info.magnolia.cms.security
Class ExternalUser

java.lang.Object
  info.magnolia.cms.security.AbstractUser
      info.magnolia.cms.security.ExternalUser

All Implemented Interfaces:

User, Serializable

public class ExternalUser
extends AbstractUser
implements Serializable

A user which is not stored in Magnolia. For instance a user stored in LDAP or AD.

Version:

$Revision:2558 $ ($Author:scharles $)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class info.magnolia.cms.security.AbstractUser

subject

Constructor Summary

protected

ExternalUser(Subject subject)

Method Summary

void	addGroup(String groupName) Adds this user to a group.
void	addRole(String roleName) Adds a role to this user.
Collection<String>	getAllGroups() Get all groups to which this user belongs to, collected recursively including.
Collection<String>	getAllRoles() Get all roles assigned to this user, collected recursively including groups/subgroups.
Collection<String>	getGroups() Get groups that are directly assigned to the user.
String	getLanguage()
String	getName()
String	getPassword()
String	getProperty(String propertyName) Gets an arbitrary property from this user.
Collection<String>	getRoles() Get roles that are directly assigned to the user.
boolean	hasRole(String roleName) Is this user in a specified role?
boolean	inGroup(String groupName) Is this user in a specified group?
boolean	isEnabled() Returns false if the user was explicitly disabled.
void	removeGroup(String groupName) Remove a group.
void	removeRole(String roleName) Remove a role.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled)
void	setProperty(String propertyName, String value) Sets an arbitrary property for this user.

Methods inherited from class info.magnolia.cms.security.AbstractUser

getSubject, setSubject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExternalUser

protected ExternalUser(Subject subject)

Parameters:

subject - as created by login module

Method Detail

hasRole

public boolean hasRole(String roleName)

Description copied from interface: User

Is this user in a specified role?

Specified by:

hasRole in interface User

Parameters:

roleName - the name of the role

Returns:

true if in role

removeRole

public void removeRole(String roleName)

Description copied from interface: User

Remove a role. Implementation is optional

Specified by:

removeRole in interface User

addRole

public void addRole(String roleName)

Description copied from interface: User

Adds a role to this user. Implementation is optional

Specified by:

addRole in interface User

Parameters:

roleName - the name of the role

inGroup

public boolean inGroup(String groupName)

Is this user in a specified group?

Specified by:

inGroup in interface User

Returns:

true if in group

removeGroup

public void removeGroup(String groupName)
                 throws UnsupportedOperationException

Remove a group. Implementation is optional

Specified by:

removeGroup in interface User

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException

addGroup

public void addGroup(String groupName)
              throws UnsupportedOperationException

Adds this user to a group. Implementation is optional

Specified by:

addGroup in interface User

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Description copied from interface: User

Returns false if the user was explicitly disabled. Implementations should return true by default if the status is unknown.

Specified by:

isEnabled in interface User

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

Specified by:

setEnabled in interface User

getLanguage

public String getLanguage()

Specified by:

getLanguage in interface User

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface User

getPassword

public String getPassword()

Specified by:

getPassword in interface User

getProperty

public String getProperty(String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: User

Gets an arbitrary property from this user.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface User

setProperty

public void setProperty(String propertyName,
                        String value)

Description copied from interface: User

Sets an arbitrary property for this user. Values are currently Strings; we'd need some kind of abstract encoding mechanism to allow other types if needed.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface User

getGroups

public Collection<String> getGroups()

Description copied from interface: User

Get groups that are directly assigned to the user.

Specified by:

getGroups in interface User

getAllGroups

public Collection<String> getAllGroups()

Description copied from interface: User

Get all groups to which this user belongs to, collected recursively including.

Specified by:

getAllGroups in interface User

getRoles

public Collection<String> getRoles()

Description copied from interface: User

Get roles that are directly assigned to the user.

Specified by:

getRoles in interface User

getAllRoles

public Collection<String> getAllRoles()

Description copied from interface: User

Get all roles assigned to this user, collected recursively including groups/subgroups.

Specified by:

getAllRoles in interface User