ch.tatool.app.service
Interface UserAccountService

All Known Implementing Classes:

UserAccountServiceImpl

public interface UserAccountService

Manages local user accounts.

Author:

Michael Ruflin

Method Summary

void	changePassword(UserAccount userAccount, String newPassword) Set the password for an account.
void	closeAccount(UserAccount account) Closes an opened account.
UserAccount	createAccount(String accountName, Map<String,String> userProperties, String password) Create a new user account using the provided information
void	deleteAccount(UserAccount account) Delete a user account.
List<UserAccount.Info>	getAccounts() Get a list of users accounts available.
UserAccount	loadAccount(UserAccount.Info info, String password) Open a user account, possibly given the user password.
void	saveAccount(UserAccount account) Saves an account.

Method Detail

getAccounts

List<UserAccount.Info> getAccounts()

Get a list of users accounts available.

loadAccount

UserAccount loadAccount(UserAccount.Info info,
                        String password)

Open a user account, possibly given the user password.

Parameters:

info - the info object for this account

password - the password if required - or null if not

Returns:

A UserAccount object

createAccount

UserAccount createAccount(String accountName,
                          Map<String,String> userProperties,
                          String password)

Create a new user account using the provided information

changePassword

void changePassword(UserAccount userAccount,
                    String newPassword)

Set the password for an account. This method requests an already loaded userAccount, the current password has therefore already been validated.

saveAccount

void saveAccount(UserAccount account)

Saves an account.

closeAccount

void closeAccount(UserAccount account)

Closes an opened account. This method should free all opened resources. Note: This method does NOT save the account data!

deleteAccount

void deleteAccount(UserAccount account)

Delete a user account.