs.getInt(8));
+	rc.add(hle);
+
+      } // end while
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // turn SQLException into data exception
+      logger.error("DB error reading hotlist entries: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      throw new DataException("unable to retrieve hotlist information: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+    finally
+    { // make sure we release the connection before we go
+      if (conn!=null)
+	datapool.releaseConnection(conn);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+    return new ReadOnlyVector(rc);
+
+  } // end getUserHotlist
+
 } // end class ConferenceUserContextImpl

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/SIGBackend.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 package com.silverwrist.venice.core.impl;
 
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.DataException;
+import com.silverwrist.venice.core.SIGContext;
 
 public interface SIGBackend extends UserBackend
 {
+  public abstract SIGContext selfSIG();
+
   public abstract int realSIGID();
 
   public abstract boolean userHideHiddenConferences();

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/SIGUserContextImpl.java

@@ -229,6 +229,38 @@ class SIGUserContextImpl implements SIGContext, SIGBackend
 
   } // end testConferenceAccess
 
+  private static SIGUserContextImpl getSIGPrivate(EngineBackend engine, UserBackend user, DataPool datapool,
+						  Connection conn, int sigid) throws DataException
+  {
+    try
+    { // create the query to find the SIG in the table
+      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+      StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT signame, alias FROM sigs WHERE sigid = ");
+      sql.append(sigid).append(';');
+      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
+      if (!(rs.next()))
+      { // the SIG entry was not found
+	logger.error("SIG " + String.valueOf(sigid) + " not found in database");
+	throw new DataException("SIG #" + String.valueOf(sigid) + " was not found in the database.");
+
+      } // end if
+
+      // initialize the object and check membership info
+      SIGUserContextImpl sc = new SIGUserContextImpl(engine,user,datapool,sigid,rs.getString("signame"),
+						     rs.getString("alias"));
+      sc.checkMembership(conn);
+      return sc;
+
+    } // end try
+    catch (SQLException e)
+    { // turn SQLException into data exception
+      logger.error("DB error reading SIG entry: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+      throw new DataException("unable to retrieve SIG information: " + e.getMessage(),e);
+
+    } // end catch
+
+  } // end getSIGPrivate
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from class SIGContext
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1132,6 +1164,12 @@ class SIGUserContextImpl implements SIGContext, SIGBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  public SIGContext selfSIG()
+  {
+    return this;
+
+  } // end selfsig;
+
   public int realSIGID()
   {
     return sigid;
@@ -1248,23 +1286,8 @@ class SIGUserContextImpl implements SIGContext, SIGBackend
     { // get a database connection
       conn = datapool.getConnection();
 
-      // create the query to find the SIG in the table
+      // return the SIG we want
-      Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+      return getSIGPrivate(engine,user,datapool,conn,sigid);
-      StringBuffer sql = new StringBuffer("SELECT signame, alias FROM sigs WHERE sigid = ");
-      sql.append(sigid).append(';');
-      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql.toString());
-      if (!(rs.next()))
-      { // the SIG entry was not found
-	logger.error("SIG " + String.valueOf(sigid) + " not found in database");
-	throw new DataException("SIG #" + String.valueOf(sigid) + " was not found in the database.");
-
-      } // end if
-
-      // initialize the object and check membership info
-      SIGUserContextImpl sc = new SIGUserContextImpl(engine,user,datapool,sigid,rs.getString("signame"),
-						     rs.getString("alias"));
-      sc.checkMembership(conn);
-      return sc;
 
     } // end try
     catch (SQLException e)
@@ -1325,6 +1348,13 @@ class SIGUserContextImpl implements SIGContext, SIGBackend
 
   } // end getSIGContext
 
+  static SIGBackend getSIGBackend(EngineBackend engine, UserBackend user, DataPool datapool, Connection conn,
+				  int sigid) throws DataException
+  {
+    return getSIGPrivate(engine,user,datapool,conn,sigid);
+
+  } // end getSIGBackend
+
   static List searchForSIGs(EngineBackend engine, UserBackend user, DataPool datapool, int field,
 			    int mode, String term, int offset, int count) throws DataException
   {

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/UserContextImpl.java

@@ -862,6 +862,12 @@ class UserContextImpl implements UserContext, UserBackend
 
   } // end getSideBoxList
 
+  public List getConferenceHotlist() throws DataException
+  {
+    return ConferenceUserContextImpl.getUserHotlist(engine,this,datapool);
+
+  } // end getConferenceHotlist
+
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Implementations from interface UserBackend
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/com/silverwrist/venice/core/impl/VeniceEngineImpl.java

@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
     { // look to see if the user name is already present
       conn = datapool.getConnection();
       Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
-      stmt.executeUpdate("LOCK TABLES users WRITE, userprefs WRITE, sigmember WRITE, sideboxes WRITE;");
+      stmt.executeUpdate("LOCK TABLES users WRITE, userprefs WRITE, sigmember WRITE, sideboxes WRITE, "
+			 + "confhotlist WRITE;");
       try
       { // make sure the user name isn't there already
 	ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT uid FROM users WHERE username = '" + encode_username + "';");
@@ -967,6 +968,31 @@ public class VeniceEngineImpl implements VeniceEngine, EngineBackend
 	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
 	  logger.debug("...loaded default sidebox config");
 
