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package org.apache.catalina;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* Abstract representation of a user in a {@link UserDatabase}. Each user
* is optionally associated with a set of {@link Group}s through which he or
* she inherits additional security roles, and is optionally assigned a set
* of specific {@link Role}s.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
* @version $Id: User.java 939305 2010-04-29 13:43:39Z kkolinko $
* @since 4.1
*/
public interface User extends Principal {
// ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
/**
* Return the full name of this user.
*/
public String getFullName();
/**
* Set the full name of this user.
*
* @param fullName The new full name
*/
public void setFullName(String fullName);
/**
* Return the set of {@link Group}s to which this user belongs.
*/
public Iterator getGroups();
/**
* Return the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the
* identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as
* {md5}xxxxx.
*/
public String getPassword();
/**
* Set the logon password of this user, optionally prefixed with the
* identifier of an encoding scheme surrounded by curly braces, such as
* {md5}xxxxx.
*
* @param password The new logon password
*/
public void setPassword(String password);
/**
* Return the set of {@link Role}s assigned specifically to this user.
*/
public Iterator getRoles();
/**
* Return the {@link UserDatabase} within which this User is defined.
*/
public UserDatabase getUserDatabase();
/**
* Return the logon username of this user, which must be unique
* within the scope of a {@link UserDatabase}.
*/
public String getUsername();
/**
* Set the logon username of this user, which must be unique within
* the scope of a {@link UserDatabase}.
*
* @param username The new logon username
*/
public void setUsername(String username);
// --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
/**
* Add a new {@link Group} to those this user belongs to.
*
* @param group The new group
*/
public void addGroup(Group group);
/**
* Add a {@link Role} to those assigned specifically to this user.
*
* @param role The new role
*/
public void addRole(Role role);
/**
* Is this user in the specified {@link Group}?
*
* @param group The group to check
*/
public boolean isInGroup(Group group);
/**
* Is this user specifically assigned the specified {@link Role}? This
* method does NOT check for roles inherited based on
* {@link Group} membership.
*
* @param role The role to check
*/
public boolean isInRole(Role role);
/**
* Remove a {@link Group} from those this user belongs to.
*
* @param group The old group
*/
public void removeGroup(Group group);
/**
* Remove all {@link Group}s from those this user belongs to.
*/
public void removeGroups();
/**
* Remove a {@link Role} from those assigned to this user.
*
* @param role The old role
*/
public void removeRole(Role role);
/**
* Remove all {@link Role}s from those assigned to this user.
*/
public void removeRoles();
}