Unable to override ScreenNameGenerator through hooks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP3 (5.2.7)
• Component/s: Legacy > Extension Environment
• Labels: None
• Environment: All

If you try to override it through a plugin hook, you will get an exception.

API CHANGES:

Class: com.liferay.portal.security.auth.ScreenNameGenerator
Note: this class has been changed to an interface. The implementation can be found in DefaultScreenNameGenerator

UPGRADE NOTES:

In portal-ext.properties, if you have

users.screen.name.generator=com.liferay.portal.security.auth.ScreenNameGenerator

this line must be changed to

users.screen.name.generator=com.liferay.portal.security.auth.DefaultScreenNameGenerator