com.bea.p13n.usermgmt.profile
Class ProfileType

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ProfileType

extends Object

implements Serializable

Typesafe enum pattern for profile types

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static ProfileType	ANONYMOUS Anonymous users have no id associated with them.
static ProfileType	REGISTERED A registered user has registered on our site and has a "real" username and groupname set as their ProfileIdentity.
static ProfileType	TRACKABLE Tracked users are are like anonymous users, except that we've been able to assign an id to them.
static ProfileType	TRACKED A TRACKABLE profile that is now TRACKED -- we have an EJB for its properties.
static ProfileType	UNKNOWN An unknown profile type could be when a ProfileWrapper has not yet been created, eg, when the session first begins

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object that) Comparitor
int	hashCode() Hashcode
String	toString() Identifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ANONYMOUS

public static final ProfileType ANONYMOUS

Anonymous users have no id associated with them. They may have visited the site before, but Cookies are/were disabled, so there is no way of tracking them.

REGISTERED

public static final ProfileType REGISTERED

A registered user has registered on our site and has a "real" username and groupname set as their ProfileIdentity.

TRACKABLE

public static final ProfileType TRACKABLE

Tracked users are are like anonymous users, except that we've been able to assign an id to them. Tracking is enabled via configuration of the TrackAnonymousFilter in web.xml. We have not yet written their data to the database.

Once a trackable user decides to register, we merge their profile info into the registered user's profile.

TRACKED

public static final ProfileType TRACKED

A TRACKABLE profile that is now TRACKED -- we have an EJB for its properties. In other words, they have stayed on our site long enough to be tracked. We distinguish the two as follows: a) TRACKABLE means the user is still anonymous, AND we have enabled tracking. The visitor threshold has not yet been exceeded, so we have not yet persisted information about them, nor have we written a tracking Cookie to the user. b) TRACKED means the threshold has been exceeded and we've peristed their information. We have also written a tracking Cookie to the user. Once tracking is enabled, and the user stays on the site for longer than the visitLength, we assign an ID to them and persist their profile to the database. When that user revists our site, we look for that id in the Cookie, and if found, retrieve their profile from the database.

UNKNOWN

public static final ProfileType UNKNOWN

An unknown profile type could be when a ProfileWrapper has not yet been created, eg, when the session first begins

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(Object that)

Comparitor

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Hashcode

toString

public String toString()

Identifier