org.mmbase.security.implementation.basic
Class NameContext

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mmbase.security.UserContext
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        +--org.mmbase.security.implementation.basic.NameContext

public class NameContext

extends UserContext

This UserContext class provides a storage for the authentication and authorization, so that information can be shared. This class is NOT a container class for client related stuff, altrough this is possible.

Constructor Summary

NameContext(Rank rank)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Get the unique identifier for this user.
Rank	getRank() Get the rank of this user.

Methods inherited from class org.mmbase.security.UserContext

getOwnerField, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NameContext

public NameContext(Rank rank)

Method Detail

getIdentifier

public java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Description copied from class: UserContext

Get the unique identifier for this user. This should be unique for every different user on the system.

Overrides:

getIdentifier in class UserContext

Following copied from class: org.mmbase.security.UserContext

Returns:

a unique identifier for this user.

getRank

public Rank getRank()

Description copied from class: UserContext

Get the rank of this user.

Overrides:

getRank in class UserContext

Following copied from class: org.mmbase.security.UserContext

Returns:

the user rank