com.googlecode.fascinator.common.authentication
Class GenericUser

java.lang.Object
  com.googlecode.fascinator.common.authentication.GenericUser

All Implemented Interfaces:

User

public class GenericUser
extends Object
implements User

A basic user object, does not define its metadata schema, that is left to extending classes, but creates access methods against an unknown schema.

Author:

Greg Pendlebury

Constructor Summary

GenericUser()

Method Summary

String	describeMetadata() Will return a JSON string description of an extending classes' fields.
String	get(String property) Retrieves a given property for this user object.
String	getSource() Used by the authentication manager to track the user's origin
String	getUsername() Retrieve the user's name
String	realName() Retrieves how the user should be shown on-screen.
void	set(String property, String value) Sets a given property for this user object.
void	setSource(String plugin) Used by the authentication manager to track the user's origin
void	setUsername(String newName) Set user's name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericUser

public GenericUser()

Method Detail

describeMetadata

public final String describeMetadata()

Will return a JSON string description of an extending classes' fields.

Specified by:

describeMetadata in interface User

Parameters:

property - The class field to retrieve

Returns:

The value of the property

get

public final String get(String property)

Retrieves a given property for this user object.

Specified by:

get in interface User

Parameters:

property - The class field to retrieve

Returns:

The value of the property

set

public final void set(String property,
                      String value)

Sets a given property for this user object.

Specified by:

set in interface User

Parameters:

property - The class field to retrieve

realName

public String realName()

Retrieves how the user should be shown on-screen.

Specified by:

realName in interface User

Returns:

The value of the property

setUsername

public void setUsername(String newName)

Set user's name

Parameters:

newName -

getUsername

public String getUsername()

Retrieve the user's name

Returns:

The value of user's name

setSource

public void setSource(String plugin)

Used by the authentication manager to track the user's origin

Specified by:

setSource in interface User

Parameters:

plugin - The id of the authentication plugin

getSource

public String getSource()

Used by the authentication manager to track the user's origin

Specified by:

getSource in interface User

Returns:

The id of the authentication plugin