org.mmbase.security
Interface UserContext

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Authenticate.LocalAdmin, BasicUser, ContextUserContext, NameContext, User

public interface UserContext
extends Serializable

This User interface defines the storage for the authentication and authorization, so that information can be shared. This interface is NOT a container class for client related stuff, altrough this is possible. Notice that after the login on the cloud it is not certain that you will receive the same User object back !

Version:

$Id: UserContext.java,v 1.17 2006/01/09 12:18:49 johannes Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

Method Summary

String	getAuthenticationType() Returns the original authentication type as specified in getCloud
String	getIdentifier() Get the unique identifier for this user.
String	getOwnerField() Return the default owner field value for new nodes created by this user.
Rank	getRank() Get the rank of this user.
boolean	isValid() Is valid

Method Detail

getIdentifier

String getIdentifier()

Get the unique identifier for this user. This should be unique for every different user inside a cloud.

Returns:

an unique id for the current user

getRank

Rank getRank()

Get the rank of this user.

Returns:

the rank of this user

isValid

boolean isValid()

Is valid

Returns:

true if the user is still valid. false if the user is expired..

getOwnerField

String getOwnerField()

Return the default owner field value for new nodes created by this user.

Returns:

owner field value

Since:

MMBase-1.7

getAuthenticationType

String getAuthenticationType()

Returns the original authentication type as specified in getCloud

Returns:

authentication type

Since:

MMBase-1.7

See Also:

CloudContext.getCloud(java.lang.String)