The DAF module is responsible for adding sites and site groups to the user segment list that is sent to the Assembler. The DAF module includes the request-scoped /atg/endeca/assembler/cartridge/manager/user/LiveUserState component. This component is of class atg.endeca.assembler.navigation.LiveUserState. The LiveUserState class is an extension of the com.endeca.infront.navigation.UserState class that overrides the getUserSegments() method with a call to a LiveUserState.computeSegments() method that computes the list of sites and site groups to be added to the segment list that is sent to the Assembler. Segment names are added to the userSegments property via the addUserSegments() method.

The DAF module contains the following configuration for the LiveUserState component:

sitePrefix=site
siteGroupPrefix=sitegroup
prefixDelimiter=.

This configuration specifies that, when the LiveUserState component adds a site to the segment list, it prefixes the site’s ID (as defined in the Site Manager UI) with the word site and a period, for example:

site.MySite

A similar situation exists for site groups. Site group IDs are prefixed with sitegroup and a period, for example:

sitegroup.MySiteGroup

It is important to remember that any segments added in the Workbench must also follow these naming conventions.