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org.apache.lenya.ac
Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

Accreditable, Groupable, Identifiable, Item

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUser, CIFSUser, FileUser, LDAPUser

public interface User
extends Identifiable, Item, Groupable

A user.

Version:

$Id: User.java 473841 2006-11-12 00:46:38Z gregor $

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(java.lang.String password) Authenticate a user.
void	delete() Delete a user
java.lang.String	getEmail() Get the email address
void	save() Save the user
void	setEmail(java.lang.String email) Set the email address
void	setPassword(java.lang.String plainTextPassword) Sets the password.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Accreditable

getAccreditables

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Item

configure, getDescription, getId, getName, setConfigurationDirectory, setDescription, setName

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Groupable

addedToGroup, getGroups, removedFromGroup, removeFromAllGroups

Method Detail

getEmail

java.lang.String getEmail()

Get the email address

Returns:

a String

setEmail

void setEmail(java.lang.String email)

Set the email address

Parameters:

email - the new email address

setPassword

void setPassword(java.lang.String plainTextPassword)

Sets the password.

Parameters:

plainTextPassword - The plain text passwrod.

save

void save()
          throws AccessControlException

Save the user

Throws:

AccessControlException - if the save failed

delete

void delete()
            throws AccessControlException

Delete a user

Throws:

AccessControlException - if the delete failed

authenticate

boolean authenticate(java.lang.String password)

Authenticate a user. This is done by encrypting the given password and comparing this to the encryptedPassword.

Parameters:

password - to authenticate with

Returns:

true if the given password matches the password for this user