org.appfuse.service
Interface UserManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

UserManagerImpl

public interface UserManager

Business Delegate (Proxy) Interface to handle communication between web and persistence layer.

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Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2004/03/31 13:04:17 $

Author:

Matt Raible

Method Summary

String	checkLoginCookie(String value) Validates a user based on a cookie value.
String	createLoginCookie(String username) Creates a cookie string using a username - designed for use when a user logs in and wants to be remembered.
Object	getUser(String username) Retrieves a user by name, and can create a new one
List	getUsers(Object user) Retrieves a list of users, filtering with parameters on a user object
void	removeLoginCookies(String username) Deletes all cookies for user.
void	removeUser(Object user) Removes a user from the database by id
Object	saveUser(Object user) Saves a user's information

Method Detail

getUser

public Object getUser(String username)
               throws Exception

Retrieves a user by name, and can create a new one

Parameters:

username -

Returns:

User

Throws:

Exception

getUsers

public List getUsers(Object user)
              throws Exception

Retrieves a list of users, filtering with parameters on a user object

Parameters:

user - parameters to filter on

Returns:

List

Throws:

Exception

saveUser

public Object saveUser(Object user)
                throws Exception

Saves a user's information

Parameters:

user - the user's information

Returns:

updated user information

Throws:

Exception

removeUser

public void removeUser(Object user)
                throws Exception

Removes a user from the database by id

Throws:

Exception

checkLoginCookie

public String checkLoginCookie(String value)
                        throws Exception

Validates a user based on a cookie value. If successfull, it returns a new cookie String. If not, then it returns null.

Parameters:

value - (in format username|guid)

Returns:

indicator that this is a valid login

Throws:

Exception

createLoginCookie

public String createLoginCookie(String username)
                         throws Exception

Creates a cookie string using a username - designed for use when a user logs in and wants to be remembered.

Parameters:

username -

Returns:

String to put in a cookie for remembering user

Throws:

Exception

removeLoginCookies

public void removeLoginCookies(String username)

Deletes all cookies for user.

Parameters:

username -