How retrieve portal users using IBM PUMA Built-in service ?

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.naming.NamingException;

import com.ibm.portal.um.Group;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PagingIterator;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaController;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaHome;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaLocator;
import com.ibm.portal.um.PumaProfile;
import com.ibm.portal.um.User;
import com.ibm.portal.um.exceptions.PumaAttributeException;
import com.ibm.portal.um.exceptions.PumaException;
import com.ibm.portal.um.exceptions.PumaMissingAccessRightsException;
import com.ibm.portal.um.exceptions.PumaModelException;
import com.ibm.portal.um.exceptions.PumaSystemException;

public class IBMPumaUtility {
 
 private static IBMPumaUtility pumaUtility;
 private PumaHome pumaHome;
 
 private IBMPumaUtility() throws NamingException {
  javax.naming.Context ctx = new javax.naming.InitialContext();
  pumaHome = (PumaHome) ctx.lookup(PumaHome.JNDI_NAME);
 }

 public static IBMPumaUtility getInstance() throws NamingException {
  if(pumaUtility == null) {
   pumaUtility = new IBMPumaUtility();
  } 
  return pumaUtility;
 }

 public User getCurrentUser() throws PumaException {
  //To retrieve current User
  PumaProfile profile = pumaHome.getProfile();
  return profile.getCurrentUser();
 }
 
 public List<User> getUsersByAttribute(String attributeName, String attributeValue)
  throws PumaSystemException, PumaAttributeException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  //To find Users by attribute
  //(eg. attrName = "cn" and attrValue="Manish")
  PumaLocator locator = pumaHome.getLocator();
  return locator.findUsersByAttribute(attributeName, attributeValue);
 }
 
 public List<User> findUsersByQuery(String query) 
  throws PumaSystemException, PumaAttributeException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  //If you need to search by mutilple attributes, search users by query
  PumaLocator locator = pumaHome.getLocator();
  //String query = "((cn != 'Manish') and (givenName != 'wpsadmin'))";
  return locator.findUsersByQuery(query);
 }
 
 public Map<String, Object> getUserAttributes(User user)
  throws PumaAttributeException, PumaSystemException, PumaModelException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  List<String> returnAttributes = new ArrayList<String>();
  returnAttributes.add("cn");
  returnAttributes.add("mail");
  PumaProfile profile = pumaHome.getProfile();
  Map<String, Object> values = profile.getAttributes(user, returnAttributes);
  return values;
 }
 
 public List<Group> findGroupsByAttribute(String attributeName, String attributeValue) 
  throws PumaSystemException, PumaAttributeException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  //Just like findUsers you can find Groups by attribute
  PumaLocator locator = pumaHome.getLocator();  
  List<Group> groups = locator.findGroupsByAttribute(attributeName, attributeValue);
  return groups;
 }

 public PagingIterator<User> paginationFindUsersByQuery(String query, int resultsPerPage)
  throws PumaSystemException, PumaAttributeException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  //PumaLocator provides method to either return a List of PagingIterator
  //int resultsPerPage = 10;  
  PumaLocator locator = pumaHome.getLocator();
  Map<String, Integer> pProperties = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
  pProperties.put(PumaLocator.RESULTS_PER_PAGE, resultsPerPage);
  PagingIterator<User> pIterator = locator.findUsersByQuery(query, pProperties);
  return pIterator;
 }
 
 public void updateUserAttribute(User user, String attribute, String value)
  throws PumaAttributeException, PumaSystemException, PumaModelException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  PumaController pController = pumaHome.getController();  
  //Use PumaController to set or remove User attribute
  Map<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  attributes.put(attribute, value);
  pController.setAttributes(user, attributes);   
 }
 
 public void updateUserAttributes(User user, Map<String, Object> attributes)
 throws PumaAttributeException, PumaSystemException, PumaModelException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  PumaController pController = pumaHome.getController();  
  //Use PumaController to set or remove User attribute
  pController.setAttributes(user, attributes);   
 }
 
 public void removeUserAttribute(User user, String attribute)
  throws PumaAttributeException, PumaSystemException, PumaModelException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  List<String> keys = new ArrayList<String>();
  //keys.add("mail");
  keys.add(attribute);
  
  PumaController pController = pumaHome.getController();
  pController.removeAttributes(user, keys);   
 }

 public void removeUserAttributes(User user, List<String> attributes)
  throws PumaAttributeException, PumaSystemException, PumaModelException, PumaMissingAccessRightsException {
  PumaController pController = pumaHome.getController();
  pController.removeAttributes(user, attributes);   
 }

}

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sad<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c"%>

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt" prefix="c-rt"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/fmt_rt" prefix="fmt-rt"%>

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/portal-internal.tld" prefix="wps-internal"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/resolver-v6.tld" prefix="portal-resolver"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/people.tld" prefix="pa"%>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/menu.tld" prefix="menu"%>

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/engine.tld" prefix="wps"%>
<%@ page session="true" contentType="text/html"
 import="java.util.*,java.lang.*,com.ibm.portal.um.*,com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.*"%>

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/portal.tld" prefix="portal"%>

<%@ page import="java.util.*,javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter,java.io.*"%>
<%@ page import="com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.*"%>
<%@ page import="com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.*"%>
<%@page import="java.util.*"%>
<%@page import="java.io.*"%>
<%@page import="java.net.*"%>
<%@page import="java.text.*"%>

<%@ page

<c:set var="prefLanguage" value="ar" />
import="java.text.*,java.util.*,java.lang.*,java.util.logging.*,com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.*,com.ibm.portal.um.*"%>
<wps:if locale="en">
 <c:set var="prefLanguage" value="en" />
</wps:if>

<wps:if locale="ar">

</wps:if>


<%
 try {
  DocumentId docId = null;
  DocumentIdIterator itemsIterator = null;

.getDocumentLibrary("Web Content");
Workspace myworkspace = WCM_API.getRepository()
    .getSystemWorkspace();

  if (myworkspace == null) {
   out.println("Unable to get a valid workspace.<br/>");
  } else {
   out.println("Found workspace<br/>");
  }
  myworkspace.login();

  //Set the workspace to the correct library.

  DocumentLibrary MyLibrary = myworkspace


out.print("<br/><br/>Document id: " + docId.getId());
if (MyLibrary == null) {
   out.println("Library is null<br/>");
  } else {
   out.println("<br/>My lib is not null");
   myworkspace.setCurrentDocumentLibrary(MyLibrary);
  }
  itemsIterator = myworkspace.findByName(
    DocumentTypes.AuthoringTemplate, "Article");
  docId = (DocumentId) itemsIterator.next();


itemsIterator = myworkspace.findByName(DocumentTypes.Content,
    "Sample Article");
  docId = (DocumentId) itemsIterator.next();
  out.print("<br/><br/>Document id: " + docId.toString());
  myworkspace.logout();
 }

 catch (Exception e) {

  out.println("Exception " + e.getMessage());
  e.printStackTrace();

}