com.uwyn.rife.authentication.credentialsmanagers
Interface IdentifiableUsersManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

RoleUsersManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatabaseUsers, MemoryUsers

public interface IdentifiableUsersManager

This interface defines the methods that are needed for the Identified element to be able to setup a RoleUserIdentity instance for each authenticated user for whom the Identified element is executed.

Since:

1.6

Version:

$Revision: 3722 $

Author:

Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)

See Also:

Identified, RoleUserIdentity

Method Summary

RoleUserAttributes	getAttributes(String login) Retrieves the attributes of a particular user according to its unique login.
String	getLogin(long userId) Retrieves the login of a particular user according to its unique ID.

Method Detail

getAttributes

RoleUserAttributes getAttributes(String login)
                                 throws CredentialsManagerException

Retrieves the attributes of a particular user according to its unique login.

Parameters:

login - the login of the user whose attributes need to be retrieved

Returns:

the requested user attributes; or

null if the user couldn't be found

Throws:

CredentialsManagerException - when a unexpected error occurred during the retrieval of the user attributes

Since:

1.6

getLogin

String getLogin(long userId)
                throws CredentialsManagerException

Retrieves the login of a particular user according to its unique ID.

Parameters:

userId - the ID of the user whose login will be retrieved

Returns:

the requested user login; or

null if the user couldn't be found

Throws:

CredentialsManagerException - when a unexpected error occurred during the retrieval of the user login

Since:

1.6