+	// get the hotlist configuration for this user
+	rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT confhotlist.sequence, confhotlist.sigid, confhotlist.confid FROM "
+		             + "confhotlist, users WHERE confhotlist.uid = users.uid AND users.is_anon = 1;");
+	sql.setLength(0);
+	while (rs.next())
+	{ // set up to insert into the confhotlist table
+	  if (sql.length()==0)
+	    sql.append("INSERT INTO confhotlist (uid, sequence, sigid, confid) VALUES ");
+	  else
+	    sql.append(", ");
+	  sql.append('(').append(new_uid).append(", ").append(rs.getInt(1)).append(", ").append(rs.getInt(2));
+	  sql.append(", ").append(rs.getInt(3)).append(')');
+
+	} // end while
+
+	if (sql.length()>0)
+	{ // execute the big update
+	  sql.append(';');
+	  stmt.executeUpdate(sql.toString());
+
+	} // end if
+
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("...loaded default hotlist config");
+
       } // end try
       finally
       { // make sure the tables get unlocked before we go

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/ConfOperations.java

@@ -326,6 +326,28 @@ public class ConfOperations extends VeniceServlet
 
     } // end if ("M" command)
 
+    if (cmd.equals("H"))
+    { // "H" = "Add Conference To Hotlist" (requires conference parameter)
+      ConferenceContext conf = getConferenceParameter(request,sig,true,on_error);
+      on_error = "confdisp?sig=" + sig.getSIGID() + "&conf=" + conf.getConfID();
+
+      try
+      { // add to the hotlist
+	conf.addToHotlist();
+
+	// and trap back to the conference display
+	throw new RedirectResult(on_error);
+
+      } // end try
+      catch (DataException de)
+      { // something wrong in the database
+	return new ErrorBox("Database Error","Database error adding to hotlist: " + de.getMessage(),
+			    on_error);
+
+      } // end catch
+
+    } // end if ("H" command)
+
     if (cmd.equals("DEL"))
     { // "DEL" = "Delete Conference (requires conference parameter)
       ConferenceContext conf = getConferenceParameter(request,sig,true,on_error);

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/SideBoxConferences.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.core.*;
 
 public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender
@@ -29,15 +30,17 @@ public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender
    */
 
   private UserContext uc;
+  private List hotlist;
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Constructor
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
-  public SideBoxConferences(UserContext uc, String parameter)
+  public SideBoxConferences(UserContext uc, String parameter) throws DataException
   {
     this.uc = uc;
+    this.hotlist = uc.getConferenceHotlist();
 
   } // end constructor
 
@@ -62,14 +65,34 @@ public class SideBoxConferences implements ContentRender
 
   public void renderHere(Writer out, RenderData rdat) throws IOException
   {
-    /* BEGIN TEMP */
+    out.write(rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) + "\n");
-    out.write("<FONT FACE=\"Arial, Helvetica\" SIZE=2><UL>\n");
+    if (hotlist.size()>0)
-    out.write("<LI>BOFH (Benevolent Dictators)</LI>\n");
+    { // display the list of conferences
-    out.write("<LI>Playground (Electric Minds)</LI>\n");
+      out.write("<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=2>\n");
-    out.write("<LI>Commons (Electric Minds)</LI>\n");
+      Iterator it = hotlist.iterator();
-    out.write("<LI>Top Ten Lists (Pamela's Lounge)</LI>\n");
+      while (it.hasNext())
-    out.write("</UL></FONT>\n");
+      { // display the names of the conferences and SIGs one by one
-    /* END TEMP */
+	ConferenceHotlistEntry hle = (ConferenceHotlistEntry)(it.next());
+	ConferenceContext conf = hle.getConference();
+	String href = "confdisp?sig=" + conf.getEnclosingSIG().getSIGID() + "&conf=" + conf.getConfID();
+	out.write("<TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>\n<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=14><IMG SRC=\""
+		  + rdat.getFullImagePath("purple-ball.gif")
+		  + "\" ALT=\"*\" WIDTH=14 HEIGHT=14 BORDER=0></TD>\n");
+	out.write("<TD ALIGN=LEFT>\n" + rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) + "<B><A HREF=\""
+		  + rdat.getEncodedServletPath(href) + "\">" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getName())
+		  + "</A></B> (" + StringUtil.encodeHTML(conf.getEnclosingSIG().getName()) + ")</FONT>\n");
+	if (conf.anyUnread())
+	  out.write("&nbsp;<IMG SRC=\"" + rdat.getFullImagePath("tag_new.gif")
+		    + "\" ALT=\"New!\" BORDER=0 WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=20>\n");
+	out.write("</TD>\n</TR>\n");
+
+      } // end while
+
+      out.write("</TABLE>\n");
+
+    } // end if
+    else
+      out.write(rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) + "<EM>You have no conferences in your hotlist.</EM></FONT>\n");
 
     // write the link at the end
     out.write("<P>" + rdat.getStdFontTag(null,1) + "<B>[ <A HREF=\"" + rdat.getEncodedServletPath("TODO")

src/com/silverwrist/venice/servlets/format/TopicListing.java

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class TopicListing implements JSPRender
 
   public boolean canAddToHotlist()
   {
-    return false;  // TODO: fix this
+    return conf.canAddToHotlist();
 
   } // end canAddToHotlist
 

web/format/topics.jsp

@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@
        SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_read_new.gif") %>" ALT="Read New" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
        BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;
     <% } // end if %>
-    <A HREF="<%= "confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=Q" %>"><IMG
+    <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=Q") %>"><IMG
        SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_manage.gif") %>" ALT="Manage" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24
        BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;
     <% if (data.canAddToHotlist()) { %>
-      <A HREF="TODO"><IMG SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_add_to_hotlist.gif") %>"
+      <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=H") %>"><IMG
-       ALT="Add to HotList" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;
+         SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("bn_add_to_hotlist.gif") %>" ALT="Add to HotList" WIDTH=80
+	 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></A>&nbsp;
     <% } // end if %>
   </DIV>
   <% if (data.anyTopics()) { %>