com.antelmann.mgmt
Interface User

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<User>, Entity, Resource, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

TimeUser, UserImpl

public interface User
extends Entity, Comparable<User>

This interface defines the basic functionality for a user

Author:

Holger Antelmann

Method Summary

boolean	canAccess(Object action) determines whether this user is allowed to access the given resource
boolean	checkPassword(char[] password) returns true only if the provided password matches the one of this user
String	getDescription()
String	getName() provides a String used as the login name and also suitable for display; commonly, this would also be returned by toString().
String	getPasswordHash() returns the password representation suitable for serialization or other permanent storage
boolean	isEnabled() determines whether this user is currently active
void	setAccess(Object action, boolean flag) grants/denies access to the given action
void	setPassword(char[] newPassword)
void	setPasswordHash(String hashedString)

Methods inherited from interface com.antelmann.mgmt.Entity

getProperties, getProperty, removeProperty, setProperty

Methods inherited from interface com.antelmann.mgmt.Resource

getID

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

checkPassword

boolean checkPassword(char[] password)

returns true only if the provided password matches the one of this user

getPasswordHash

String getPasswordHash()

returns the password representation suitable for serialization or other permanent storage

setPassword

void setPassword(char[] newPassword)

setPasswordHash

void setPasswordHash(String hashedString)

isEnabled

boolean isEnabled()

determines whether this user is currently active

getName

String getName()

provides a String used as the login name and also suitable for display; commonly, this would also be returned by toString(). If the name is used as a login name, it should also be unique, just as well as the id.

getDescription

String getDescription()

canAccess

boolean canAccess(Object action)

determines whether this user is allowed to access the given resource

setAccess

void setAccess(Object action,
               boolean flag)

grants/denies access to the given action