org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.administrative
Class FlowEPersonUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.administrative.FlowEPersonUtils

public class FlowEPersonUtils
extends Object

Utility methods to processes actions on EPeople. These methods are used exclusively from the administrative flow scripts.

Author:

scott phillips

Constructor Summary

FlowEPersonUtils()

Method Summary

static FlowResult	processAddEPerson(Context context, org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request, Map objectModel) Add a new eperson.
static FlowResult	processDeleteEPeople(Context context, String[] epeopleIDs) Delete the epeople specified by the epeopleIDs parameter.
static FlowResult	processEditEPerson(Context context, org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request, Map ObjectModel, int epersonID) Edit an eperson's metadata, the email address, first name, and last name are all required.
static FlowResult	processLoginAs(Context context, Map objectModel, int epersonID) Log this user in as another user.
static FlowResult	processResetPassword(Context context, int epersonID) Send the user a forgot password email message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FlowEPersonUtils

public FlowEPersonUtils()

Method Detail

processAddEPerson

public static FlowResult processAddEPerson(Context context,
                                           org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request,
                                           Map objectModel)
                                    throws SQLException,
                                           AuthorizeException

Add a new eperson. This method will check that the email address, first name, and last name are non empty. Also a check is performed to see if the requested email address is already in use by another user.

Parameters:

context - The current DSpace context

request - The HTTP request parameters

objectModel - Cocoon's object model

Returns:

A process result's object.

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

processEditEPerson

public static FlowResult processEditEPerson(Context context,
                                            org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request,
                                            Map ObjectModel,
                                            int epersonID)
                                     throws SQLException,
                                            AuthorizeException

Edit an eperson's metadata, the email address, first name, and last name are all required. The user's email address can be updated but it must remain unique, if the email address already exists then the an error is produced.

Parameters:

context - The current DSpace context

request - The HTTP request parameters

ObjectModel - Cocoon's object model

epersonID - The unique id of the eperson being edited.

Returns:

A process result's object.

Throws:

SQLException

AuthorizeException

processResetPassword

public static FlowResult processResetPassword(Context context,
                                              int epersonID)
                                       throws IOException,
                                              javax.mail.MessagingException,
                                              SQLException,
                                              AuthorizeException

Send the user a forgot password email message. The message will contain a token that the user can use to login and pick a new password.

Parameters:

context - The current DSpace context

epersonID - The unique id of the eperson being edited.

Returns:

A process result's object.

Throws:

IOException

javax.mail.MessagingException

SQLException

AuthorizeException

processLoginAs

public static FlowResult processLoginAs(Context context,
                                        Map objectModel,
                                        int epersonID)
                                 throws SQLException

Log this user in as another user. If the operation failed then the flow result will be set to failure with it's message set correctly. Note that after logging out the user may not have sufficient privileges to continue.

Parameters:

context - The current DSpace context.

objectModel - Object model to obtain the HTTP request from.

epersonID - The epersonID of the person to login as.

Returns:

The flow result.

Throws:

SQLException

processDeleteEPeople

public static FlowResult processDeleteEPeople(Context context,
                                              String[] epeopleIDs)
                                       throws NumberFormatException,
                                              SQLException,
                                              AuthorizeException,
                                              EPersonDeletionException

Delete the epeople specified by the epeopleIDs parameter. This assumes that the deletion has been confirmed.

Parameters:

context - The current DSpace context

epeopleIDs - The unique id of the eperson being edited.

Returns:

A process result's object.

Throws:

NumberFormatException

SQLException

AuthorizeException

EPersonDeletionException