org.apache.catalina
Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

java.security.Principal

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUser

public interface User

extends java.security.Principal

Abstract representation of a user in a UserDatabase. Each user is optionally associated with a set of Groups through which he or she inherits additional security roles, and is optionally assigned a set of specific Roles.

Since:

4.1

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2002/02/10 08:06:19 $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

void	addGroup(Group group) Add a new Group to those this user belongs to.
void	addRole(Role role) Add a Role to those assigned specifically to this user.
java.lang.String	getFullName() Return the full name of this user.
java.util.Iterator	getGroups() Return the set of Groups to which this user belongs.
java.lang.String	getPassword() Return the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as {md5}xxxxx.
java.util.Iterator	getRoles() Return the set of Roles assigned specifically to this user.
UserDatabase	getUserDatabase() Return the UserDatabase within which this User is defined.
java.lang.String	getUsername() Return the logon username of this user, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.
boolean	isInGroup(Group group) Is this user in the specified Group?
boolean	isInRole(Role role) Is this user specifically assigned the specified Role?
void	removeGroup(Group group) Remove a Group from those this user belongs to.
void	removeGroups() Remove all Groups from those this user belongs to.
void	removeRole(Role role) Remove a Role from those assigned to this user.
void	removeRoles() Remove all Roles from those assigned to this user.
void	setFullName(java.lang.String fullName) Set the full name of this user.
void	setPassword(java.lang.String password) Set the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as {md5}xxxxx.
void	setUsername(java.lang.String username) Set the logon username of this user, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, toString

Method Detail

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

Return the full name of this user.

setFullName

public void setFullName(java.lang.String fullName)

Set the full name of this user.

Parameters:

fullName - The new full name

getGroups

public java.util.Iterator getGroups()

Return the set of Groups to which this user belongs.

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword()

Return the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as {md5}xxxxx.

setPassword

public void setPassword(java.lang.String password)

Set the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as {md5}xxxxx.

Parameters:

password - The new logon password

getRoles

public java.util.Iterator getRoles()

Return the set of Roles assigned specifically to this user.

getUserDatabase

public UserDatabase getUserDatabase()

Return the UserDatabase within which this User is defined.

getUsername

public java.lang.String getUsername()

Return the logon username of this user, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

setUsername

public void setUsername(java.lang.String username)

Set the logon username of this user, which must be unique within the scope of a UserDatabase.

Parameters:

username - The new logon username

addGroup

public void addGroup(Group group)

Add a new Group to those this user belongs to.

Parameters:

group - The new group

addRole

public void addRole(Role role)

Add a Role to those assigned specifically to this user.

Parameters:

role - The new role

isInGroup

public boolean isInGroup(Group group)

Is this user in the specified Group?

Parameters:

group - The group to check

isInRole

public boolean isInRole(Role role)

Is this user specifically assigned the specified Role? This method does NOT check for roles inherited based on Group membership.

Parameters:

role - The role to check

removeGroup

public void removeGroup(Group group)

Remove a Group from those this user belongs to.

Parameters:

group - The old group

removeGroups

public void removeGroups()

Remove all Groups from those this user belongs to.

removeRole

public void removeRole(Role role)

Remove a Role from those assigned to this user.

Parameters:

role - The old role

removeRoles

public void removeRoles()

Remove all Roles from those assigned to this user.