org.mmbase.security.implementation.context
Class ContextUserContext

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.security.UserContext
      org.mmbase.security.implementation.context.ContextUserContext

public class ContextUserContext

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.

Version:

$Id: ContextUserContext.java,v 1.4 2002/06/07 12:57:01 pierre Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

Field Summary

protected MMBaseCop

manager The SecurityManager, who (eventually) created this instance

Constructor Summary

ContextUserContext(java.lang.String username, Rank rank, long key, MMBaseCop manager)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Gets the unique identifier for this user.
java.lang.String	getOwnerField() Gets the owner field value of new objects created by this user.
Rank	getRank() Gets the rank of this user.

Methods inherited from class org.mmbase.security.UserContext

toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

manager

protected MMBaseCop manager

The SecurityManager, who (eventually) created this instance

Constructor Detail

ContextUserContext

public ContextUserContext(java.lang.String username,
                          Rank rank,
                          long key,
                          MMBaseCop manager)

Method Detail

getIdentifier

public java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Description copied from class: UserContext

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

Overrides:

getIdentifier in class UserContext

Returns:

A unique identifier for this user.

getOwnerField

public java.lang.String getOwnerField()

Description copied from class: UserContext

Gets the owner field value of new objects created by this user. The default implementation returns the user's identifier. This can be changed if the authorization implementation does not attribute rights to users directly ('context' implementations).

Overrides:

getOwnerField in class UserContext

Returns:

A possible value for the owner field

getRank

public Rank getRank()

Description copied from class: UserContext

Gets the rank of this user.

Overrides:

getRank in class UserContext

Returns:

the user rank