Heinous merge from HEAD. Seems to basically work. Be on guard however.

git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/BRANCHES/WCM-DEV2/root@4137 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261

source/java/org/alfresco/repo/security/person/ExistingPathBasedHomeFolderProvider.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
+ * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.security.person;
+
+import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.datatype.DefaultTypeConverter;
+
+/**
+ * Set a home space from a simple path.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Hind
+ */
+public class ExistingPathBasedHomeFolderProvider extends AbstractHomeFolderProvider
+{
+
+    public ExistingPathBasedHomeFolderProvider()
+    {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    protected HomeSpaceNodeRef getHomeFolder(NodeRef person)
+    {
+        NodeRef existingHomeFolder = DefaultTypeConverter.INSTANCE.convert(NodeRef.class, getServiceRegistry().getNodeService().getProperty(
+                person, ContentModel.PROP_HOMEFOLDER));
+        if (existingHomeFolder == null)
+        {
+            return new HomeSpaceNodeRef(getPathNodeRef(), HomeSpaceNodeRef.Status.REFERENCED);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new HomeSpaceNodeRef(existingHomeFolder, HomeSpaceNodeRef.Status.VALID);
+        }
+    }
+
+}