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krishna casukhela 7 How to remove asterisk from emailaddress
Hello
I have a piece of code where as soon as the visual force page loads I mask the email id .
for ex: if emailID is jose@gmail.com, it is masked as j***@g****.com
But before storing the field value in sobject, I need to unmask it to jose@gmail.com
any help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks
krishna
I have a piece of code where as soon as the visual force page loads I mask the email id .
for ex: if emailID is jose@gmail.com, it is masked as j***@g****.com
But before storing the field value in sobject, I need to unmask it to jose@gmail.com
any help will be greatly appreciated.
private String maskEmail (String sEmail){
String sMaskedEmail;
String[] aEmail = sEmail.split('@');
if(aEmail.size() == 2){
sMaskedEmail = aEmail[0].left(1);
for(integer i=0; i < aEmail[0].length() - 1; i++){
sMaskedEmail += '*';
}
String[] aEmail2 = aEmail[1].split('\\.', 2);
sMaskedEmail += '@' + aEmail2[0].left(1);
for(integer i=0; i < aEmail2[0].length() - 1; i++){
sMaskedEmail += '*';
}
sMaskedEmail += '.' + aEmail2[1];
}
return sMaskedEmail;
}
thanks
krishna
There are many ways to do it and may use whichever is best applicable in your case.
- If your code still has access to the original value (variable), you may use that variable
- Can use hidden text field where you may store the original value before masking it and you can use that hidden field data while saving the data in sObject.
- If it is in list, you may use Map where Id can be the unmasked email id (Assume it is unique) and value can be the masked email id.
Hope this helps!
Please mark it as Solved it you find this helpful.
when the constrcutor is called I write an soql and will capture the unmasked email address value into an string variable (say fan_email)
if the user doesn't make any changes and its SAVE button then I can send value in fan_email to sobject field. this part is fine.
I have like this: public String FanEmailMasked{get;set;}
public String FanEmailUnmasked{get;set;}
<apex:inputText value="{!FanEmailMasked}"/>
Now if the user has changed his email then this value will be available in the FanEmailMasked.
Now how do I determine if there is a change in the email address because while saving to object I am saving like this
sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked
Upsert sobject;
so if there is a change in email then how to pass to sobject field.
I hope I am clear.
thanks
krishna
Can you please clarify this.
"Now if the user has changed his email then this value will be available in the FanEmailMasked." - Here when the user edits the data, is that still masked
If the user has changed his email then this value is available in the FanEmailMasked.
so if I pass this value to sobject it works.
when page loads it will fetch the values, so email is masked. Now if I try to save thin it throws error.
Here's where I am having a small confusion.
thanks
krishna
if the user has changed his email then this value is available in the FanEmailMasked, so it means the new email is not masked ,so
a successful save occurs to the sobject.
The prblm comes when the user hasn't made any changes to the fields and directly hits save button.
thanks
krishna
Just to confirm my understanding,
Lets say initial email id - abc@gmail.com
while loading you are masking it to a**@g****.com
now,
FanEmailMasked is - a**@g****.com
FanEmailUnmasked is - abc@gmail.com
Now if the user edits, abc@gmail.com to xyz@gmail.com
FanEmailMasked is xyz@gmail.com
FanEmailMasked is abc@gmail.com
And as per your current coding saves abc@gmail.com
if my understanding is correct, Pls try the logic given below,
if (FanEmailMasked.equals(maskEmail(FanEmailMasked)) // Invoke the method to mask the value in FanEmailMasked and compare
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked
}
else
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailmasked
}
Upsert sobject;
Eg to show how it works,
Scenario :1 User has not edited the email id ; FanEmailMasked is - a**@g****.com and FanEmailUnmasked is - abc@gmail.com
if (a**@g****.com equals a**@g****.com) //which is true
hence it executes , sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked // abc@gmail.com is saved
Scenario :2 User has edited the email id ; FanEmailMasked is - xyz@gmail.com and FanEmailUnmasked is - abc@gmail.com
if (xyz@gmail.com equals x**@g****.com) // Condition fails and goes to else part
sobject.email__c=fanEmailmasked // xyz@gmail.com is saved.
Hope this helps.
Please mark it solved if this helps solving your problem
if (emailIdChanged)
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailmasked
}
else
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked
}
Upsert sobject;
if I give like this FanEmailMasked.equals(maskEmail(FanEmailMasked)) it worked.
Now in constructor I am calling the maskEmail method and also the same method being called in save changes button.
Is there a way I can avoid this so call to method is only once?
thanks
krishna
I am not very sure abt the logic behind the maskEmail method call in save changes button.
Please try if it helps,
- define a flag (boolean) variable, something like, toCallMask and by default set to false.
if (FanEmailMasked.equals(maskEmail(FanEmailMasked))
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked;
toCallMask = true;
}
else
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailmasked
toCallMask = false;
}
Upsert sobject;
In your Save changes method, before calling maskEmail method you can check for the flag variable
if (toCallMask)
{
Call the maskEmail method.
}
(OR)
You may also try as I have given in previous reply. In the below option, you dont have to call maskEmail method to check if the email id is changed.
You may also set some flag (boolean variable like emailIdChanged) to true on Input field's (Email Id field) 'OnChange' event.
if (emailIdChanged)
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailmasked
}
else
{
sobject.email__c=fanEmailUnmasked
}
Upsert sobject;
Hope this helps.
r******5@gmail.com
It would be a great help