WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.management.security.authentication
Interface UserEditorMBean

All Known Subinterfaces:

DefaultAuthenticatorMBean

public interface UserEditorMBean

extends weblogic.management.commo.StandardInterface, UserReaderMBean, UserPasswordEditorMBean, UserRemoverMBean

Provides a set of methods for creating, editing, and removing users. An Authentication provider MBean can optionally implement this MBean. The WebLogic Server Administration Console detects when an Authentication provider implements this MBean and automatically provides a GUI for using these methods.

Author:

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Method Summary

void	createUser(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password, java.lang.String description) Creates a user and sets the user's password.
void	setUserDescription(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String description) Sets the description for an existing user.

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserReaderMBean

getUserDescription, listUsers, userExists

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserPasswordEditorMBean

changeUserPassword, resetUserPassword

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserRemoverMBean

removeUser

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.utils.NameListerMBean

getCurrentName

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.utils.ListerMBean

advance, close, haveCurrent

Method Detail

createUser

public void createUser(java.lang.String userName,
                       java.lang.String password,
                       java.lang.String description)
                throws InvalidParameterException,
                       AlreadyExistsException

Creates a user and sets the user's password.

Parameters:

userName - - The name of the new user. The name cannot be the name of an existing user or group. The Authentication provider determines syntax requirements for the user name.

password - - The password for the new user. The Authentication provider determines syntax requirements for passwords.

description - - The description of the user.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException -

AlreadyExistsException -

setUserDescription

public void setUserDescription(java.lang.String userName,
                               java.lang.String description)
                        throws NotFoundException,
                               InvalidParameterException

Sets the description for an existing user.

Parameters:

userName - - The name of an existing user.

description - - The description of the user.

Throws:

NotFoundException -

InvalidParameterException -