com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile
Class ProfileIdentity

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile.ProfileIdentity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ProfileIdentity

extends Object

implements Serializable

Lightweight object to represent a profile's identity. This will contain some combination of username and groupname. If both are provided, the profile represents the user's profile, and the group is used as an explicit successor. If only a username is provided, it simply represents the user's profile. If only a groupname is proivded, it represents the group's profile.

See Also:

ProfileWrapper, Serialized Form

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other)
String	getGroupname() retrieve the groupname
ProfileType	getProfileType() Determine whether this user is anonymous, tracked, or registered
String	getUsername() retrieve the username
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Returns:

true if the argument is a ProfileIdentity that is equal to this one

getGroupname

public String getGroupname()

retrieve the groupname

getProfileType

public ProfileType getProfileType()

Determine whether this user is anonymous, tracked, or registered

Returns:

Returns ProfileType.REGISTERED if the user has registered and has a valid username. Returns ProfileType.ANONYMOUS if the user is anonymous. Anonymous users have no username or groupname. Returns ProfileType.TRACKED if the user is tracked. The username will actually be the trackingId on the AnonymousProfileWrapper or TrackedProfileWrapper.

See Also:

ProfileType

getUsername

public String getUsername()

retrieve the username

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns:

a hashCode based on the string representation

toString

public String toString()

Returns:

a string representation