com.bea.p13n.controls.ejb.usermgmt
Interface UserManager

All Superinterfaces

Serializable

@ControlInterface
public interface UserManager
extends Serializable

Remote Interface for the UserManager session bean. This is the synchronization point between user profile support and WebLogic security. Any user management operations should be done here, rather than through the security APIs directly. This class depends on the following EJB environment in the ejb deployment descriptor:

• jdbc/commercePool: a resource-ref to a TxDataSource for the commercePool database connection pool containing user profile data.
• ejb/UserProfileManager: an ejb-ref pointing to the default UserProfileManager deployment.
• ejb/ProfileType/...: any alternative profile types should have an ejb-ref entry of the form ejb/ProfileType/<profile type name> that points to the appropriate UserProfileManager for that type. These are optional, applicable only if other profile types are used.
• ReservedUserNames: an env-entry of type String containing a comma-separated list of user names (case insensitive) that are restricted: the UserManager will not create users with these names. These are optional, required only if you wish to restrict creation of any user names.
• ProtectedUserNames: an env-entry of type String containing a comma-separated list of user names (case insensitive) that cannot be deleted through the UserManager. These are optional, required only if you wish to protect user names from deletion.

Any methods that create or remove users delegate to the WebLogic provider selected by RealmHelper.getProviderMBean. If multiple providers are configured, see RealmHelper for information about which of those providers will be used.

This control requires that the UserManager EJB has been deployed to the application. The UserManager EJB is contained in p13n_ejb.jar, and is automatically deployed as part of a Portal application.

This control is deprecated as of Portal 8.1.x. Each method will note the replacement control and method to use.

Method Summary

void	authenticate(String username, String password) Deprecated Use UserInfoControl.authenticate(username, password)
ProfileWrapper	createUser(String username, String password) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.createUser(username, password)
ProfileWrapper	createUserOfProfileType(String username, String password, String profileType) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.createUserOfType(username)
String[]	getProfileTypeNames() Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileTypeNames() in conjunction with the UserProviderControl
List	getUserNames(String searchExpression, int limit) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.getUserNames(searchExpression, limit)
ProfileWrapper	getUserProfile(String username) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileForUser(username) in conjunction with the UserProviderControl
ProfileManager	getUserProfileManager(String username) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileForUser(username) in conjunction with the UserProviderControl
void	removeUser(String username) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.removeUser(username)
void	setPassword(String username, String password) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.setPassword(username, password)
boolean	userExists(String username) Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.userExists(username)

Method Detail

authenticate

void authenticate(String username,
                  String password)
                  throws P13nControlException

Deprecated Use UserInfoControl.authenticate(username, password)

Authenticate a user. Throws an AuthenticationException if the user is not a valid user or credentials are invalid. This method is only used to verify a username and password, it does not do anything to :log in" or set the user as the "current" system user.

Parameters

username - the username for the user

password - the password for the user

Throws

P13nControlException - if the user is not a valid user or credentials are incorrect

getProfileTypeNames

String[] getProfileTypeNames()
                             throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileTypeNames() in conjunction with the UserProviderControl

Return a list of profile type names that are registered with the UserManager.

Throws

P13nControlException - if remote errors accessing UserManager EJB

getUserNames

List getUserNames(String searchExpression,
                  int limit)
                  throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.getUserNames(searchExpression, limit)

Returns a List of users' names matching the search expression

Parameters

searchExpression - a wildcard search expression

limit - a limit of results to return

Throws

P13nControlException - if errors accessing UserManager EJB

getUserProfile

ProfileWrapper getUserProfile(String username)
                              throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileForUser(username) in conjunction with the UserProviderControl

Get the Profile for the given user. Security constraints should restrict use of this method to administrators only.

Parameters

username - the username for the user

Returns

a user profile for a user

Throws

P13nControlException - if profile cannot be found

getUserProfileManager

ProfileManager getUserProfileManager(String username)
                                     throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use ProfileControl.getProfileForUser(username) in conjunction with the UserProviderControl

Returns the appropriate ProfileManager deployment for this user, based on the user's profile type. If the user exists in the realm, but does not have a profile yet, a profile will be created at this time. Security constraints should restrict use of this method to administrators only.

Parameters

username - the username for the user

Returns

a user profile for a user

Throws

P13nControlException - if user does not exist

removeUser

void removeUser(String username)
                throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.removeUser(username)

Removes a user from the system. This will remove both the realm and profile records for this user.

Parameters

username - the username of the user to remove

Throws

P13nControlException - if user does not exist

setPassword

void setPassword(String username,
                 String password)
                 throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.setPassword(username, password)

Sets the password for a user in the realm. Security constraints should restrict use of this method to administrators only. A user should use changePassword to change their own password.

Parameters

username - the username of the user

password - the new password for the user

Throws

P13nControlException - if the password is malformed or otherwise invalid

userExists

boolean userExists(String username)
                   throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.userExists(username)

Determines if a user exists. This method simply checks the provider for a user with the given name.

Parameters

username - the user to look for

Returns

true if the user exists, false if it does not

Throws

P13nControlException - if errors accessing UserManager EJB

createUser

ProfileWrapper createUser(String username,
                          String password)
                          throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.createUser(username, password)

Creates a user with the given username and password. This user will use the default UserProfileManager for profile entries.

Parameters

username - the username for the new user

password - the password for the new user

Returns

a ProfileManager that can be used to access the new User

Throws

P13nControlException - if the username is already in use

createUserOfProfileType

ProfileWrapper createUserOfProfileType(String username,
                                       String password,
                                       String profileType)
                                       throws P13nControlException

Deprecated As of Portal 8.1.x, use UserProviderControl.createUserOfType(username)

Creates a user with a specific profile type.

Parameters

username - the username for the new user

password - the password for the new user

profileType - the name of the profile type for the new user

Returns

a ProfileWrapper that can be used to access the new User

Throws

P13nControlException - if the username is already in use