The engineer needs to write some ad-hoc BeanShell code to search for GroupDefmition objects owned by Randy.Knight and print their names. Is this BeanShell code correct as written?

The engineer needs to write some ad-hoc BeanShell code to search for GroupDefmition objects owned by Randy.Knight and print their names. Is this BeanShell code correct as written?

Solution:

A . Yes
B . No

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Answer: B

Explanation:

The provided BeanShell code snippet attempts to filter and print the names of GroupDefinition objects owned by "Randy.Knight." However, the code contains a few issues that prevent it from functioning correctly as written:

Class Import: The GroupDefinition class should be imported explicitly at the beginning of the script, which is missing here.

Query Execution: The use of context.getObjectsByNumber(GroupDefinition.class, i) is incorrect. This method does not exist in this context. The correct approach would be to use context.getObjects() to retrieve the list of objects and iterate over them.

Looping Logic: The loop logic also contains a flaw. Instead of using a counter-based loop with context.getObjectsByNumber(), the recommended approach is to use context.search() to retrieve a list of filtered objects and then iterate through the results.

A corrected version of this code would look something like this:

import sailpoint.object.GroupDefinition;

import sailpoint.object.Filter;

import sailpoint.object.QueryOptions;

Filter filter = Filter.eq("owner.name", "Randy.Knight");

QueryOptions qo = new QueryOptions();

qo.addFilter(filter);

List<GroupDefinition> groupDefinitions = context.getObjects(GroupDefinition.class, qo);

for (GroupDefinition group : groupDefinitions) {

System.out.println(group.getName());

}

In this corrected version:

We explicitly import GroupDefinition.

We retrieve the filtered objects with context.getObjects(GroupDefinition.class, qo) instead of getObjectsByNumber.

Thus, the original code is not correct as written.

The correct answer is B. No.

Reference: This correction and explanation are based on SailPoint IdentityIQ’s API documentation, which provides detailed guidance on the proper methods to retrieve and manipulate objects using Beanshell scripting within the platform.