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34  package info.magnolia.cms.security;
35  
36  import java.io.Serializable;
37  import java.security.Principal;
38  import java.util.Collection;
39  
40  /**
41   * Represents a magnolia user.
42   *
43   * @author philipp
44   * @version $Revision:2558 $ ($Author:scharles $)
45   */
46  public interface User extends Principal, Serializable {
47  
48      /**
49       * Is this user in a specified role?
50       * @param roleName the name of the role
51       * @return true if in role
52       */
53      boolean hasRole(String roleName);
54  
55      /**
56       * Remove a role. Implementation is optional
57       * @deprecated since 4.5 - use {@link UserManager#removeRole(User, String)} instead.
58       */
59      @Deprecated
60      void removeRole(String roleName) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
61  
62      /**
63       * Adds a role to this user. Implementation is optional
64       * @param roleName the name of the role
65       * @deprecated since 4.5 - use {@link UserManager#addRole(User, String)} instead.
66       */
67      @Deprecated
68      void addRole(String roleName) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
69  
70      /**
71       * Is this user in a specified group?
72       * @return true if in group
73       */
74      boolean inGroup(String groupName);
75  
76      /**
77       * Remove a group. Implementation is optional
78       * @deprecated since 4.5 - use {@link UserManager#removeGroup(User, String)} instead.
79       */
80      @Deprecated
81      void removeGroup(String groupName) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
82  
83      /**
84       * Adds this user to a group. Implementation is optional
85       * @deprecated since 4.5 - use {@link UserManager#addGroup(User, String)} instead.
86       */
87      @Deprecated
88      void addGroup(String groupName) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
89  
90      /**
91       * Returns false if the user was explicitly disabled. Implementations should return
92       * true by default if the status is unknown.
93       */
94      boolean isEnabled();
95  
96      void setEnabled(boolean enabled);
97  
98      String getLanguage();
99  
100     @Override
101     String getName();
102 
103     String getPassword();
104 
105     /**
106      * Gets an arbitrary property from this user.
107      */
108     String getProperty(String propertyName);
109 
110     /**
111      * Sets an arbitrary property for this user.
112      * Values are currently Strings; we'd need some kind of abstract encoding mechanism to allow other types if needed.
113      */
114     void setProperty(String propertyName, String value);
115 
116     /**
117      * Get groups that are directly assigned to the user.
118      */
119     Collection<String> getGroups();
120 
121     /**
122      * Get all groups to which this user belongs to, collected recursively including.
123      */
124     Collection<String> getAllGroups();
125 
126     /**
127      * Get roles that are directly assigned to the user.
128      */
129     Collection<String> getRoles();
130 
131     /**
132      * Get all roles assigned to this user, collected recursively including groups/subgroups.
133      */
134     Collection<String> getAllRoles();
135 
136 }