net.sf.basedb.core.authentication

Class AuthenticatedUser

java.lang.Object

net.sf.basedb.core.authentication.AuthenticatedUser

public class AuthenticatedUser
extends Object

Objects of this class are returned by the AuthenticationManager.authenticate() method and contains information about the authenticated user. This class provide information about the login and/or external id for the user as well as the AuthenticationMethod that was used. Additional information for the user may be provided by ExtraUserInformation.

Since:

3.3

Author:

Nicklas

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private String	externalId
private ExtraUserInformation	extraInfo
private int	internalId
private String	login
private AuthenticationMethod	method

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthenticatedUser(AuthenticationMethod method, String login, String externalId) Creates a new AuthenticatedUser object without any link to an existing user in BASE.
AuthenticatedUser(AuthenticationMethod method, UserData user) Creates a new AuthenticatedUser object with a link to an existing user in BASE.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AuthenticationMethod	getAuthenticationMethod() Get the authentication method that was used to verify the login.
String	getExternalId() Get the external id for the user.
ExtraUserInformation	getExtraInformation() Get extra information about the user.
int	getInternalId() Get the internal id for the user (0 if not known)
String	getLogin() Get the login string for the user.
boolean	hasExtraInformation() Check if extra information about the user has been provided.
void	setExtraInformation(ExtraUserInformation extraInfo) Set extra information about the user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

method

private final AuthenticationMethod method

login

private final String login

externalId

private final String externalId

internalId

private final int internalId

extraInfo

private ExtraUserInformation extraInfo

Constructor Detail

AuthenticatedUser

public AuthenticatedUser(AuthenticationMethod method,
                         String login,
                         String externalId)

Creates a new AuthenticatedUser object without any link to an existing user in BASE.

Parameters:

method - The authentication method used to verify the user

login - The login name

externalId - The unique externalId of the user

AuthenticatedUser

public AuthenticatedUser(AuthenticationMethod method,
                         UserData user)

Creates a new AuthenticatedUser object with a link to an existing user in BASE.

Parameters:

method - The authentication method used to verify the user

user - The UserData object for an existing user

Method Detail

getAuthenticationMethod

public AuthenticationMethod getAuthenticationMethod()

Get the authentication method that was used to verify the login.

getLogin

public String getLogin()

Get the login string for the user.

getExternalId

public String getExternalId()

Get the external id for the user.

getInternalId

public int getInternalId()

Get the internal id for the user (0 if not known)

hasExtraInformation

public boolean hasExtraInformation()

Check if extra information about the user has been provided.

getExtraInformation

public ExtraUserInformation getExtraInformation()

Get extra information about the user.

setExtraInformation

public void setExtraInformation(ExtraUserInformation extraInfo)

Set extra information about the user.